Initially, the plan, after checking in on Tuesday, was to monitor Breanna and Jack’s condition and see how things settle. The kids went home with grandparents, and I spent the night with Breanna in the room.

jerry and breanna during the c-section

However, Wednesday morning the doctor and staff were alarmed at the change in conditions between Tuesday and Wednesday. The same symptoms that were noticed on Monday in Nairobi had grown more alarming. The doctor looked at Breanna and said “You’ve reached your time.”

To avoid worrying us, he told us that Jack’s survival would be over 90%. It sounded great to us!

They planned a C-section for later in the afternoon. We called family and told them the news so they could hurry back to the hospital.

So Breanna and I prayed together alone in the room before it became busy. Once again we expressed our complete trust in Him.

After Breanna was prepped, I was allowed in, and stayed the whole time. The staff permitted me to take pictures, as long is they weren’t gory. The anesthesiologist told me to take a quick peek just as Jack was lifted out, and within seconds he was taken into the next door room.

After about five minutes, I did get to go next door and take pictures and the following video of him.