Baby delivered on Hwy 124

February 20, 2016 · 0 Comments

Adrienne Smith was just shy of 26 weeks pregnant with twins, which would be children number three and four to add to the family.

With a 10-year-old at home, as well as a 15-month-old, Adrienne, as a nurse, knew that the pains she was feeling should not be happening as she was nowhere near being ready to give birth.

With what one would call a normal pregnancy, Adrienne and her husband Jason Lilley decided as a precaution to go see her OB/GYN, Dr. Umeh, in Orangeville and have him check to see what was going on with the babies, who were not due for another 11 weeks.

Upon her visit, it was determined she wasn’t dilated at all, and the contractions she had been having slowly subsided and was sent home.

That evening Adrienne once again knew something was wrong and she and Jason decided to head down to Headwaters Hospital from their home in Hornings Mills.

On the way to the hospital, Adrienne knew there was no time to get to the hospital because it was time to start pushing. Yelling at Jason to pull the truck over, he dialled 911 who helped him over the phone deliver their first baby, William, who weighed just 2 lbs. 9 oz.

When William was delivered, Jason could already see the lights from the ambulance that was dispatched to help them and was more than relieved as William was flat lining when he came out.

Paramedics who arrived on the scene immediately administered to baby William and stabilized him for the ride to the hospital.

They then stabilized and transferred Adrienne to the waiting ambulance from the front seat of her truck very slowly and carefully as they were aware that there was another baby that could potentially come at any moment.

Once at the hospital, Adrienne was whisked away to have the second baby, Wyatt, via C-section an hour later. Wyatt arrived weighing just 2 lbs. 1 oz.

Specialized nurses from Sunnybrook were dispatched to Headwaters in anticipation of complications to the early arrival of twins and were on hand to stabilize them for transportation to the hospital in Toronto as soon as they arrived.

Being delivered 11 weeks premature, both twins had medical issues and were unable to breathe on their own. They had to be incubated prior to being rushed to Sunnybrook’s NICU for care.

“Currently the boys are struggling to get strong and healthy,” says Adrienne, who offers her thanks to “Dr. Umeh, nurses Candy Lou, Janet, Sherry, Lucy, Dr. Murphy, all the paramedics that were there that night and the Sunnybrook team for the amazing care they are providing to our boys.”

At this time both William and Wyatt remain in Sunnybrook and are expected to remain there for the next four months until they are healthy enough to go home.

With two small children at home and Jason being self-employed, the family is already starting to feel the financial strain of having to miss work, care for their two small children already at home and travelling over two hours on a daily basis to be with the William and Wyatt.

“It has been unbelievable, like we are having a bad dream,” says grandmother Mary Smith.

Considering the long, hard financial burden this has added to the family, Mary started a Go Fund Me Page to help her daughter’s family to get through this difficult time.

Originally looking to raise $5,000, to date $7,750 has already been donated. Those interested in helping this family can do so at gofundme.com and look up Help for Wyatt, William & Family.

By Michelle Janzen