It was a dark and stormy night...

It was a dark and stormy night. The wind howled and the night sky was illuminated as bolts of lightning leaped from cloud to cloud, never quite touching the ground. As the woman's screams echoed down the hall, the masked man picked up a knife and walked slowly, calmly toward the woman, who was unable to move...

OK, it was windy and there was a thunderstorm on the horizon, and the doctor was masked, though he had a scalpel, not a knife. And they were moans rather than screams from Sachiyo, who was rather heavily drugged (by an anesthesiologist, not self-medicated) but I think you all get the picture.

At 2154, on 17 August, Keri Moench entered the world at 7 lbs 4 oz (3.3 Kg) and 19.75 inches (50 cm). Mom and daughter are doing fine. Both are lovely and will be home soon.




Keri, about 45 seconds after birth



Keri under the heat lamps going from blue to pink



Keri meets mom and big brother



Keri Moench