The Start of Life for Marqus.....

Marqus Evan Stevens
02/12/2009
11:47am
3lbs 12oz
15 3/4" long

Day 1 of Marqus' life. This is what he looked like when I was able to go down and see him in the NICU at UVA. I wasen't able to go see him until about 8pm that night.





Day 2 of what I call my "booga man's" life. He truely fought for his life & amazed the NICU doctor's and nurses. It's so hard to hear the doctor's say that they don't think your son/daughter will make it the first day. But Marqus fought, and he fought hard. Chase & I couldn't be any prouder of him. He made everyone believe in miracles again. He's really here for a reason. He's going to be something special.












On Day 3, his levels were up and he had a small case of jaundice. The nurses did a good job and took excellent care of him and his needs. We still have the shades... which we refer to them as "Marqus' Stunna Shades"!!! He was definatly rockin the look! :o)











On Day 5, he's got him a little hat on, but it's not really a hat... it's covering all the wires needed for his Video EEG. That's pretty neat because they had a video camera in front of him and they not only monitored his brain, but what he was doing when something looked suspicious on the EEG. The stand was right at the end of the bed. It was neat.

I am going to do my best to get some more posts up, tracking his life. Marqus is 3 months old now and he's doing so wonderful. I will give you his information when the pictures are up.