Tuesday, April 8, 2008

SHE'S HERE!

Katherine Marie Gates arrived on April 8th as scheduled! She was delivered by c-section at 2:05 PM. Baby Kate weighs 8 pounds 1 ounce and is doing well! According to the family Cheryl is doing fine and got to see Kate for just a few seconds before they moved her to Children's Hospital. Cheryl will remain at Mary Birch hospital for the next few days.

After the delivery Kate was given an EKG at around 3:00. They started her procedure at about 5:30 where they placed a balloon into the heart to keep her blood oxygenated. This will remain for the next several days until the doctors can assess when to do the heart surgery to correct the transposition of the greater arteries.

Baby Kate - Look at those chunky cheeks!
She looks like a strong, little baby who will be a tough fighter in the days to come.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Cheryl and Mike! Baby Kate is beautiful!

Frankie and Ahni

Anonymous said...

She is adorable. Guys hang in there. We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
Love,
John & Niki

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful, precious gift! Congratulations on the new addition to your family. We will hold your family and the wonderful doctors and nurses tightly in our thoughts and prayers.

The Roys

Anonymous said...

Welcome Baby Kate! We are keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers!

Jennifer said...

We are thinking of all of you. What a sweet little girl!

Todd, Jennifer, Matthew and Mary Margaret Ferrara

Anonymous said...

Congradulations and yes she is a fighter that will make it through all this. We are all sending our best and keeping you in our prayers. Great website as it helped us see all even though you are 9 hours in the past!

Uncle Rob, Cathy and RJ

Anonymous said...

Mike and cheryl,
Hearts and prayers are with you.
You are going through alot and with teck the way today is great. we get to be up close and personal. Kate is beautiful and am praying for all of you.
Aunt Chris.