A Big Girl Bed

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Mid-week means another Audrey visit. And I was so surprised to see Audrey had been moved to a big girl bed; one step closer to going home!

And look at how much you weigh now!

First Photo Shoot

Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day and another trip to Springfield.  Audrey had the most wonderful nurse!  Her name was Victoria.  Today, Kayla took with her to the hospital, a little dress that someone hand made that words with Chase.  The dress was very small, preemie size.  Kayla knew Audrey was growing so much and so fast that is she waited she would not be able to wear it.  So when Victoria saw it, nothing would do but for us to have a photo shoot.  And Victoria actually took the pictures. oh yeah, and Victoria took all of the wires and tubes off of Audrey, it was wonderful; a little scary, but wonderful.

So Far Behind

Ok, the last few weeks, month, have been so CRAZY I haven’t had or taken the time to post anything!  I will never remember all that happened or even begin to get everything recorded. And that makes me sad!  But I am going to try to pick up where I left off.

Sunday, May 29th – Memorial Day Weekend – We ate at Jerry and Ginny’s and Drew loves corn-on-the-cob.

And then here is a picture of Little Audrey from today.

Catch Up Time

I feel like I am so far behind on posting. 

First of all, I want to say “Happy Anniversary” to Kristin and Brandon.  Three Years, WOW, where has the time gone.  Seems just like yesterday I was driving to Russellville and planning a wedding. Love you guys and am so proud of you!

Friday, May 27th – My birthday.  I was off of work today.  I kept little Drew to Springfield for him to meet his baby sister for the first time.  I thought she was a big hit for a few seconds and then the rocking chair consumed his attention. 

First family photo!

So tired. I have to finish updating tomorrow.

Little Miss Drama

Ok, Miss Audrey!  You have really scared your momma and everyone else this time.  The NICU called your momma at about 1:30 early Tuesday morning.  Things had started going on with you and they wanted to alert her.  You had some residuals in a couple of feedings and then you had a couple of messy diapers that contained a lot of bloody stools.  The doctors told your momma one possibility was NEC.  As the day progressed and test results came in, that was confirmed.  NEC is a condition that affects the lining of the intestines, occurs in pretty much only preemies, and is very serious. 

Your momma and I got to the hospital at 4am and things quickly started  deteriorating.  Your vitals were all over the place and you were laboring so to breathe.  They kept telling us you were very very sick.  And then they had to put you back on the ventilator.  Even after being on the ventilator you kept alarming all day and they had to “bag” you a few times.  Scary!  You were so lifeless.  They have stopped your feeding and now you are on three different kinds of antibiotics.  When they weighed you yesterday morning, you weighed 5.10.   And they have moved you back into an isolation room, so you have your own private room again at least for a while. 

And to top things off yesterday, we were told that if your condition worsened and if your bowel were to perforate they would have to fly you to St. Louis or Little Rock as the only pediatric surgeon at the hospital left town at 2 pm yesterday.  That was the final straw that kinda put your momma over the top.  She was just totally unresponsive and numb for the rest of the day.  My heart hurt for her.

But as of 5 pm last night, the doctors were a little more hopeful.  They said you were stable and all of the test results look positive.  They will continue to take x-rays every 6 hours and monitor you very closely.  The first 48 to 72 hours are most critical!

Here a a few pictures.  You sure can tell we have taken a few steps backward, but the Lord willing, will rebound quickly from here.

You are such a little fighter and are so strong.  God has a plan for you and has been so faithful to keep his hand upon you.