Problems at Home

This is Kyle writing at the request of my wife who is tied up at the hospital with McKenna for the past 24 hours. It has been difficult for Kimberly to keep up with the care pages ever since McKenna has come home. Managing two children is definitely more than we had expected but we are learning the ropes and managing well with the help of family and friends. We are adjusting to life with no sleep.

It all started yesterday when we took both children to the doctor for a check up. What started out as routine ended up taking 3 hours for which we were grateful for a doctor that was willing to take all that time to answer our questions. We had several concerns for McKenna's development and why she was so far behind. At the conclusion of the appointment the doctor gave both children their vaccination shots. McKenna had another heart drop during the shots which gave us quite a scare because she turns a dusky gray and goes limp....enough to scare any new parent. When we got the kids home, Kimberly called me over to look at McKenna...she appeared to be breathing irregularly at which point the alarm on the monitor sounded that she was having a heart drop. A heart drop outside of a feeding is even scarier. So Kimberly rushed McKenna off to the hospital where she had was admitted and has been ever since. McKenna still has blood in her stools, a very low blood count (possibly needing another transfusion), some kind of growth on her lip, and of course the heart drops. She will be undergoing various xrays and tests today and tomorrow morning and hopefully that can find out what the problem is.

Keaton is still doing quite well. I have managed to take care of him by myself now for 24 hours for which I am very pleased. We are getting along well. He is eating well and seems to enjoy peeing on his father during the diaper changes which was funny at first but not anymore! Our only concerns with him currently are a pretty nasty diaper rash and his umbilical hernia appears to be getting larger.

Keation weighed in at 6 lbs 9oz at the doctor and McKenna weighed in at 4 lbs 13oz. We were expecting McKenna to have picked up more weight than that since leaving the NICU but the doctor did not seem overly concerned.

We hope that you will continue to pray with us for a complete healing and restoration for both children, especially tiny McKenna. We have so much appreciated all the comments and support from everyone out there. It is so encouraging to read your comments and your prayers give us much needed strength to get through the long days.