Something very special happened Thursday, March 2nd this year in the morning. Oskar was born, son of Grete and Kjell Arne.

This was the culmination of a lot of prayers and many years of waiting. And we would like to express our congratulations to the happy parents through this blog as well as on their page. Their blog is in Norwegian, but there are a lot of nice pictures of Oskar, his parents and relatives.

Oskar’s entry into this world was not an easy one. He was born through a C-section and things were looking good. Luckily, the nurse checked his blood sugar after a very short time and discovered that it was 0.3-0.4! It should be 10 times higher than this. He soon got cramps and stopped breathing. He got help to breathe and was moved to intensive care where he remained for a few days while he was treated with antibiotics and medicine to reduce cramps.

Hours later and a lot of prayers later, Oskar was gaining strength steadily. Even the staff at the intensive care could not explain the rapid recovery.

Oskar is now home with Grete and Kjell Arne. He cries a lot sometimes and the parents are discovering the "smelly" side of having kids. But they are savoring every moment and updating the blog as often as they can.

We want to wish Oskar Mathias Thomassen and his parents all the best and on behalf of everyone in Brazil - Congratulations!