Wednesday, August 8, 2007

All the quints in one spot, Candice the Magnificent Doctor, and Mac

Rachelle is now back home and is realizing that recovery will take just a little longer than she had originally anticipated. Somehow she imagined that after the babies were born, she would be up running around coordinating things. Instead, she is still a bit swollen and has to walk really slow. Things are going well however and she is improving more every day.

They moved the babies to the main campus of Phoenix Children's hospital and it is nice. They are all in cribs and only Rustin has an oxygen monitor on. I think that the only remaining step they have to finish before they can go home is to be able to eat without requiring any tubes through their noses (they usually stick a tube through their nose to feed them when they are not very good at sucking). Two of them are still a little lazy and are not that interested in sucking on bottles but three of them are eating pretty well.

On Tuesday, we were able to get all of the quints together in one spot. First, we put them all in the same crib for the CBS Early Show and then for a fun photo shoot later in the afternoon. Here is one of the photos we took:



Another thing that I really wanted to mention again was how cool the Doctor was that actually performed the C-section and took out babies. Her name is Candice Park and she was instrumental in getting Rachelle through those last weeks. Here is a picture of Dr. Park, Rachelle and the babies:





Candice is LDS (Mormon) and makes some of the best cakes I have ever had. In addition to being an awesome doctor, she is the gospel doctrine teacher (or adult Sunday school teacher) in her congregation and I really can't say enough good things about her. In addition to that, she is dating a former member of two National Championship BYU Volleyball teams and former member of the US National Volleyball Team, Mac (short for Mackay) Wilson. I thought this was one of the coolest things I had ever heard. For those of you who don't know me, I am a huge BYU Volleyball fan. I honestly liked going to the volleyball games a little bit better than the football games. The Volleyball games were a little more fast paced and it was just fun to see those guys hammer that ball down. It was awesome.

Anyway, I graduated in 1999 which was the year of their first championship and clearly remember Mac. I just thought that little thing was God's way of making me laugh and saying that he is watching out for Rachelle AND me. Of all the people in the world that could have performed that C-section, we had probably the most perfect for us. It is amazing how that worked out. Now, the last thing I want to say in this post is, Mac, if you are reading, you should know Candice is a definite keeper.

9 comments:

Malone Quads said...

Hello Jayson and Family!

Your family picture speaks volumes! I had the opportunity to meet Rachelle twice during office visits(@23 wks and 27wks) and she made the pregnancy look easy! Your blogs have kept us going at many different times. My wife is now 32.3wks(also had a cerclage placed) and was able to use positive experiences from the Wilkinson family site. People have no idea how crazy it is to go through this experience while splitting the family up. The MALONE QUADS will forever be linked to a family from Cedar Park,TX(we actually have cousins there in CP Tim and Sarah Robinson), that set the bar pretty high! Continued success and look forward to exchanging war stories soon.
Thomas Kelly and TMM II

Malone Quads

Cassaundra said...

Thank you for updating the blog! What an awesome family picture! You all are beautiful. Those babies, my, oh, my! AMAZING! Kaiya and Riley seem to be happy as well! That is an arm full of babies. I can picture that group hug now! You are truly blessed. Savor the moments, even the rough ones. Rachelle, listen to your body...it has a lot of healing left to do. Jayson, you tell her when you think/know she is doing too much! Hugs to all.......peace, love, joy, FAITH!

The Dragonfly said...

Candice the Magnificent Doctor is absolutely stunning! Are you sure she was old enough to perform the C-Section? She looks about 23! And seriously, could Rachelle be anymore beautiful herself? She definitely has that glow of new mommyhood . . . times 5!

a work in progress said...

You have a beautiful family, and I think it's neat about Candice and her bf and all. It makes a person feel more at home when things like that happen. I am happy things have worked out so well for you all.

Tobi said...

You all look beautiful! Thank you for posting the pictures. I agree with Cassundra, Candice the Magnificent does look way to young to be a doctor!

Kernal Ken said...

Beautiful, beautiful family!

Gorgeous Rachelle and Dr. Candice

Mac, we agree with jayson!

Aruni said...

What beautiful pictures!

coribell95 said...

good luck with ur seven kids. i have 2 year old twin boys and 1 year old triplet girls. i have apsoulutely no privacy. i am 20 years old i had my triplets at 18 i think that is why it is so hard. yes i am a young mom but u wauted and i respect that a lot. but seriously GOOD LUCK.

THANK YOU FOR READING....
coribell95

coribell95 said...

wow good luck with seven. i have twin boys and triplte girls and i am only 20. wat i have is hard enough!!