Posted on 10/01/2007 3:59:41 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
Edited on 10/09/2007 10:25:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Hi everyone....I'm here again asking for prayer for another tiny baby AND HER MOMMY.
Some of you got to know Philip and Monica through this thread 10-ounce baby.
Well, they had a little baby girl, Kaydance Noel, on September 24. She WAS due to be delivered in December but due to complications on Mom's part, she was taken early.
An update on Kaydance........she is off the vents, she just has CPAP, and is mostly on room air only. And she has been since Day 2!!!! She's being fed up to 3 cc's every two hours and is tolerating her feedings very well. I THINK she was 26 weeks, almost to the day, weighing in at 1 pound 9 ounces...Logan's weight....
For those of us who need a visual, that's the equivalent of 6 cubes of butter. Her prognosis sounds very good!!! THANK YOU GOD!!!
Monica.....was in the same hospital as Kaydance but was moved Wednesday or Thursday to a different hospital due to problems she's having. She's in ICU, due to a medical complication that the doctors still haven't figured out. They are, thru the process of elimination, ruling different things out.
She has a bad rash on her body, there was no mention of high blood pressure, although we don't know for sure. She WAS Pre-Eclamptic, which caused her blood pressure at that time to skyrocket, making it deadly for her AND Kaydance during the pregnancy.
The rash is starting to go away, although she has horrible abdominal pains.
Dad? He's a nervous wreck and could sure use our prayers too as he's having to go to two hospitals daily, for the two women in his life. We hear that he's now won Husband of the Year Award as he's been diligently cleaning that house from top to bottom so Monica doesn't have to do ANYTHING when she comes home.
She's not seen her baby since the day she left that hospital....
So! If you will be so kind as to join me in welcoming Kaydance Noel to the world, and join me in prayer that this precious child is able to come home to her (clean!) house....and PLEASE pray that Monica can heal of WHATEVER this is....and Dad...for his peace of mind and for the wisdom to know what to do....
They're a precious young couple, who I pray have nothing but the BEST in life.
Thanks everyone.
Fellow Freepers…….I bring you Kaydance!!!
Joining in with prayers up for Kaydance and mom and dad.
Prayers up for the baby.
Deo gratias
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More prayers for this family.
Prayers up for all of you.
Prayers for Kaydance and her Mom and Dad!
Prayers for God’s Blessings.
Continued prayers for Kaydance!!
Prayers to Lord Allmighty for a life and health of tiny baby!
Prayers sent.
If you feel comfortable doing so, suggest to the parents that they find out more about gluten sensitivity and Celiac disease. In sensitive/intolerant individuals, gluten can wreak havoc on the gut, causing leakages and therefore a multitude of other problems as well. It may not be that, but if it is it’s certainly worth finding out.
Prayers for Kaydance; for the healing of the underlying problem with her GI system that is giving her all this trouble.
Prayers for Kaydance
Thank you for the ping, Pandy. I’ve been praying for that little angel since she was born, and will continue as I see the picture of her carrying her lunchbox on her way up the steps to her first day of school.
Thanks for all of the prayers. I guess I will start at the beginning . . .
Monday, I took Kaydance to the pediaitrician because she was throwing up a lot. She admitted her to the hospital for dehydration. We thought it was a virus because both Phillip and my sister had had a bad virus with lots of vomiting. Once we are there, the doctors begin to say she has another obstruction. It was kinda hard for us to believe considering we were there for a virus. After much deliberation about another surgery, we finally agreed and it was scheduled for Wednesday. Tuesday night while the nurse was trying to put a cath in her, Kaydance stopped breathing and turned blue. After some patting on her back she started breathing again. They then moved her to the PICU.
She had surgery the next day. They decided to do an ileostomy (a drain that comes out of her side for poop) because her bowel was damaged and needs time to rest and heal.
She has been doing good since surgery. She is still on the vent because all of the air in her belly was pushing on her lungs and made her lungs partially collapse. The doctors want to keep her on the vent until her lungs have gotten more back to normal. They are still keeping her pretty sedated but she does wake up and look around at us. She is alert when she is awake.
So overall, it looks like we will be in the PICU for a few more days at least and then we will go out into a regular room for a few more days. But this does mean she is in for one more surgery to fix the ileostomy. Hopefully this will be all she has to endure. I hate looking into her eyes because I just see the pain and the confusion and it kills me. We are holding up but it has been really rough for us.
We do appreciate all of the prayers because we definitely need them. ((HUGS))
I am praying for Kaydance constantly. Pandy
1Ki 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
2Ch 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and [let] thine ears [be] attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
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