Reanna's story

My husband and I found out that we were going to be parents on August 23rd, 1999, we were over joyed. I had a pretty uneventful first trimester. We were given a Due Date of May 11th, 2000, which was nice since my dad and younger brother were born on May 12th and 10th, the 11th is my uncle's birthday also. When I was 5 months along  we were sent in for an ultrasound, we were hopping to find out if we were going to have a son, or a daughter, but the baby was breech and the nurse couldn't tell, she started asking me questions about leaking any fluid. I told her that I had not been, and asked her why she wanted to know, she just told us that we had to talk to our doctor. When we asked the doctor about the nurses questions, she told us that my fluid was a little low, but that it was nothing to worry about. I was sent in for ultrasounds durring my 6th and 7th months to check my fluid levles. When I was 30 weeks along my doctor sent me to a specialist because my fliud was still low. His nurse did another ultrasound, she just sat there in complete silence with a grim look on her face, when she said that she had to go get the doctor I knew something was wrong with my sweet little baby. While the doctor did his ultrasound all I could do was lay there and pray to God asking him to let my baby be ok.When the doctor was done, he told  usthat I needed to be admitted to the hospital, because my baby was very sick and did not have any amniotic fluid at all. We were also told that he could only find one kidney, and that he did not think that it worked the way it should. we were possibily going to have to deliver the baby 10 weeks early. All I could do was cry. The next day they did an amnio infusion ( thats were they put fluid into the womb). After the infusion they did yet another ultrasound to see how things had gone. Half way through the ultrasound the nurse turnd to my husband, mother and I , smile and said you have a little girl, we were all thrilled, a sweet little girl, our little Reanna Kymberley, but our joy was short lived after the ultrasound the doctor told us that Reanna needed to be born because her only kidney did not work , and that the fluid he gave her would not last very long and she  would suffocate. The C-section was set for the next morning. that was the longest night of my life, I stayed awake all night praying to God for Reanna's safty, and talking to Reanna telling her how much she was loved, and about all the things we were going to do as she grew up. I was still awake the next morning when the nurses came in to get me ready for the delivery At 7:50 am on the morning of March 2nd, 2000 Reanna Kymberley Davis was born, she weighed 2 Lbs. 13 Oz. and was14 1/2 inches long. she had her daddy's black hairwith my curls  his ears and my nose. I got to see Reanna as they were rushing her out the door to take her to the NICU.  It wasn't til I got out of recovery that I got to get a good look at her, she was and still is the most beautiful baby I had ever seenI thought how could a baby this perfect be so sick. When we talked to Reanna's doctors we were told that there was very little hope for our daughter, since her lungs were very under devloped because she had been with out amniotic fluid for so long, and her kidney was bad they said to hope for the best but expect the worse.I just kept think she would be ok, that she would pull through this. I would stand by her bed and watch her it broke my heart to see mybaby hooked up to all those machines. I kept thinking , I am her mommy, mommy's are supposed to be able to kiss it and make it all better, but I can't. I can't even kiss her. We got the phone call to tell us that Reanna was fadding fast at 10:15 that night. when we got to her I could see all the monitors blinkingand the numbers were going down very fast. My baby was fighting for her life and there was nothing I could do to help her. My world shattered. We decided to take her off the monitors so she could die in the arms of the family who loved her. My mom husband and I took turns holding her and telling her how much we loved her and that we all would be together in Heaven again someday After 15 short precious hours, Reanna Kymberley left my arms and flew home to be with God at 11:07 pm on March 2,2000. she will forever live on in the hearts and lives that she touched.