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Shawna Purvis sent her husband, Ryan, a photo of his newborn son, Kyler. Ryan was in route to the hospital from Salt Lake City when Kyler was born at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies. Photo courtesy of the Purvis family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Ryan and Shawna Purvis shared the story of the day their second child, Kyler, was born May 18 during the start of a classic Colorado spring snowstorm, they couldn\u2019t help but laugh and joke about that whirlwind day.<\/p>\n

Text messages between Ryan and Shawna that morning \u2014 just as the snow started to fall and road closures began across the state \u2014 tell a harrowing story filled with anticipation and uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Shawna was 37 weeks into a healthy pregnancy. She\u2019s a flight attendant for the same airline that her husband, Ryan, a pilot, works for. Shawna had already taken a few weeks to prepare for their child\u2019s arrival. Ryan, thinking the child would come three weeks later, had gone to Salt Lake City for three days of training.<\/p>\n

Ryan was in class when the first text message came at 8:20 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou there? Sooo\u2026started having contractions about 45 minutes ago\u2026,\u201d the text message said.<\/p>\n

Shawna told Ryan she\u2019d called her doctor, who had advised her to come in for an appointment. Her sister, Shannon, who had already agreed to help when the time came, was taking her there as she typed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI literally spent the whole night coughing, so maybe it has to do with that\u2026,\u201d Shawna wrote back.<\/p>\n

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Shawna Purvis sent her husband, Ryan, a photo of his newborn son, Kyler. Ryan was in route to the hospital from Salt Lake City when Kyler was born at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies. Photo courtesy of the Purvis family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shannon arrived and drove her sister to UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies. Shannon talked about everyday things, but Shawna couldn\u2019t listen. She was busy texting her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in pain. I want you here\u2026,\u201d a message said. Ryan\u2019s colleagues gave him a few high fives and he headed out to catch the first available flight back to Denver.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, at MCR, Shawna was being told she was in the late stages of labor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they told me I was 7 centimeters (dilated), I knew he wasn\u2019t going to make it and I started crying,\u201d Shawna recalled.<\/p>\n

\"Shawna,
Shawna, Ryan and 3-year-old Cambryn Purvis welcome home the newest member of their family, Kyler, on May 25. Kyler was born at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies on May 18. Photo courtesy of the Purvis family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jenna Duetsch, nurse manager for the Women\u2019s Care unit at MCR, was Shawna\u2019s labor nurse that morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce she arrived here we were able to move quickly and get her comfortable,\u201d Duetsch said.<\/p>\n

Shawna got an epidural and hoped that it would slow her labor, but she had no such luck. Only moments later, her water broke.<\/p>\n

Duetsch offered to have Ryan watch the labor via Facetime, but he was on the airplane for an 11 a.m. flight out of Salt Lake City. His text messages to Shawna went unanswered. Her delivery moved quickly and Kyler was born at 11:17 a.m. weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces.<\/p>\n

On the plane, Ryan got a few phone calls in and receive updates via Facebook from his sister-in-law while in route.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who knows me, knows I\u2019m cheap, but I did pay for the Wi-Fi this time,\u201d Ryan joked.<\/p>\n

His first look at his newborn son was via text message photo, Kyler lying peacefully on his mother\u2019s chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats sweetie. I\u2019m so proud of you,\u201d Ryan messaged.<\/p>\n

Kyler\u2019s oxygen levels were low when he was born, so he was taken to MCR\u2019s Special Care Nursery special care nursery, where he was cared for until May 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was not at all our plan,\u201d Shawna said. \u201cBut everyone was so accommodating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy interactions with everyone here (MCR) were so great,\u201d Ryan continued. \u201cThey were so helpful. It had been three and a half years since we\u2019d had a baby, but they were there to help coach us and encourage us, which was very, very helpful, and I appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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