Marquiss update, Day 1- Keep Praying!

This is just part of the update that Henry and Leighann posted on their blog. If you would like to read all of it, go to: www.marquissclan.blogspot.com

Wow, what an amazing day! Baby boy is acclamaiting to life on the outside and has a team of doctors and the Almighty God working to help him survive. There was a surprise this morning when the doctors brought baby boy into the world. Instead of just having his heart exposed, part of his stomach is also exposed. This is more common than ectopic cordis alone. He also was able to take a first breath or two, but then unable to maintain his own breathing. The team resuscitated him and immediately hooked him up to a breathing tube. He continues to use the breathing tube, but is also taking about 4 breaths a minute by himself. This means he is working to do some breathing, although unable to sustain life on his own.
The good news is that when the doctors looked at his defect, they noticed the heart and stomach are covered by a membrane of sorts, much like skin, sealing baby boy's organs off to air. They are satisfied for now that he does not need to have any synthetic covering as this membrane is doing the job of protecting from infection. We praise God that immediate surgery was not needed...this is one less thing for baby boy to have to overcome.
Baby boy weighed in at 8 pounds 6 ounces and measures 20 inches long; not bad for coming at 38 weeks.