Its a girl!!!
 

Well, my wife has given birth to our beautiful baby girl. Her name is Avery Beatrice Callahan. She was born on Easter at 10:59 in the AM. She is 6 lbs. 5 oz., 19.5" long and has red hair like my wife and son. The delivery didn't go well at all and we feared the worse....My wife and my daughter had to be hooked up to all sorts of monitoring equipment because the baby showed signs of heart rate drop then mild tachacardia.....

Then added water to the womb to expanded so they could get the baby off the cord. It worked and the heart rate stabilized, that is until it was time for her to be born. During pushing they lost the heart rate and then my wife had to force out the kid with the help of some scissors....

She came right out and was looking great, then it all started getting scary and painful for us. She started to breathe funny and her legs were turning blue. They rushed her away from us while my wife cried. Its hard to see someone so small that can't fight back in soo much distress.

They got her stabilized and said it was often that happened and not to worry, that is untill they came in today and told us Avery had to have a spinal tap and that her blood is low.

We can't take her home. They said maybe not for a month and that it could be very serious.

Its hard to type this with so many tears in my eyes.

Please, if you are religious at all, pray for my daughter.

David

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Damn man. You'll be in my prayers for a while. Gift and a curse. Hang in there

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Best of luck man, On my way to work I will drop a note off to a local prayer group.

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wow this sux.. i hope you and the fam the best of luck and that everything turns out good foryou and your family bro...

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Best of luck Dave. I hope she comes through healthy.

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best of luck, sorry to hear that. i'll send my prayers

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nevermind the first part, i didnt read your post.



congrats, now weld up a crib

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I'm not a religious dude but I'll light my Virgin Mary candle I bought while shopping at the local beaner grocery store and hope for the best. This sounds like when my son was born and had the same problem. He was only kept for 3 days in the baby ER but seeing him with wires attached to him isn't something you want to see. He's cooler then the Fonz now so keep your head up bro.

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Better be ready to kill every guy for the next 20+ years.

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My prayers go out to you and your bay girl. Good luck.

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lol having the initials of abc has got to be awesome ;D

congrats

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I hope everything turns out for the best. My family and I are praying for you all buddy.

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shitty dave, but congrats, im sure she will pull through, she made it this far :y Keep us updated plz.

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She will be ok, I will pray to the buddha ;)

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good luck man. dont worry. the baby will make it through it!!!!

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I have tapped into the power of my mind, and my prophetic abilities, and everything will be fine. Send me a cigar.

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hope everything turns out well for you and your wife really sorry to hear things like this happing to good guys like you...

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Damn dude. That sucks. I hope she pulls through.

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LOL, but Dave, we will definately pray for Avery and your family.

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Just try and focus on the day to day...and try not to let the "what if?" questions sink in too much... bottom line, you're a dad congratulations
I'll be saying a prayer for you and yours

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Congrats dave. i hope everything works out and shes healthy. if you need help with ANYTHING, just give me a call.

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she'll be fine dave, your a really good guy, I can tell that your a solid ----------er from the few times I met you, your girl is going to be fine god won't ---- you over!

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Avery is a beautiful name, good choice mate. :)

She will be fine if you, like HMT, believes she will be. (and we all pray enough)

Chin up buddy, i can't wait for the photos where she smiles at you behind the camera :6

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congrats man, you and your family will be in my prayers. be strong for them

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Congrats Dave on having a daughter. my prayers are with you and your family, i'm sure she'll come around just fine.
you know where i'm at if you need to talk or just get away or whatever. if you need anything at all dont hesitate to ask.

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I couldn't imagine having to go through what you and your family are experiencing right now. My son is 1 and so far have had no problems. My thoughts and prayers are truly with you.

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hang in there dave she will be just fine im sure of it.. also congrats on the baby girl,now you and your wife just have to be strong..

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keep us posted dave...i hope everything turns out fine.

Im not religious but I will be thinking about you guys and hoping for the best.

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congrats on the girl Dave. they are a precious thing and so strong for such a little package. she will pull through fine, all our prayers are with you!

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Congrats Dave! God bless you all!

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Congrats and good luck.
You'll have to post a pic of you holding her.

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i always look at times like this as god testing you for the future maybe more will come of this than you think and trust me man im not a big christian i mean i am but i havent been in a church in 10 yrs and is all because of hipocrits...anyways enough of me ranting man keep us updated..

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i went to the local temple for you today, i asked some buddist monks to focus on your child's recovery. i asked 5 of them to do it. that's no bullshit either.

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^^good man

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keep your head up man, everything will turn out ok and then all you have to worry about is beating those teenage boys off with a super sick SS HMT stick later on in life :y

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My son was 9 months old yesterday, and when he was born there were some slight complications with his breathing that was a real scare. He had to stay in the hospital about a week(seemed like an eternity) and had to wear a heart monitor at night for 4 or 5 months, but he's perfectly fine now. I'm sure in a few months you'll be making a post similiar to this one, your daughter will be in my families prayers.

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man, my prayers are with you Dave.

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good to see everyone doing there own thing for dave and his family.i'll do mine too.stay up and congrats. thats HMT !

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i have had a pretty bad week, but yours tops mine already. hope everything gets better for you man.

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congrats she'll be great