Wednesday, August 31, 2005
What an exciting day! We had our normal routine of breakfast, classes, lunch, classes and then…..someone came to get us to tell us Britt had gone to the hospital to deliver the twins and that David was on his was to pick us up. The Mission President had approved our leaving, and leave we did! David met us in the lobby and was there by the time we could get from our classroom to the lobby (via the travel office since we had not yet received our travel documents.) We went directly to the hospital in Orem where Britt looked sort of comfortable since they had given her an epidural. One of the twins was breech and a C-section was a possibility, although all were hoping it would not be necessary. We arrived at the hospital about 4 and at 4:30 Britt said she was ready to deliver. They did a quick check and agreed and off she went. We were able to watch the delivery from a window outside the room. They took her to an operating room, still not sure what would be needed. Her favorite doctor arrived just before they took her in so he delivered both babies; Rebecca came first and then he had to go in and manually turn and pull Susan out – not pleasant for Britt, but far better than a C-section. Rebecca looked great and cried lustily. Susan was more lethargic and the doctor worked on her a little, but she was soon okay. She had a little breathing difficulty and so was put on mild oxygen and Bob and Chris gave her a blessing. Meanwhile Britt was taken back to her room and given Rebecca to hold and nurse. It was such a thrill to be there and such a miracle. We both felt very, very grateful.
David took us to his house for dinner and to check on the children, then back to see Britt and the babies for a few minutes (Britt and Rebecca were doing great; Susan was back on oxygen and being monitored. They had taken Susan off the oxygen for the blessing and then left her off for awhile and it looked to me like she was doing fine, but they wanted to be sure.
We returned back to the MTC very, very grateful missionaries. I feel quite torn about leaving now when I could be of such help to both Britt and Lisa, but have been promised that the help they need will be given them.
