Let me tell you what a day it's been! Rejoice, for the Universe lined up just right for Henri Antonio Montilla Hugo! At 3:45, December 3, in an ambulance en route to Villaflor hospital for an emergency C-section, baby said, "You ain't cuttin' ME out of here!" and pushed his own path through Marisol's womb and into this world, beginning to write his own story.
While newfound friend/nurse Hari King, held baby still wrapped partially in his amniotic sac, I clamped off the cord and made the cut which would signal the transition from a world of darkness to that of light. So begins the miracle which my father prayed for at my mother's bedside for so long in her last days.
At 1.2 kilos, he's a little guy with a healthy cry. Currently incubating in a clear plastic box, he is taking oxygen and pumping blood efficiently.
I ask that you continue your prayers that no doubt had a role in all this, and ask for protection from any illness that might arise while baby is still in NICU.
Marisol is resting well under the care of Paz, her Auntie from London while I gather necessities to bring to her from home. Since she was able to avoid the C-section, doctors say she will be back to health in a couple of days, but we will no doubt opt to stay with baby in the hospital until he's ready to come home as well, perhaps in a week or two.
The Divine Mystery is indeed at work here!
Peace to all!
Victor
