Pictures of Elijah!!!

Elijah Brett Mecham

our baby is here and he is adorable!  He came on tuesday morning at 4:44 a.m.  He weighed 7lbs. 9oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long!  After he was born he was trouble breathing.   at first the doctors thought it might be some amniotic fluid in his lungs but then they looked at the x ray and found some air inbetween the inner lining and outer wall of his lungs they call this  pneumothorax!  This can cause the lung to colapse!  To get the air out they had to put a tube in and just suck it out!  The dr.s decided that it would be best if he was under close watch by a neonatologist just in case more air got in!  sooo,  he had to be life flighted to primary children's hospital!  He had to have an oxygen because it was making it hard to breath because he could not expand his lungs fully!  They put an iv in to give him some fluids and medicine just in case of infection!  By wed. morning they were able to take the tube out and he was moved from The NICU to the Infant unit!  We were able to stay with him there!  On thursday they told us he was doing well enough to come home!!!  We are so grateful to have our little boy here safe and sound!  There are so many people who helped us in this hard time and we are thankful for the gospel that it has given us the priesthood!  We will get pics up soon!