While Danielle and Luke have been excitedly planning for their daughter’s arrival, she decided to give them a big surprise and thought she was ready to meet them at just shy of 29 weeks! Danielle’s water broke in the early morning hours of October 4. Luke took her to the Rhinelander ER from where Danielle was transferred via ambulance to Aspirus in Wausau where they are a bit more equipped to deal with situations such as this. As much as everyone would love more time with baby in the world, Danielle and Luke’s team in Wausau were able to give Danielle medication to stop contractions so baby can further develop for as long as possible. Subsequently, Danielle will have to remain on bed rest until baby’s arrival. Luke is planning to visit as often as possible while still working in order to save his paternity leave for when baby comes. Our hopes in creating this page is to offer these amazing parents-to-be support in a variety of ways, whether that be monetary donations to help with travel costs and lost wages, nourishing meals, playing with and walking Copper while Luke is with Danielle in Wausau, or gifting the couple with thoughtful items to let them know they’re on our minds.