Elijah Joshua Klinkenberg started to show signs of coming early on the 8th of July and by 4pm we were headed to the birthing clinic in Morinsville. The birth went smoothly and at 9:58pm little Elijah popped on out. This is where the problem started, he came out and was looking around, eyes open and active but didnt want to take his first breath. After a bit of ruffing up he still wasnt breathing so then the mid-wife jumped into action (if it wasnt for her, Elijah may not be here today) with in minutes a number of mid-wives were in the room assisting with treating Elijah, they were hand pumping oxygen into him, forcing him to breathe whilst doing CPR on him.
20 minutes later an emergency team showed up from Wiakato Hospital to take over. They hooked him up to a respirator and prepared him to be put in an incubator. Once he was put into the incubator they loaded him into the ambulance and had him on the way to the hospital at about 12pm.
We arrived at Wiakato Hospital at 12:45pm and Elijah was immediately taken to the Intensive Care Unit. Amberley was taken up to a bed and had a go at getting some sleep....
The Doctors had Elijah all hooked up to different things almost instantly and were monitoring his heart, kidneys, lungs and brain.
The Doc wants to leave him hooked up and sedated for 72 hours which will take us through to midnight Friday, then they will start removing tubes and begin him breast feeding.
He is doing really well, there is absolutely no sign of any problem at all. He is soaked in prayer and is being well looked after.
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