On the Up Swing of Things

Kaelyn seems to be fighting this flu bug off like a champ. Did we expect anything else? The last 3 days she has just seemed more like herself, not sleeping and coughing so much. Wayne and I have managed to stay healthy too, we started on tamaflu right off and then both got our vaccines.

We have already noticed a big difference in Kaelyn since she got her tubes put in. She has started making lots of fun noises. We get such a kick out of her. She does this thing where she stares at the ceiling and just giggles and smiles. We follow her eye line and try and figure out what she's looking at...just the ceiling or the light. We figure she's looking into heaven and seeing something or someone we can't. I'll post a video of one of her laughter sessions for your enjoyment. She's having one right now as I type this, so fun:) She also loves to play with her hands and is working hard to roll over on her tummy. Her head control is getting much better, her and daddy do all her exercises when he gets home everyday.

Thanks for all your prayers and concern for our little one. We head to the pediatrician today to weigh her and start the RSV shots. The shots will be so nice to have to help protect her through the winter. Let me just say, our Pediatrician is amazing. He was Wayne's growing up. We go in every week to weigh her and do a quick check up, and he doesn't charge us for it. Also while she's been sick he calls us regularly to check in, even on Saturday morning. It feels like she is his only patient. Its so nice having someone so concerned caring for our daughter. Now to the good stuff, pics/vids.

Sporting the beanie "Classy Grandma Chelsea" made me.

"If you can't tell I'm working on chunkin' up these cheeks"

Family Photo Opp
(Mom totally dressed like me, I was dressed WAY before her)

Just looking too cute

It's confirmed

Well darn it, the one thing we tried so hard to keep from getting to Kaelyn found her at the hospital. Our little girl has the H1N1 flu. As scary as it is she is doing pretty good. She has a cough but her fever went away and she's doesn't seem too miserable. We're sure this flu is no match for our mighty warrior. Please help us in praying that she'll be over it in no time and that it won't send us back to the hospital where she can catch something else.

Yikes...

The tubes went well, and we were back home Tuesday morning. However, Kaelyn didn't have enough time at her old stomping ground (The hospital), so we went back yesterday and checked out the E.R. (I have a feeling we are going to know this hospital like the back of our hand.) We think she picked something up at the hospital while we were there because she has a cough, and then yesterday afternoon spiked a fever and just wasn't acting like herself. I called the Pediatricians office and they sent us to Primary's ER so they could run tests on her to see if she had an infection. After six hours we found out that her blood gases looked good, her white blood count wasn't elevated and her urine wasn't infected. We're still waiting on the results of the mucus test to see if its the flu.

Luckily she was doing much better so we were able to come home. Her temp has come down and she just looks a lot better. We will check in with our Pediatrician today. Whatever it is, lets hope our little trooper can fight it off. She's sleeping lots and taking Tylenol. Here are some pictures of our little sweety in her E.R. Suite.

Snuggling with Daddy

Just completely zonked by the end of the whole the ordeal.

(She sleeps in the strangest positions)

11/08/09

Kaelyn apparently isn't too fond of the number 8, because at her check up this week she is already at 9 pounds! I've been at state volleyball the past two days and I REALLY notice how big she is getting because I haven't been with her all day. She is getting the cutest little creases in her wrists...I LOVE those. She is still fitting into most her newborn clothes, but that won't last too long.

We also had a Neo-natal follow up at the health department and met with a number of different specialists. Everyone thought that that she looked well, especially since all she has been through. She was a very good girl for the VERY long day we had. The only time her feistiness came out was when the eye doctor help open her sleeping eyes and put the drops in them to dilate them. Man was she TICKED, and she let him know it.

Tomorrow we head up to the children's hospital to get tubes put in her ears. She failed the hearing test in her left ear twice so we saw an ENT and he saw some fluid in her ears, so the tubes should help with that and hopefully she can pass her hearing test. We have to stay up there over night so they can keep a close watch on her and make sure she comes out of the anesthesia without any problems. Its a little scary going back there for the night, but lets just hope everything goes well and we are back home Tuesday morning.

Please pray for our dear friend Kristen and her family.

*Thanks to our friend Dari for the Utah bear. Love it!