It's a Girl!

Congrats to Tony & Susan.

They had a beautiful baby girl.

Persephone Helen Puz

Born November 13, 2007 at 7:51 PM

8 lbs 7.6 oz.

20.5 Inches

40 Hours of Labor

20 Hours at the Hospital

Tuesday morning Eric woke up to go to work. I remember him waking up and then I fell back to sleep. Then he woke me up and said "It's time to go." Eric had received the phone call at about Midnight, but he didn't check his messages till about 5 AM. We got ready to go, made a trip to Starbucks, and were on our way to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma to see our niece be born.

We arrived there around 6:00 AM. I would say one of the scariest parts of the day was when we got trapped in the elevator. Look our for Elevator number 4. We got in and were headed up and the power cut off. We weren't sure if it was the whole building that was out of power of just the elevator. I started using the light of my cell phone (which had no reception) to find the emergency button. Eric said "No, just wait". But I pushed the button any way. Within 30 seconds the doors opened and the mechanic was standing there. It was really scary. Probably nothing compared to what Tony and Susan had to go through that day though.

We made it to the room where everyone was pretty much exhausted already. We were there early enough to see the sun rise from the window in their room.

Susan had started having contractions on Monday at 4:00 AM. And they decided to go to the hospital at about Midnight. When we arrived they were working on trying to speed up the process. Here they are taking a walk around the hallway.

After they had been at the hospital for around 8 hours they decided to really speed up the process. After getting an Epidural, they began to induce labor.

After 12 hours of being at the hospital we were asked to leave the room because they felt that Susan had progressed enough to try and deliver the baby. But we all found out that this was one stubborn baby. We sat in the waiting room and waited.

Susan and the baby were very healthy and doing well, but the baby was not positioning her self very well. The tried pushing many times. Then stopped to take a break and push again. But she just wasn't going to come out that way. So they decided that it would be best if the did a C-Section. Then we had to wait for the doctor to arrive because she was at a different location. And then we waited some more. The nurse told us that because they were both doing so well that they had to take care of some other patients first that were in a more dire situation. So waiting isn't so bad when you know that Susan and the baby are healthy. Finally at about 7:00 PM they were all prepped and went into surgery.


We were aloud to wait in there room to wait for them to come back. The nurse told us it would probably be an hour. And sure enough in about an hour we saw Tony walking down the hallway with a baby girl in his arms. Eric and I were at the hospital for 14 hours, Tony and Susan had been there 20 but it was worth it when we got to see the baby.



Persephone Helen Puz was born at 7:51 PM on November 13, 2007. After Tony held her a while and lots of pictures where taken a nurse came in to measure her. We took bets on how big she was. Eric guessed 8.6 and was the closest. She was 8 lbs 7.6 oz. The measured her and she was 20.5 inches long.


After she was measured and a lot more pictures were taken, Susan was brought back in the room. She was doing great after the surgery. Here is a picture of their first family photo.

Here are a lot more pictures as well as some video from the day.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LpmibvoZxZayxGJc8

Veterans Day

I thought I would post this article that was on the front page of the Seattle Times in case other family members missed it or were not able to find it. The veteran in the photo is Bud Campbell. He is my Great Uncle (My Grandmother, Helen Puz' brother in law). I have included a summary of the article. You can read the full article by going to the Seattle Times Website

When Albert "Bud" Campbell, of Seattle, was getting out of the U.S. Army, a young officer asked him to join the reserves and gave him the paperwork. Campbell tore the papers in two and handed them back.
"I'd seen enough death and destruction," said Campbell, an infantry captain. Until last week, the 89-year-old World War II veteran didn't talk about his war experiences in New Guinea and the Philippines...

...Like many veterans who agreed to be interviewed, Campbell and Bevan broke their self-imposed silence at the urging of friends and family.
For his taping, Bud Campbell sat in a comfortable chair in his North Seattle living room. His wife, Mary, watched from the dining-room table as McHatton set up a small bank of lights, a microphone and a video recorder on a tripod. McHatton used flashcards of questions to prompt Campbell.
He talked about being stationed at Camp Roberts in Northern California on Dec. 7, 1941.
"I was on a weekend pass when Pearl Harbor was bombed," Campbell said. "They kept saying on the radio that all military personnel should return to base immediately. I didn't go back until 2 a.m. because I knew we'd never get off base."
He was 23 years old and overnight his one-year commitment became five. He became an officer and fought in New Guinea and the Philippines...