Well it is near impossible to get a toddler and two babies to all look good in a picture so none of these pictures are that great but, what do you do right! It has been three weeks since the girls have been home and we are really starting to adjust to our new life. Most of our days consist of sleeping, eating, playing outside, when its not too hot, and then of course many doctors appointments! Karsyn is doing great and is growing bigger and bigger, now weighing about 6 lbs 13 oz (that was last Tuesday so I am sure it is more now even) and is really getting the hang of eating also. We all thought when we left the NICU that Karsyn would be our relaxed, easy going gal...wrong. Karsyn seems to be a little more demanding right now, she is figuring out real fast that people can hold her all day long, if she demands it anyway! Most of the time she is really good but she gets demanding very fast so she keeps me on my toes! We just adore her and have loved to see her progress and she is even started smiling a lot at us and is really tons of fun! Kennedy, our little angel, is also trying so hard to get bigger. Right now (as of last Friday) she only weighs 4lbs 2oz,coming down from 4lbs 4oz last Tuesday. We turned her oxygen down a little and she seemed to be doing just fine and then when she lost weight the doctor thought she was having to work too hard still so he turned her back up a little bit and also has her taking a 22 calorie formula every other feeding to kick her into gear! Kennedy was such a little "spitfire" in the NICU and we really thought we were going to be in for it with her, we were wrong. Kennedy is so sweet and is so good to be the one to wait if I am with one of her sisters. She is fiesty when she needs to be but so patient and calm most of the time! Today we went to Primary Children's Hospital to see a cardiologist for her "heart tumors". The last echocardiogram that she had (in the hospital) there appeared to be about 5-6 "tumors" in her heart that they have been watching for the last while. In todays echo there was only 2 tumors there and the others probably just absorbed. Kennedy was so good for all the exams,she just laid there for like an hour for the echo, never putting up any fight and then had two other tests that she just cooperated so good for. The reason I put tumors in "" is because even the doctors don't know for sure what they are. The doctor today after getting another echo, a chest x-ray, and an EKG isn't convinced that they are tumors, they are just "somethings"! Anyway the plan right now is just to keep watching them and make sure they don't break off or get any bigger because right now she isn't seemed to be effected by them. I am sure this is more info than you all need but, oh well. We are all doing really good especially Logan who just loves her sisters so much and is such a big help. Thanks to everyone who has helped us so much since we have been home, especially my mom who has been to every appointment to help me. Three kids, oxygen and apnea monitor, and a diaper bag and purse becomes a lot to handle!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
3 weeks home!
Posted by Chelsey at 3:37 PM
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WOW!!! I was wondering if you had a lot of appointments. I'm a little nervous about that with my girls. I asked the nurse yesterday about how many different doctors they would need to go to and I was about ready to cry when she started naming them off. Oh well...what do you do? Right now I am nursing Brynlee once a day and bottling her 2 other times. She is doing very well considering her size. Hopefully we'll start back up with Lyza tomorrow. We'll see. I keep asking the doctors about when they will come home and they don't give me an answer. They say that Brynlee just needs to get on full bottle feedings and down on her oxygen then she should be good. Lyza still has a ways to go. DANG!!
You are so amazing! I don't know how you do it. I can barely manage, you are a rock star!
Oh I miss you guys so much! I love the last picture with Logan smiling and the babies both crying!! Classic! So cute! I haven't talked to you in a while, I will try to call you today or tomorrow1
Yes chelsey I was wondering the same thing.... how do you manage everything and stay sane. You are a rock star
All I can say is that you deserve the mom of the year award!!! You are amazing...
Those pictures are so cute...crying or not!!
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