Prayer Needed

Kaidyn is doing good. She weighs 4lb 1.6oz! She growing big. She's been doing about the same with her oxygen and everything. When she got sick last week with a cold we had to start all over on the road to getting her in a crib. So they are starting to lower the temperature on her isolette again. We have a few more weeks left here. She needs to be able to hold her temperature, bottle feed every feed, and be more consistent with her oxygen but overall she's doing good.

Prayer is needed for Baby Maya. Her parents found out today that her PDA has opened back up and one of her arteries are swollen. She has been started on steroids to prepare her lungs for surgery. The steroids could help close her PDA and cause her artery to no be as swollen but if on Thursday they see no progress she will have to have surgery on Friday. Baby Maya is only about 1 lb 1.2 oz. She has already had one major surgery. She is only two weeks old. Please pray for Baby Maya and her family. Another surgery would be a lot for her tiny body to handle. So send many prayers this way.

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Kaidyn is still doing good. She is still battling with her oxygen. She is just not consistent with it yet. She still has some hurdles to to jump before shes ready to go home but at least we are on the downhill. Yesterday, Kaidyn got another special visitor. Since my Mom will be watching Kaidyn often I felt it was necessary that she take the CPR class they require everyone to take. Since the class was in the NICU conference room afterwards Mom got to see Kaidyn! I am glad she got to see her after her many weeks of sitting in the waiting room. Kaidyn weighs 3lb 14.8oz now! 4lbs is right around the corner.

Ronald McDonald House Prayer Request:

Kaidyn and I would like for you all to please pray for Baby Maya. She was born at 24 weeks and weighed 1lb 4oz just like Kaidyn. She has had to have surgery on her intestines and now has a colostomy bag. Her mom, Christy, has been very strong but could definitely use the prayers from some warriors because as we know, she has a long journey ahead of her.

Pray also for Julia and her family. I didn't meet them personally but this morning after check in Julia passed out in the shower and had to be taken to the emergency room. Her baby was life flighted here early this morning and did not make it through the day. The baby passed away around 4pm. Please keep their family in your prayers.

Back for a Second Try

Kaidyn went back into the Continuing Care Unit today. She is doing really great! Taking a bottle 3x a day. She is now weighing 3lb 12.2oz!! She was taken off her high flow cannula and put on just a regular cannula. We are waiting for her to not need that oxygen anymore and then we will be good to go so pray pray pray for that! Our time here is coming to a close and its sad but happy. I am just so ready to get her home!

We are back on track

Kaidyn is have a good day today. She got to start back bottle feeding today. I am not sure I posted about it but she was getting a bottle before she got sick and had even drank her whole feed from it. She was at 27mL before she got sick and she is back to 18mL. She drank all at 18mL today. She is getting the hang of taking a bottle. She is still gaining weight even after not getting feeds for about a day. She is 3lb 7oz as of last night. She is growing so big! Hopefully she will continue to gain weight, I am wondering if she is really that big because she does have an IV so we will see once its taken out. But all in all, Kaidyn is still doing good. Still waiting till she doesn't need that oxygen anymore. That will be last thing we wait for before she can come home. The end is so near and I getting anxious now! I am SO ready!

When Praises Go Up, Blessings Come Down

Kaidyn is ok. Her stomach and intestines look good. They have started her feedings back at 10mL and will work their way back up. She is still not holding her temperature so they think she just has a viral infection like a cold or something. Thank you all who prayed.

Prayer Warriors, Kaidyn Needs You

Kaidyn is not having a good day. She has not been able to maintain her temperature. No matter how high they turn her isolette up she remains cold. This and other changes in her condition is leading the doctors to think she may be getting sick. She had several test run today and some xrays. Her first xray showed "bubbles" in her intestines. They are not sure if its a bad spot or stool sitting in her intestine. After another xray a different spot appeared in her intestines. We are waiting for her 6am xray to see if these spot move indicating stool or if they could be something serious. Until then she is not being fed. Pray pray pray that is just stool. They haven't said much but if its something more then it will likely lead to surgery. Please pray for Kaidyn! I'll keep the blog updated as I find out more information.

Happy New Year!!!!

Kaidyn's last picture of 2009

Happy New Year from Kaidyn and me! My God Bless you in this new year. Kaidyn has been doing good. She is up on her oxygen now that she is off her steroids but that is expected. Other than her need to still have the oxygen she has been doing good. She has been a little cold lately but we are keeping her bundled up. She is now 3lb 4.7oz, so she is consistently gaining weight which is good. Our holidays have been going good. Continue to pray for her lungs, we need her to come off the oxygen before she comes home.