Kaidyn has been doing overall good. She has been doing good with her ear surgery...tubes are bright blue and clear. She has been having a really bad cough for a while and it never tends to really go away. We are in the process of seeing what the cough is and why nothing is clearing it. Her pulmonary doctor is exploring the asthma route. So right now we do 2x daily breathing treatments. Yay! She has her first cerebral palsy evaluation scheduled for March 31 in Temple. So prayers needed for that. She also has a speech evaluation on Friday. Many evaluations still ahead so many prayers still needed!

Ears Are Clear

Well, KJ's ear procedure went well and post op was great! Tubes still in place. I think she is still having some upper respirtory issues. I was hoping they were related to the excess fluid in her ears but it appears its not. So, we will find out more next week when we follow up with pulmonary in Temple. Keep ya posted!

I haven't forgotten about pictures!

Surgery-Tubes

This Friday, Feb. 4th Kaidyn will be having tubes put in her ears. Please pray for her, the doctors and the nurses. Her pedi says that he thinks her speech will increase extremely once these tubes are in because she has had some much fluid in them for so long.

Keep in mind that in the coming months she will be having her CP evaluations. I'll keep you all updated as those are scheduled and results are in.


P.S. I realize I haven't put pictures on the blog in a while. Stay tuned.....

Our Week of Doctors

So this has been a busy/tiring week for us. As stated in the previous blog KJ had to go to the ER Monday night. After doing the follow-up with her doctor we determine that more than likely she didn't have a febrile seizure. Thank Goodness! So she still just has the double ear infection. She will need to have tubes placed in her ears so we have scheduled that for the beginning of Feb. Thursday we then had to go to Temple for our quarterly NICU follow-up visit. The OTs said she is doing great! She right on target with everything developmentally. The NNP said that she is doing good as well but would like for her to have an evaluation with the Cerebral Palsy Clinic and get a CP evaluation. Mostly due to her high muscle tone. She also had an appointment with Pulmonalogy who wants to try a few things to see if we can get her to start breathing better especially at night. She was also ordered to have an EKG done. So we go back to Pulmonalogy in Feb. to check her progress.

Please pray for all of her upcoming test. We all know her journey and knew it would end at the NICU doors. So continued prayers are needed.

First Trip to ER

Kaidyn had her first trip to the ER last night. She has, yet again, another ear infection. After taking her to her pedi doctor and ENT yesterday it was determined she is going to need tubes put in both ears. By mid day she had a fever again but it was decreasing. Later that night she started having a hard time breathing and her lips started to turn blue. We took her to the ER and they believe she had a mild febrile seizure. It happens when the fever gets to high and the brain spasms a little. She's doing ok now and has no fever. Please pray for her and her health right now. I knew this winter season was going to be hard but I no idea it was going to be this hard.

Another Ear Infection

Kaidyn is now on her third ear infection. Fun stuff. So the doctor is now beginning to talk about the possibility of tubes. Not too sure about them but I have heard that once they get tubes many kids no longer get sick as much. So we will see what happens after this ear infection clears up. We are getting ready for Christmas Day. Even though this is technically her 2nd Christmas to us it like her first, since this will be her first Christmas at home.

So Merry Christmas to all of KJ's blog readers. Thank you so much for your prayers and keeping up with her story. May God bless you all above and beyond your expectations.

The Pollard Family

Please pray for the Pollard Family. They recently had twin boys born at 25 weeks. Both are in the NICU at Scott&White in Temple. As we know, they have a long journey ahead of them with many days of uncertainty. Keep their family and they babies in your prayers. Thanks!