Marrit Grace Thompson Born 11/5/2009 11:34am

Marrit Grace Thompson was born 11/5/2009 at 11:34am. Weighing 6lb 10oz, 21in long. The delivery went so smooth she was out within 5 minutes of pushing. Danny and I both thought to our self that it went way to smooth. Marrit was having a little trouble breathing normal and was was making a lot of noise grunting and and breathing. We thought that maybe it was just her getting used to being out in the world. After it did not stop for a couple hours we got concerned and brought her to the nursery to be check out. There we found out that her heart rate and respiratory breathing was way to high. They right away called in a pediatrician and had some test done. From there they found fluid in her lungs and her white blood cell count was very low. She was also so tired from working so hard all afternoon at breathing that she kept stopping and they had to hook her up to a respirator and oxygen. From there they decided that she would be better off at the NICU in Indy. So they had her transferred there. We got to go along and stay for 1 hour and then I had to be back at the hospital to have some test run and be discharged. We got back from the NICU at 2am. We were able to go see Marrit today and she is off of the oxygen but still has to still be on the respirator. They are pretty sure that she has pneumonia. They will keep her in the NICU probably for 7-10 days. We are so happy to have her here and fighting to get better. She is in a great place and getting the best care possible. It is hard not being able to stay with her all the time and being so far away but we will make it work. We are so proud of her and can not wait to bring her home! We are both pretty tired and hopefully going to get some sleep and get caught up.