Happy Birthday Georgia Kate

June 15, 2011 at 8 pm Ashton and I head to the hospital to be induced with Georgia Kate. This was different than with our first daughter Mary Elizabeth (MEP) who I went into labor on my own with. The hospital that we were delivering at is actually the hospital that I work at and worked on the Labor Unit for 2 years. I was blessed to have my close friends taking care of me that night and next day. Neither of us got much sleep that night and the next day labor really started rocking and rolling. Georgia Kate was born at 1138 am. It was an extremely easy delivery that happened very fast. She weighed in at an estimated 7 lbs 6 oz and 19 inches long. Estimated due to the fact that the scales in the labor unit were not working well. She nursed beautifully immediately after she was born and was as beautiful as I dreamed. Ashton and I were on cloud nine. We now had two healthy girls to complete our family. Cloud nine quickly turned to fear and anxiety. As soon as I saw her eyes I knew something was wrong. The nurses called the neonatologist who came to take a peek. He called my pediatrician and the pediatric opthamologist. We thought it was cataracts but were informed that it was much worse once the opthamologist examined her. All I remember is him walking into my room saying "Its not cataracts, its much worse". "She has Peters Anomaly". "A rare birth anomaly that occurs in 0.04% of births". My thought was what in the world is that. I asked him point blank "Can she see?". His response was a quick NO. At that moment my heart was ripped from me. I began to cry hysterically and heard not much after that. Thankfully our entire family and close friends were there to listen for us. He told us that she would require corneal transplants and that even with that she may still never see. All I could think was will she learn, play, laugh, love, live a life that I had dreamed for her. He instructed us to stay of the Internet and treat her as a normal newborn. REALLY, dude you just told me shes blind and you want me to treat her like a normal newborn. Easier said than done. We did as instructed and stayed off the Internet, but we did however have our family researching for us. The MD told us we would be seen at LSU (our state hospital) that next week and meet with the corneal specialist and he would see us after surgery. All the research that was done showed that for Georgia to have the best chance at sight immediate intervention was needed. So we were extremely anxious to get to LSU and speak with this surgeon. We headed home two days later and had not heard from either the opthamologist or the corneal specialist. We were getting frustrated. To top it off MEP knocked her front tooth out the day we came home. LOVELY!!! At that point in my life I was sure I was an ax murder in a past life and that this was all pay back.