These are a couple of pictures Sis sent me of Annie on the day she was baptized. The first one is Annemarie at our church, just looking cute and sweet.
This is Annemarie with our Pastor, Sonny Hyde. Annemarie was so excited this day and still talks about how happy she is now that she's baptized!
Now, I don't have any pictures of Mia because she had a bad day yesterday. She had her kidney ultrasound (there is a little bit of yeast in her kidney's but they are just watching this for now), an x-ray of her chest and abdomen, ALOT of bloodwork and another echocardiogram. The x-ray was needed after her abdomen became very bloated yesterday morning. The bloating was air in her intestines, caused by her ventilator. The air that is pushed through her nasal prongs can go down into her lungs or into her stomach. The pressure and rate of her ventilator have been lowered now to help with this problem and she is still breathing very well. The pressure in her intestines will hopefully be cleared up in a few days. On the x-ray, though, the doctor noticed that her heart is enlarged. This is caused by the hole in her heart (her heart has to work harder than normal and since it's a muscle, it grows larger when it's overworked). The cardiologist looked at her echocardiogram and said the same thing. So, they decided to start the medication to (hopefully) close the hole. They had previously wanted to wait to be sure the yeast had cleared her blood, but Dr. Shah (Mia's neonatologist) didn't want to wait any longer. So, that was started last night and Mia seems to be tolerating it well. The medication can affect her kidney output (and it has, but not too much right now) so they are watching that, too. She will have another echocariogram later this week to see if ther has been any improvement. If not, she can (possibly) have another course of medication. Mia's bloodwork also showed that her platelets and hemoglobin were too low and she had 2 blood transfusions yesterday. Her color and vigor are SOOO much better today. She didn't have the spinal tap or eye exam because she was too sick and tired :-) after her busy day. So, those are slated for this afternoon. Thank you so much, again to everyone for your prayers and support. Your prayers and the grace of God are what gets us through and you will just have to read me saying thank you for a long time to come!
These are a couple of pictures Sis sent me of Annie on the day she was baptized. The first one is Annemarie at our church, just looking cute and sweet.
This is Annemarie with our Pastor, Sonny Hyde. Annemarie was so excited this day and still talks about how happy she is now that she's baptized!
Now, I don't have any pictures of Mia because she had a bad day yesterday. She had her kidney ultrasound (there is a little bit of yeast in her kidney's but they are just watching this for now), an x-ray of her chest and abdomen, ALOT of bloodwork and another echocardiogram. The x-ray was needed after her abdomen became very bloated yesterday morning. The bloating was air in her intestines, caused by her ventilator. The air that is pushed through her nasal prongs can go down into her lungs or into her stomach. The pressure and rate of her ventilator have been lowered now to help with this problem and she is still breathing very well. The pressure in her intestines will hopefully be cleared up in a few days. On the x-ray, though, the doctor noticed that her heart is enlarged. This is caused by the hole in her heart (her heart has to work harder than normal and since it's a muscle, it grows larger when it's overworked). The cardiologist looked at her echocardiogram and said the same thing. So, they decided to start the medication to (hopefully) close the hole. They had previously wanted to wait to be sure the yeast had cleared her blood, but Dr. Shah (Mia's neonatologist) didn't want to wait any longer. So, that was started last night and Mia seems to be tolerating it well. The medication can affect her kidney output (and it has, but not too much right now) so they are watching that, too. She will have another echocariogram later this week to see if ther has been any improvement. If not, she can (possibly) have another course of medication. Mia's bloodwork also showed that her platelets and hemoglobin were too low and she had 2 blood transfusions yesterday. Her color and vigor are SOOO much better today. She didn't have the spinal tap or eye exam because she was too sick and tired :-) after her busy day. So, those are slated for this afternoon. Thank you so much, again to everyone for your prayers and support. Your prayers and the grace of God are what gets us through and you will just have to read me saying thank you for a long time to come! 
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Love and prayers coming your way, we love you all, Aunt Esther and Uncle John
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