We aren't out of the woods yet....

but we sure are a lot better than we were 2 and 1/2 hours ago.  We had home evening via facetime with Jer and Andrea's family.  Although we knew she would have to have a C-Section, they had set the date for Mar. 19th....feeling that would be plenty early so that they could do it and control her bleeding (her date was April 30th).
Then at 11:10 we got a phone call from Jer saying that they were in the ambulance, and on the way to the hospital.  I hope I never hear that tone in his voice again.  He told us that Andrea had lost a lot of blood (which is was they were trying to avoid with the early C-section).   We then sat, with knots in our stomach's,  waiting for the next call that came about 11:30 and he was crying and asked us to keep praying for her and the baby.  At 10 min. to twelve...(one their time), he called to say they had the baby out and he seemed to be doing well for such a small baby (and they had no time to give him the shot to help his lungs).  Still he had not heard any more about Andrea.   Finally at 1:10 we called him and he was in between talking to Drs.  He said that Andrea was still critical, but stable, and they were moving her into the ICU.  Little Benson (weighing 3 lbs 13 oz) still seemed to be doing well.  Andrea...though stable..is still not breathing on her own. Oh how we love them both so much!
We have been pretty much praying for the last 3 hours now.  We know it is a miracle that our sweet baby boy is doing OK, and that they were able to stop Andrea's bleeding.  We are still praying that everything will go well with Andrea and the baby.  We will be doing that for a long time.
I think we often take for granted the miracles that we have in our lives.  We have had complications with some of the girl's pregnancies, but nothing like this one.  I am not going into further detail to respect Andrea's wishes to have things kept privately.
We talked with Max on the phone, he and Kathy are flying there tomorrow, and then Shad and I will go when they return.  My ticket will be an open ended but Shad will stay for a week.  Because of everything, I will stay longer to help out.
We are again waiting for Jer to call us back.  It is now 1:40......wow it seems like it has been longer than that.  We just want that reassurance that things are continuing to go as well as possible.  I don't know what I would do without prayer and the knowledge that our children and their families have guardian angels watching over them.  It brings me so much peace when I can't find it in other places.


6:00 a.m.
Andrea is doing the same, and the baby also.  As Jer has talked to the Dr. during the night he has learned that in most cases like this, neither the mom or baby make it so we are feeling very blessed.  Of course, the Pediatrician   told him that we have a long ways to go with the baby and we won't be able to feel good about that situation for a couple of weeks.  Jer has been going back and forth between Andrea's room in ICU  and the baby's room in the NIC-U.  He is still going on adrenaline.  He said, "It will be a long time before I get over this....even if everything goes well" and he acknowledged the miracles they have already had. 
Because of the complications, having her start to hemorrhage at  home was really everything all of their Dr. visits had been trying to prevent.  We continue to pray for Andrea and the baby, and pray that all the news is good from this point onward.  What a LOONNNGG night!