Introducing Ryder-Medium from Daniel Shannon on Vimeo.
We have been anticipating with great excitement since last fall the 1st new addition to our family.
We chose not to find out whether we were having a boy or a girl which allowed each day of the last 9 months, to be filled with so much wonder! We were expecting our little gift to arrive around April 27th and were enjoying preparing for them one step at a time. It was a big shock to us when on April 3rd our midwife called with results from a blood test for Meehan. The results showed she had a rare condition called "Colestatisis' which is a pregnancy induced condition that placed our baby at high risk for being a stillborn. They informed us that afternoon that we needed to induce labor in less than 48 hours, putting our baby at 3 weeks before their estimated due date. Needless to say, this was a bit of a shock, and because of Meehan's condition, were transferred to Denver Health to have our baby. When we checked in there, early that morning we assumed we would have our baby by that afternoon. Little did we know that Meehan's induction would take 4 days! Looking back, we are so thankful for the midwives and doctors that assisted us in this process, as they really tried to allow Meehan's body, and our baby to accept that it was time for birth. Meehan had contractions for 3 of those days and then was in active labor for 1. At 3:12pm on Monday, April the 8th, our baby boy was brought into this world! I, Daniel, actually caught him, and then handed him up to Meehan. It was amazing! We named him Ryder McCoy Shannon, which means "Mounted Warrior"(Ryder), "Son of Fire"(McCoy), "Little Wise Owl or Wise One"(Shannon). We can't tell you how thrilled we are! You will probably notice in some of his pictures a little bulge above his left eye. We are still having this examined, but the general consensus so far is that it is most likely a rare type of hemangioma (benign tumor). We feel so blessed to be being seen by the #1 pediatric dermatologist in the nation at Children's Hospital here in Denver. We'd be lying to say this wasn't hard for us at 1st to take in, but we both feel very much t peace now and are just glad he is OK. Thank you for your patience and privacy as we have walked through so much these past few weeks and of course, thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers for us. God has been so gracious and good to us and we are so blessed to have Ryder in our lives.
"Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God."
Psalm 22:9-10
We have been anticipating with great excitement since last fall the 1st new addition to our family.
We chose not to find out whether we were having a boy or a girl which allowed each day of the last 9 months, to be filled with so much wonder! We were expecting our little gift to arrive around April 27th and were enjoying preparing for them one step at a time. It was a big shock to us when on April 3rd our midwife called with results from a blood test for Meehan. The results showed she had a rare condition called "Colestatisis' which is a pregnancy induced condition that placed our baby at high risk for being a stillborn. They informed us that afternoon that we needed to induce labor in less than 48 hours, putting our baby at 3 weeks before their estimated due date. Needless to say, this was a bit of a shock, and because of Meehan's condition, were transferred to Denver Health to have our baby. When we checked in there, early that morning we assumed we would have our baby by that afternoon. Little did we know that Meehan's induction would take 4 days! Looking back, we are so thankful for the midwives and doctors that assisted us in this process, as they really tried to allow Meehan's body, and our baby to accept that it was time for birth. Meehan had contractions for 3 of those days and then was in active labor for 1. At 3:12pm on Monday, April the 8th, our baby boy was brought into this world! I, Daniel, actually caught him, and then handed him up to Meehan. It was amazing! We named him Ryder McCoy Shannon, which means "Mounted Warrior"(Ryder), "Son of Fire"(McCoy), "Little Wise Owl or Wise One"(Shannon). We can't tell you how thrilled we are! You will probably notice in some of his pictures a little bulge above his left eye. We are still having this examined, but the general consensus so far is that it is most likely a rare type of hemangioma (benign tumor). We feel so blessed to be being seen by the #1 pediatric dermatologist in the nation at Children's Hospital here in Denver. We'd be lying to say this wasn't hard for us at 1st to take in, but we both feel very much t peace now and are just glad he is OK. Thank you for your patience and privacy as we have walked through so much these past few weeks and of course, thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers for us. God has been so gracious and good to us and we are so blessed to have Ryder in our lives.
"Yet you brought me out of the womb;
you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.
From birth I was cast on you;
from my mother’s womb you have been my God."
Psalm 22:9-10
I have watched your beautiful video and my heart and soul are blessed...your little Ryder will have a life where he is Living Loved thus he will Love Living.
ReplyDeleteMeehan you are a gorgeous mama, you look so peaceful....so his labor wasn't what you had expect but the gift is the same in the end, you have your son and he is precious, bump and all!
I can't wait to meet and hold him! Don't you love smelling him...your mom couldn't get enogh of that with you and Nick. I am so happy for you and Daniel, your family begins a new journey! I love you....
I love baby boy!!!!
ReplyDeleteCannot wait to see you guys and love Ryder. Group this week was so great! We missed you guys
: ) see you soon!