The+Year+1989

Thanksgiving is a time of giving, a time of happiness, a time of family and laughter. For Susie and Dave Marschka, it was a Thanksgiving they would never forget. Alexander David Marschka, the only son of Susie and Dave, was due on January 16th 1990. It wasn’t until Susie felt pain while eating her thanksgiving dinner that she knew her dessert would not be as pleasant as expected. Two days, 8 hours in labor, and a C-Section later Alex was born on November 25th 1989. There was something special about Alex but no one could tell just yet. Was it the fact that his father Dave could hold him in the palm of his hand when he was born? Or the fact that he flipped in his mother’s stomach and survived 2 months premature. Two weeks later they brought their son home, after enough incubation and nursing