Kaelyn home

We got to go home on Saturday. There was no growth in her blood cultures, so we only have to do oral antibiotics at home, yippee! She is doing really good. She is going into the hospital tomorrow to have a cholangiogram and drain change. Hopefully that will take care of any stray bugs that may be in her system. We should be able to go home after the procedure.

Jacob went to his first sleep over party this weekend. He had a great time, he said he never went to sleep (though the mom of the friend said that everyone was asleep by about 10:30 pm). He was pretty tired the next day though, but not too grumpy. I can't believe how much he has grown! He has his first loose tooth too! What a big kid!

I love my kids...they are such a joy to me and bring so much light to my life. What a miracle they both are.

Love,

Angie

jinxed

so i think i jinxed us. kaelyn came down with a fever last night, so here we are in the hospital. i am writing this on my phone, so it's going to be short. she is doing ok right now. sounds like she has another infection. i wll update later.
angie

Kaelyn doing great!

I thought better post something, though there is nothing much "medical" going on! Yippee!

Kaelyn has been doing so good. She eats like I have never seen her eat before! And she just looks good. No more sunken eyes and yellow skin. It is so wonderful! I just love it. Sometimes I look at her and want to cry happily and jump up and down with joy. It has been so wonderful!

She has been enjoying preschool and all of the snow we have had lately! It has been a very cold and unusually snowy winter here in washington. But the kids (and me!) love it!

Love to all of you!
Angie

"Bob" is gone!

Today Kaelyn's JP drain, known as Bob, was taken out (finally!). She has had this drain for four months. So it is really quite a relief to get rid of Bob, as friendly as we tried to make him, he was still a pain! She had an ultrasound this morning to check if there was any fluid around the liver to give reason to keep Bob around. Thank Heaven there was none! Yippee!!! Bye, bye Bob!

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was hospital free, my christmas wish. The presents were so much fun to watch the kids open! They had a blast (and so did Wade and I). What a joyous, happy day. I am so thankful for all of the many wonderful blessings, friendships and family that we have enjoyed during the past year. Thank you all for your support and love, it means everything to me.

I have to share a fun experience that we had last night. We took the kids to McDonalds for a end of the winter break dinner. Afterwards Jacob started playing inthe play place. Now, this play place involves a lot of climbing up plastic tubs and sliding down large slides. Jacob, of course, was all over it. Kaelyn really wanted to play too. The first time she climbed up the first two steps and just started bawling. So I went and got her and she said that she didn't want to play. But she kept looking at the other kids having fun. Both Wade and I were feeling really bad that she was not able to do what other three years were doing. But, without any encouragement from us she tried again...she made it to the inside of the first tube and came out saying she didn't want to do it. So Wade said that he would follow her up and catch her if she slipped. She said okay and went up with little help and came down the slide just giggling and grinning! She did that a couple of more times with Wade behind her (yes we broke the rules, he is over 12). Jacob was being so helpful too, he followed her up a couple of times - what a good big brother. Finally she said she wanted to do it all by herself! And she did! It was the best moment seeing her realize that she can do it. It built her confidence so much! It just makes me want to cry with joy! This morning she woke up and said, "Mom - I'm proud of myself for climbing in McDonald's". Such a sweet moment.

Love to all!

Ang

Kaelyn home...

So Kaelyn was able to come home on Sunday only from mine and Wade's constant assurance to the doctors that we could do the exact care at home as they were doing at the hospital. They wanted us to stay until the susceptibilities on the bacteria came back. They already had three back and were waiting on one. She was on two antibiotics that cover just about anything. So we saw no reason to make her stay since I can do the IV antibiotics at home. They almost didn't let us go, Wade finally packed everything up on Kaelyn's stroller and started walking around the unit! It worked, because he got to bring Kaelyn home not too long after. I was so happy! We would have had to wait until Tuesday to bring her home otherwise. All of her liver numbers are great. We don't have to go back into the hospital until the beginning of January! Christmas break!!!!

Everyone have a wonderful holiday and remember the birth of our Savior in your own way...

Love,

Angie