Lucas Camilo

Monday morning at around 6:30 am, Lucas Camilo was born into the world at 4 pounds 4 ounces. There was a beautiful sunrise outside the hospital window in Washington DC as he emerged after a quick labor. He’s been wanting to come out early and he finally got his wish…

Lucas is currently resting in the neonatal intensive care unit and he’ll probably be there for a while. The good news is that he likely won’t need surgery on his esophagus as the blockage that doctors had suspected isn’t actually there. However, the little guy is struggling a lot right now with a pretty serious infection that’s affecting his whole body. The doctors believe that’s why Krista went into labor early Monday morning.

We’re staying at the Washington Hospital Center right down the hall from him, and it’s great to be able to see him, hold his hands, and interact with him whenever we want. There’s been some good doctors on hand to explain things, but we probably won’t know how fast he’ll be able to recover until more monitoring and test results are in. It’s both an exciting and scary time for us right now and we hope that you can keep all three of us in your thoughts during the coming days.

Love, krista and burke