August 2, 2019.

August 2 changed our lives forever. it was supposed to be a happy easy Friday since it was Levi’s birthday. Instead, we were rushed to the Harris hospital to find out that our twins were coming. and they were coming now… at only 24 weeks. the night prior was a rough night, I was up all night having pain in my lower abdomen. Levi called the OB on call and we were told it was “fine” since there was no blood, its just Braxton hicks. no big deal. at 7:45am there was blood. we jumped in the car and headed across the mountain. once we got there they hooked me up to check babies heart rates- both babies sounded great high 150s for both. they were fixing to send us home, but before wanted to do a vaginal check. thank God they did, I was dilated to 10 cm and baby girl was coming. before I could even wrap my mind around what was going on, I was being stuck with needles, shots, etc. you could feel the panic in the room. EMTs shortly filled the room and I was being transported to mission hospital. we made it from Harris to mission in 34 minutes.

once we arrived at mission hospital we were taken into a room full of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. we were given 3 options and were given 5 minutes to make a decision that was going to forever change our entire lives. option 1- have a normal c section that would only save possibly one of our babies. option 2- do nothing and let nature take its course. that would “hopefully” save baby boy. option 3- have an “old school c section” that would possible save everyone but the chances are slim. they were convinced that baby girl was not going to make it no matter what we decided and baby boy didn’t look promising either. Levi told the doctor to do whatever needed to be done to save his wife and two children. seconds later, I was in the operating room. I went to sleep not knowing whether I was going to wake up with two babies, one baby or no babies. all I could do was pray.

Brodee Daniel and Hadlee Maple were born at 11:49 am, August 2, 2019. both came out with strong heart beats and did not need CPR. which is extremely rare for their gestational ages. they were then taken by the NICU team.

I was taken to recovery at 1:00pm still out from the surgery. once I was awake, Levi told me that both of our babies made it. I couldn’t even find the words, I just started crying. thanking God for taking care of my babies. I was in recovery for 7 hours. however, around 5pm I was taken upstairs in my hospital bed to meet my babies for the first time. they were so little but so prefect. I just wanted to pick them up and love on them.

Levi was a rockstar, seriously. he took care of everything the first couple of days. he stood by my side and when he wasn’t next to mine he was with the blueberries. he asked questions, made sure we were all taken care of. God truly blessed me with an amazing husband and now father of our babies. God was present the whole time. Yes we were in full panic with tons of questions and extremely overwhelmed but God was there. He took care of my babies and I. He saved us.

Although, we don’t understand and we don’t know why this happened, we do know God is in control. We know that there is a purpose for this situation. We may not clearly see it now, but we will.

xo.