Hello!
Well, we had a rough couple of days. I wanted to wait until today, as we were to get all the test results back, before I sent the email.
About 3-4 days ago we were told that Kiersten had pneumonia and a yeast infection along with the fluid that is on her lungs due to being a preemie. Her oxygen stats kept dropping very low as a result of this. It takes 3 days to grow the cultures to determine what the infection was. I was extremely upset and incredibly fearful of losing her.
They were very proactive and placed her on antibiotics immediately, even though we didn't know the type of infection at the time. I cried a lot at the hospital and couldn't see a good outcome. However, God is so gracious and she just got better and better each day.
The yeast infection was only on the outside and is almost gone. They are keeping her on antibiotics for 5-7 days but the infection is on it's way out. We pray the antibiotics will continue to kill the infection and she will be OK.
Today - we went in and found her on C-PAP. And guess what?!! It is working. It is successful. All of her blood work and other tests they ran came back good. She just needs to finish the antibiotics. She is up to 6.8 cc's of breast milk an hour and she looks good.
I was able to hold her today for about 45 minutes and she was very alert. She looked at me a lot and the entire time they moved her to me, while she was with me and when they moved her back - her stats never dropped and she kept right on breathing just fine! Yeah!!
I know people are praying and continue to pray. We need that and we appreciate it. I know that your prayers are going on and I found peace in that these last few days with the fear we were both feeling. I am happy to report in this email that she looks great. Kirk heard her cry today now that there isn't a tube in her throat. I wasn't there yet - so I have to wait to hear that - hopefully there will be plenty of opportunity for it.
Thank you again for the donations, gifts and cards that have come in. We can't say thank you enough!!!!
We are 1/2 way done with getting our website set up. Kirk will have all past and current pixs on it once we have it done.
We pray for your families and pray God continue to bless you all!!
Love - Kirk and Kimberly
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3 comments:
This is wonderful news. Thank goodness everything is beginning to look up for Kiersten and Mom and Dad. Hang on, folks out here are keeping all of you in their thoughts.
I hope this baby is perfectly healthy soon. These parents have gone through so much.
Awesome! sending lots of prayers your way! god bless, Beckie
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