Nicholas Lennon Summers

We went for the 20 wk ultrasound in March 2009 to find out if we would have a little boy or a little
girl. My fiance and I really wanted a boy, as we already have a little girl. Went and found out
it's a boy! We were so excited and happy. We waited and then finally my midwife called us. She
told us there were some concerns with my u/s. I had low amniotic fluid, blockage in the umbilical
cord and the tubes to the baby's kidneys were dialated. She was sending me to a specialist in the
next couple of day. Went to the specialist and he did a u/s said there was also fluid around the
baby's heart and a cyst on his brain which could mean down syndrome, hydrocephalis or worse. The
specialist said he didn't care about all this other stuff that was wrong, his #1 concern was the
baby's heart. I went through the painful amnio and had to wait to find out what was wrong with my
child. Four days later the nurse called and said the baby tested positive for down syndrome and
negative for anything worse. We were disapointed and angry but we could deal with it. We didn't
care what he had we just wanted our son any way God wanted to send him. Over the next few months I
was monitored closely and had another u/s with the specialist in April. At that time he said baby's
heart looked fine and he wasn't worried then. So he didn't schedule to see me again until June
where I would do testing every 3 days till the end of my pregnancy. I was feeling Nicholas move a
lot and getting miserable by the day. Getting closer and closer and more excited. The last weekend
in May we finally got his room all finished. Daddy painted it and we got every thing hung on the
wall and the crib put together. It was all ready we just needed our boy. We prayed this whole time
that God would take care of him, keep him safe and let him be born healthy. June 2nd I felt him
move early that morning but then nothing all day and night. Woke up at 6am June 3rd and still
nothing. I got up drank a glass of water and layed on my side and 45 mins later felt movement so I
went back to sleep. Didn't feel much that day and I just chalked it up to the fact that we were
getting closer and he was getting bigger and running out of room. June 4th I had my regular check
up. I was pretty emotional that day, so sore and tired and just hurt and wanted to hurry this along
and have my baby. Nurse did all the normal things but then she went to look for the heartbeat with
the doppler and nothing. No heartbeat. She tried for 20mins and still nothing. My midwife came in
and she tried, still no heartbeat. She sent me for a u/s and after 5mins the tech said "I'm sorry
there is no heartbeat". My fiance and I were in disbelief, this couldn't be happening. We were
only 5wks away from being due. What happened? June 7th I went to the hospital to be induced. I'd
been having contractions for a couple of days so my body was doing what it was supposed to. I went
in at 5pm and gave birth to my son Nicholas Lennon at 10:40pm. He weighed 4lbs. 11oz, and 18inches
long. We held him and kissed him. He was and is our beautiful boy. He looked like mommy and big
sister. Had lots of beautiful strawberry blonde hair. Big feet like mommy and just precious. We
love him and miss him so. God knew more than the dr.s and us what was wrong and took him so he
wouldn't suffer. We are thankful that he is in heaven and at peace there. He is perfect and happy.
We will always love you precious boy.