Pat McAfee and his wife, Samantha, welcomed their second child. Taking to Twitter, he posted,
“Please help @MrsMcAfeeShow, Mackenzie, and I welcome Midas Robert McAfee to our family.. Attributable to Samantha having a high risk pregnancy and severe preeclampsia, the choice was made to have an emergency C-Section on Friday night. Baby boy officially entered the world on May twenty second at 10:42PM as a 6lb 6oz screaming young legend… 10 Toes, 10 Fingers, full head of hair.
Literally in his first moments of life, Midas was working… He was in a position to get his O2 Levels high enough to find a way to return hang with us in our room and since of that we got to do all the immediate magical newborn moments.. Skin to skin, 10,000 kisses, tons of affection, all of that.. inevitably, since he got here into the world at 36 Weeks (40 is full term), he needed to develop his lungs a bit bit more, get some fluid out of him, and adjust a bit to life outside of Sam’s stomach.. So, he was sent to the NICU to assist the transition from the womb to the world.
As mom was recovering like a badass from the mind boggling C-Section surgery, little dude was DAHN the hall.. They put a CPAP on our guy, a feeding tube, and put him in a heated pod with a heating lamp to assist him develop a bit more. There wasn’t much I could do aside from bring positive vibes as I bounced forwards and backwards between the two.
Watching Samantha battle thru her recovery has been nothing wanting inspiring, WE APPRECIATE YOU @MrsMcAfeeShow, I might be sure that our children will understand how much you went thru for them.. And each time I went and saw boy, I couldn’t help but fantasize about what his life could change into.. So many dreams and opportunities waiting for this young stud. We had a sneaky suspicion that he was a dawg and a fighter but, it’s a bit scary to see your baby attached to so many “very serious” things.. He ended up staying roughly 36 hours within the NICU before being released back to our room… a FULL CELEBRATION occured. We’ve been floating around this room.. sleeping and burping and feeding and changing diapers ever since. We’re seeking to get back home to our 3 yr old baby girl today or tomorrow. We are able to’t wait for her to satisfy her baby brother.. Her grandparents have been doing a PHENOMENAL job of keeping her informed and likewise distracted while we’ve been living on this hospital.. we’re VERY THANKFUL for them.
The name “Midas” has been the name I’d hoped to call my baby boy, if I used to be to ever have kids, since my Freshman yr of highschool when Mrs Nonnenberg (RIP Legend) taught me about Greek Mythology.. Like most, while you come from not lots, the considered all the pieces you touch becoming gold was actually an instantaneous draw for me but on this world that we live in, gold can only come from working your ass off, getting lucky, and having great folks around you. The name is ideal for the boy that Sam and I would really like to boost. He might be an asset to society, he’ll treat folks right, and he’ll work his ass off to assist his community achieve their very own type of “gold.”
“Robert” is a tribute to Samantha’s dad and best friend.. A person that we lost way too soon a few years back and can now live to tell the tale ceaselessly thru Mighty Midas. Midas will know his grandfather thru our stories and pictures.. and we all know Bob might be looking for Midas for all of time.
So on this Memorial Day we are saying Thank You to those that gave all the pieces to this country that we call home.. and we’ll use their stories as guidance for our young boy a couple of life lived right.
We Love You Midas… Welcome to the McAfee family. We are going to do all the pieces we will for you, brother.
p.s. Midas has already watched the closest Indy 500 of all time. The Vegas Golden Knights HUGE game 3 comeback… AND in fact, Top Gun Maverick.”