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All,

Just back from the hospital this afternoon and finally settling back into being at home again after a rather hair-raising few days.

Thank you all for the well wishes, my wife and I are very appreciative.

My wife is fully recovered from the C-section mishap. Actually there was no problem with the surgery itself, but with the administering of the anesthetic, I didn’t have time to make this clear in the first post.

In brief, an epidural anesthetic was administered and apparently (some one in a million chance) the anesthetic was channeled upward toward the chest and downward toward the waist, as opposed to only downward. This effectively paralyzed my wife from the shoulders down. That coupled with a slightly low blood pressure from the beginning of the surgery, and she was unable to breath on her own towards the end of the procedure. The use of respiration equipment and O2 was required, and those were some scary moments, let me tell you.

Anyway, after being moved from the maternity ward to the main hospital she was placed in recovery, where she remained on respiration and was closely monitored. Once the anesthetic began to wear off things started to improve, she was able to move and talk again within a few hours afterwards. We were able to then return to maternity and properly meet our new daughter.

Alls well that ends well I guess, and we are all home safe and sound.

Thanks again for your thoughts. Once I get my feet firmly back on the ground I will be sure to post a pic or two, if anyone is interested. (Personally I think most newborns look alike )

Good night.