Photo Contest Winner!
Throughout most of her pregnancy Debra frequented babycenter.com, one of the most popular destinations from pregnant women and mommies on the web. There was a holiday photo contest and Debra (along with thousands of others) posted a picture. She was surprised to find out that she had won! Special thanks to Kathleen who took the [...]
Read onCanaan & Emmaus (and other news)
It’s been a busy week and a half since Emmaus arrived. Once again, we thank you for your prayers as we stayed in the Owen Sound hospital getting light treatment for Emmaus. This past Wednesday we were sad to see Kathleen head home. Kathleen was here for almost a month, we miss her a lot! [...]
Read onThe whole story one week later!
Here I sit on our son’s 1 week birthday! I think back to the last month and think wow! What a ride! I thought I would write out the entire story… no details to be left out! =) Enjoy. When I was 41 weeks pregnant, we had a midwife appointment. While there the midwives said [...]
Read onAll Together
Yesterday morning we received the news that we would likely be able to return home that evening! We were very excited and prayed that Emmaus’ next blood test would be our ticket home. The results came back and while they weren’t stellar, we were told that we could go home with a biliblanket. We arrived [...]
Read onLight Therapy Continues
Emmaus is continuing to receive light therapy in Owen Sound. They’ve removed one of the three lamps because his bilirubin levels leveled off over night. He’s been much more responsive today and a lot of fun to watch! We really aren’t sure when we’ll be able to return home because besides the light therapy he [...]
Read onEmmaus’ homecoming postponed
It’s been a busy day with lots of ups and downs. Just like yesterday, we started to pack up to go home when everything changed. They noticed that his body was beginning to look quite jaundiced. This is fairly common in babies after the first few days but not in the first 24 hours. Jaundice [...]
Read onCharles Emmaus Copeland
He is here! There isn’t any internet at the hospital so I’m at a coffee shop making a quick post, we’ll have more info for you when we get home tomorrow. At 1:30pm today we almost went home because Debra’s labour hadn’t progressed. I actually had the bags packed and had taken her jacket out [...]
Read onBaby Updates
Alright, we’re getting down to the wire so to keep our site updated I’ve embedded my twitter feed below. There won’t be new posts on the blog, all new information will be in this post. All you need to do is refresh the page! Emmaus Updates: Share this:Share
Read onEmmaus at 41 weeks
Today marks week 41 for Debra. We had an ultrasound appointment that we truly thought we’d never have to go to, but there we were! We went up to Owensound for a midwife appointment and Emmaus seems to be just fine right now. The problem is, he just can’t stay in there for too much [...]
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