Stephen Blair Moseley, Jr. was born Friday, May 19, 2006 at 8:48 p.m. He was 4 pounds, 15.75 ounces and 17 inches long. He was born at 33 weeks and 6 days. He spent his first two days in the NICU at Floyd Medical Center in Rome. On Monday, May 22, Blair was transported to Egleston Childrens Hospital in Atlanta after the pediatric cardiologist in Rome found what he believed to be a pulmonary artery defect.

Blair does not have any of the heart defects which we believed he had earlier in the pregnancy. The defect he has is called a pulmonary artery (PA) sling. This means his left pulmonary artery branches out from his right pulmonary artery rather than from his main pulmonary artery. This condition will require surgery to repair it.

Although this condition is more rare than the earlier heart defects we believed Blair had, it is supposed to be easier to fix. One of the doctors told us the surgery to repair the earlier defects rates a 6 out of 6 on a scale of difficulty/complexity. The surgery Blair needs is more like a 2 out of 6. Part of the problem with the PA sling is that the left PA is putting pressure on Blair's trachea.

On Thursday (May 25, 2006), the doctors performed a test (bronchoscopy) to look down his trachea to see how much pressure is being placed on it and to see what (if any) abnormalities exist in the trachea. The results of the bronchoscopy were needed to help determine the extent of the problems associated with the PA sling. Thanks be to God, the bronchoscopy showed very little compression on the trachea by the PA and no abnormalities of any significance. We are so thankful for this awesome test result.

With the good bronchoscopy test result, the cardio-thoracic surgeon can proceed with the surgery to repair Blair's PA sling. The surgey will occur on Friday (May 26, 2006) mid-morning.

Blair was taken back to surgery at 10:00 a.m. this morning. The surgery is expected to last about 2 to 3 hours.

For those who can visit us, we are at Egleston Childrens Hospital on the Emory campus (located on Clifton Road). Once inside the hospital, take the Main Elevator to the 2nd floor and the NICU waiting area.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for our sweet baby boy. We can hardly wait for you all to meet him. Please continue to keep Blair and his Mom and Dad in your prayers and thoughts.

Praise be to God for all He has done for Blair up to now and continues to do for him this morning.