[Debbie D]

Well, after being a week late, my DIL developed preeclampsia so the docs induced labor.
After 36 hours of very little going on and no progress after 3 hours of pushing our grandson was delivered by c section last Friday. Bryson Gerard weighed 7-7 and 21".

Twelve hours after being born, the little guy developed seizures. they ran him through a CT scan and found he'd had a stroke. They rushed him to Children's Hospital, and did an MRI. It showed a major area in the visual cortex and a small area on the right side of the cortex had been damaged. He continued to seize, so they put him on phenylbarbitol and put an EEG cap on him to monitor him.
My poor son & DIL-she was hysterical alone at the hospital while my son went with the baby. Luckily DIL's mom flew in Saturday...DIL was released a day early so she could go be with the baby.
By Monday the seizures had stopped, so they took the EEG cap off. He is nursing well now, so they took the NG tube out. Looks like, if he continues to eat and gain weight, he may be released today.
They were told that a newborn's brain is very plastic which means there might be rerouting of damaged nerves. They don't know why he suffered a stroke, which they said might be a good thing, because if there was a reason there might be more to deal with.
We face timed with them the other evening-the baby is adorable, moves both his hands & fingers, and can hear. He was asleep until he got hungry, then let the world know with a loud wail that he was ready for food-a welcome sound for sure.
We continue to wait and see what, if any, residual damage might linger...and pray...