Jacob Tyler Wood Gates-Ehlers made his debut into our world at 10:14 am on April 19, 2007. He weighed in at 6 pounds 1 ounce and 20 and a half inches long.
After preparing for the worst, the Mom’s were pleasantly surprised to see (Andrea saw anyway, I was still in surgery) that Jake has 10 fully formed fingers! At first the doc’s thought that he had a cleft lip AND palate but on closer examination from the face doc, we were pleased to learn that it’s just the lip and part of the upper gums. He does have the characteristic flat nose on the left side that will be corrected before the lip surgery. His chin is slightly recessed which causes his tongue to block his airway from time to time, that being said, since birth he’s been breathing on his own. The chin will be corrected, hopefully, with surgery in the very near future. He’ll definitely need at least casts but more likely than not, surgery on his clubfeet since they are pretty tight according to the orthopedic doc.
All things considered though, he’s doing great! He is still in the hospital and will be for a while longer. His lungs are working great and he’s eating above and beyond the amount of breastmilk that the docs like to see....there have been messy diapers to prove it!
It’s a lot for a little one to go through but with all your prayers, love, good thoughts, and support we’ll make it through this.
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