• 1/23/05 8:00 PM - Arrived at St. Mary's hospital in Madison
• 1/23/05 9:30 PM - Admitted to labor and delivery room 2405
• 1/23/05 11:05 PM - Nurse Renee introduces herself and helps us get comfortable in the labor and delivery room
• 1/23/05 11:32 PM - Dr. Susan Davidson (a wonderful doctor) ruptured Amy's membranes
• 1/24/05 1:11 AM - Preparing for epidural
• 1/24/05 1:21 AM - Dr. Clarence Johnson (anesthesiologist) arrives
• 1/24/05 1:30 AM - Epidural begins and I almost faint during shunt placement
• 1/24/05 1:45 AM - Dr. Clarence Johnson (anesthesiologist) leaves
• 1/24/05 4:56 AM - Dr. Mullen declares full dilation
• 1/24/05 5:15 AM - Active labor begins
• 1/24/05 5:30 AM - Alexandar Michael Robert Wilcox born unto this world
• 1/24/05 5:40 AM - Alexandar is taken to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) at St. Mary's
• 1/24/05 7:00 AM - Amy and I see pictures of Alexandar for the first time
• 1/24/05 8:30 AM - Amy and I meet Alexandar (in NICU) for the first time
• 1/24/05 9:24 AM - Alexandar taken up to exploratory surgery
• 1/24/05 9:34 AM - Amy and I arrived at recovery room 2514 - phone 259-3203
• 1/24/05 10:00 AM - Dr. Diane Heatley tells us Alexandar has long segment tracheal stenosis
• 1/24/05 10:15 AM - Erin from Family Services notifies us she was about to refer us to the Ronald McDonald House
• 1/24/05 10:25 AM - I spend almost an hour and a half trying to figure out insurance issues with The Alliance
• 1/24/05 12:00 PM - We sign consent for Alexandar's transfer to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
• 1/24/05 12:30 PM - We again visit Alexandar in the NICU at St. Mary's
• 1/24/05 1:45 PM - Alexandar leaves NICU for Milwaukee via helicopter
• 1/25/05 1:30 PM - Dad, Mom, and I visit Alexandar in the NICU in Milwaukee. Dr. Rebecca Moran tells us the needed surgery has a 50% mortality rate.
• 1/25/05 5:00 PM - Dad, Mom, and I arrive back at St. Mary's in Madison
• 1/26/05 12:30 PM - Amy is discharged from St. Mary's. We head back home and plan for an afternoon trip to Milwaukee
• 1/26/05 6:00 PM - In Milwaukee, Amy and I meet with Dr. Joseph Kerschner for the first time
• 1/27/05 - Amy, Hannah, and I spend the day at home preparing for a weekend away. It was nice having a somewhat normal day before moving into the Ronald McDonald House
• 1/28/05 3:00 PM - Hannah, Amy, and I checked into Milwaukee's Ronald McDonald House
• 1/28/05 4:30 PM - Amy held Alexandar for the first time
• 1/28/05 6:30 PM - Amy (sister) meets Alexandar
• 1/29/05 4:15 PM - I held Alexandar for the first time
• 1/30/05 7:00 PM - Amy and I head back to Madison for one night of sleep in our own bed before surgery
• 1/31/05 4:30 PM - We meet with Dr. Joseph Kerschner once again. He tells us surgery will be Friday, February 4

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