Proudly indroducing Reiley Kate Hershberger, born January 12, 2009 at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, VA. She weighed 2 1/2 lbs. & measured 15 1/2 in. in length. She was born prematurely at 29 weeks & 3 days because Ruthie developed Preclampsia & became very sick. The doctors tried to control the severity with complete bed rest, but that lasted only one day. Reiley was finally born by C-section after two days of labor induction failed to get things going.
Reiley is now 4 weeks old & has gained 1 lb. She is doing really well, but still needs to learn to take all of her feeds by mouth, develop her lung capacity, & gain more weight. We are delighted to be able to hold her 1-2 hours every day. She is very responsive to our voices, and loves being held.
We feel very blessed to have this gift from God. Please keep us in your prayers as it will be at least another month before we get to take her home. We will be posting more of her story as we have the time.
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