Wow! I can't believe how crazy the last 7 weeks have been. For those of you that don't know Tatum Holl was born August 24th, 2009 by emergency c-section. I was going to the doctor for an ultrasound to check if I had placenta previa. The ultrasound tech took one look at the ultrasound and ran out of the room. Brannon and I knew something was wrong then and we could see on the screen that her heartbeat read 269 beats per minute. The doctor told us to rush to the hospital which was thankfully next door to his office. Tatum was delivered an hour later. Thankfully we went in that day and the doctors and nurses were so quick to act. Once she was born she was still in distress so they air vacced her to a hospital which has a level 3 nursery. She transported well and once there Brannon and Dad gave her a priesthood blessing. She had a very rough night and I know that Heavenly Father's hand was in helping her get through it. I can't believe how much she has been through. They tried to air vac her again to St. Joe's but had to abort because she wasn't tolerating the transport. She kept having SVT's which are basically spikes in your heart rate for which they continued to give her adenosine which basically stops your heart and resets it. Pretty scary stuff. They had to switch her from a ventilator to an oscillator which just basically lets her breath faster and get more air into her lungs. She was on so many medications that they had to get two medication trees to hang them from it kinda looked like two Christmas Trees. Thankfully she is off all of her medications except an oral medication for her heart that doctors think she may stay on for some time. She is breathing normally without any aid. She is on a heart rate monitor to make sure there are no SVT heart spikes and is doing great! We are so proud of her and so thankful for everyone's support and prayers. We couldn't have made it through this difficult time without you.
