Friday the 13th

This is of course our little Karsyn...just hit 6lbs!

Okay, I totally don't have any weird superstitions it just sounded good and we needed something to blame all the crap on in life! As you all know our little Kennedy is fighting for her life still and is doing a dang good job of it. Last night Kurt and I went up to see her as usual while Logan was playing at her friend Harlee and Preslie's house...thanks Trent and Jen! When we got there we fed Karsyn just like we always do and then the radiology tech came in to do yet another chest x-ray on Kennedy to see how her lungs were doing. The next thing we know the nurse is on the phone with the doctor and she is telling him that she has a pneumothorax , that is pretty much a hole in her right lung. The doctor asked how Kennedy was going and she said fine, he again asked are you sure, how is she doing...the nurse again said that she was doing fine and that she would see him in a minute because he was on his way in. The nurse then started to explain while showing us the x-ray that with the hole in her lung and all the pressure the vent is sending into it the space outside the lung is just chuck full of air. Pretty much they said that she was surviving on one lung, and a crappy lung at that. The doctor and nurses said in all their years this was the biggest "pneumo" they have ever seen and they couldn't believe she was still fighting. We pretty much have the strongest baby on the planet. Needless to say the doctor stuck a needle in her chest to bring out the air but is would just fill back up so he had to put a chest tube in that will constantly bring the air out as we are forcing it in. As of today she is still hanging in there and has been able to come down on some of her settings but is still very sick and is doped up on morphine, a sedative, and a paralizer so that she can just relax, be in less or no pain, and start healing. The hole should heal on its own but once it does she will still have a long way to go to recover! I know that our Heavenly Father is holding on tight to our baby Kennedy and is helping her get through this and can only pray that he will stay with her until she gets better. We are so proud of Kennedy and only wish that we could have as much fight and fire as she does and hope that she will continue to fight because we love her so much and can't imagine our life without her. Plus isn't everyone interested where she is going to devote all that energy and drive to once she is out of that place!!!

I know this is long but there is some good news. Earlier that same day when I was there with the girls, we got to bring Karysn over to Kennedy's bed and we put them together for a few minutes and let them just lay together. This was one of the neatest things we have been able to do for these girls so far. We only wish that Daddy could have been there with us but love and appreciate him so much for working so hard to support us. We love you daddy and know that it is very hard for you to go to work everyday and only be able to spend a little time at night with the girls. We can only hope that soon we will be able to be a family...at our own house!