Pat McAfee has become a father for the second time but revealed in an emotional social media post that his newborn son, Midas Robert, was moved into intensive care after arriving via emergency C-section.
McAfee said his son, who was born four weeks early, spent around 36 hours in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to help his breathing and develop his lungs before doctors eventually returned the newborn to him and his wife Samantha.
Emergency C-Section Due to Severe Preeclampsia
"Due to Samantha having a high risk pregnancy and severe preeclampsia, the decision was made to have an emergency C-Section on Friday night. Baby boy officially entered the world on May 22nd at 10:42PM as a 6lb 6oz screaming young legend… 10 Toes, 10 Fingers, full head of hair," McAfee wrote in a statement.
Initial Magical Moments
"Literally in his first moments of life, Midas was working... He was able to get his O2 Levels high enough to be able to come hang with us in our room and because of that we got to do all of the immediate magical newborn moments.. Skin to skin, 10,000 kisses, tons of love, all of that."
NICU Stay for Lung Development
"Inevitably, since he came into the world at 36 Weeks (40 is full term), he had to develop his lungs a little bit more, get some fluid out of him, and adjust a bit to life outside of Sam’s stomach.. So, he was sent to the NICU to help the transition from the womb to the world."
"We had a sneaky suspicion that he was a dawg and a fighter but, it is a bit scary to see your baby hooked up to so many 'very serious' things.. He ended up staying roughly 36 hours in the NICU before being released back to our room… a FULL CELEBRATION occured. We’ve been floating around this room.. sleeping and burping and feeding and changing diapers ever since."
McAfee added that he is still in hospital with his wife and Midas at present, but hoped to return home later on Monday or on Tuesday.
