Our little Yankee Doodle....

vickyisblessed - 09:48pm Jul 15, 2012 EST

Hi my name is Victoria Lucas, I am an Army wife and this is my story.... I started having Blood Pressure spikes like three weeks ago. My Dr. was administering Iron fusions and that’s how they noticed. So, after being put in the hospital and having test they really didn't find anything. All the Dr's did was put me on bed rest and they were having me come in twice a week to check my BP and monitor Bradley. On my first visit they noticed Bradley's heart rate was not doing well, so they decided to do an ultrasound and a study of the blood flow going to the Baby. That's where it all started... That was July 3, I was admitted to the hospital. Throughout the night they monitored his heart rate which, I thought was getting better because my blood pressure was better. My prayer warriors had come to see me that night and I really felt the peace of The Lord! I truly felt His hand in all of this! Jesus had given me this Baby and He was holding Bradley in the Womb! Well at 7:30 in the morning my Dr., Dr. Diaz-Lopez, came in and told me and Ryan that they had to get Bradley out…. Imagine my reaction! As a Mother you want to give your precious babies a fighting chance, and I truly could not wrap my head around having a 26 week old baby! It just was not possible… at that moment I cried out to Father God, the Dr. told me “Ok,ok this is your baby and if you want to wait we will wait… but if his heart rate goes down one more time, we are going in” I told him I needed to pray and talk it over with my husband, who had been woken up to my crying and screaming, he was some what in shock!!! At that point Ryan and I just prayed, cried and begged for and answer from The Lord. Right then Bradley’s heart rate dipped again and Ryan knew what had to be done. Right then the Dr. came back in and they started the process for a C-Section and Getting ready for Bradley being so small! What they found when they opened me up…. Shocked everyone! Especially my Dr. , my placenta was 75% detached and was even calcifying…. There was dead tissue! Bradley was dying inside of me and no one knew it! I had no symptoms relating to a detached placenta, no bleeding, no pain…. They would have never found it ‘till it was to late. So, from a sickness I was praying to be healed from, high BP is how Bradley was saved!!! That is how awesome God is!!! Baby Bradley was born 1lbs 11oz, 14.5/6” long and on THE OF JULY! He is a fighter! They call him Mr. Feisty! Lol.. Like who I wonder?? He is not on a respirator, yes he is breathing on his own, he is feeding breast milk and cries cause he is hungry… lol they had to increase his feeding and he is a wiggle worm! I have been able to hold him twice now! Praise The Lord….. I don’t know what is in store for us… but this I know, God wanted Bradley on this earth and as his Mom I feel privileged to be part of Bradley’s life! The testimonies and miracles I have seen BOGGLE my mind… and it is all for the glory of God and the testimony of His awesomeness!!!!