Erica and Joe welcomed the abrupt arrival of their twin boys Wednesday evening May 31st..

Cameron Douglas Zillgitt arrived at 8:00 p.m.
Weighing in at a hefty 2 lbs 2 oz
14 Ύ” long

Caleb Joseph Zillgitt arrived at 8:02
He weighed in at 2 lbs 9 oz.
15 Ό” long

One of the babies was turned sideways and blocking the birth canal which made a c-section inevitable unless they could postpone the delivery. The attempts to stop the contractions were unsuccessful and Erica was taken by ambulance from Monticello Hospital to North Memorial where they are better equipped to handle twin preemies.

Baby “A” – aka Cameron is not able to breathe on his own yet but seems very content with all of the attention he’s getting. He just looks so tiny with the huge breathing tube in his mouth.

Baby “B” - Caleb is breathing on his own although it is a bit labored, and he has a very bruised nose. The nurse said that bruises sometime happen with a cesarean, but I suspect, Cameron - being older and wiser – but smaller than Caleb - took his shot on exit while he had the chance. J

We are very optimistic that the babies will be fine but we also know that they have quite a road ahead of them and are by no means out of the woods yet. Cameron and Caleb will reside in the very good hands of the staff in the Newborn ICU at North Memorial until they are strong enough to graduate to the nursery. The nurse we spoke to tonight said that they ususally use the babies due date as a target date to be able to leave the hospital.

The twins were not due to arrive until August 9th.