Kailey had some visitors today. Our friends came to see her and she loved it. She kept playing peek a boo and wiggling around showing them how strong she is. We went to get lunch after they visited Kailey for a little while, then decided to head back to the ronald mcdonald house to do some laundry and try to relax a little bit. Our plan was to do Kailey's 8 o'clock care and see how much she weighed and spend most of the night with her. BUT the universe had different plans. A woman that has been on bedrest for quite some time delivered her quads tonight. This shut the whole NICU down. My husband and I have some awesome nurses, so we knew that the quads would be coming along any day. Anyhow, the clerk told us that we have two of the quads in our nursery. That means we won't be able to go see Kailey tonight and we wont be able to get in for her 4 o'clock care for the next few weeks.I'm so scared they are going to rearrange everyone in the NICU and move Kailey to a different room without her neighbor (we have grown very fond of her and her parents, nursery 1 was our little family) I am very worried about the quads and the mother, i'm anxious to get to the hospital to make sure they are okay. They have been in my prayers since we found out about the momma being put on bedrest, and they will continue to be until the day they all go home (which i'm sure will be before Kailey)
Kailey's birth - 23 weeks and 3 days
Kailey's due date was May 21st 2012. On January 23rd she decided she didn't want to wait so long before she met mommy and daddy. I awoke at 4:00am to my water breaking. Terrified, I woke my husband up and he rushed me to the nearest hospital. After being examined by nurses and having an ultrasound done they sent my doctor in to talk to me. She informed me that at 23 weeks the baby would not be viable. Then I was moved to a room to prepare to deliver my child. An hour had passed and my doctor came to check on me and realized I had not progressed any with my labor. She left the room and when she returned she said she was sending me to a hospital with a better NICU and high risk doctors. Two hours later I arrived at the Childrens Hospital, the doctors checked me and thought i was going to deliver at any moment. Kailey had her butt and part of her legs sticking out of the cervix (she was bent like she was touching her toes). They started me on magnesium to try to stop my contractions, It worked (mostly). Throughout the next couple days when they checked her position they were amazed to find out she had one leg through the cervix, then the next time when they checked she had climbed back in half way. My little girl couldn't figure out if she wanted to stay in or come out. On January 26th the doctors stopped the magnesium due to me being infected. (I had received two steroid shots to help her lungs develop, without the shots there wasnt much of a chance for her.) It was time for Kailey to make her grand appearance. At 2:30pm I told my wonderful nurse that I felt like I needed to push, she ran to get all of the doctors (we had 5 doctors/assistants in the room just for me, and at least 5 more for the baby). Kailey was born at 2:38pm weighing 1 pound 1.8 ounces and 11 inches long. My husband and I got moved to a recovery room where we had to wait 5 hours before we were able to see our daughter. When we first saw kailey laying in the incubator we didn't know what to think. She was so tiny. Her eyes were fused shut. She had no fat on her body. She had tubes and wires everywhere. The doctors came and told us that she was stable and we just had to wait and see. Our nurse convinced us to put our hands inside her bed and let her know we were there. My husband went first, he put his finger at her hand and she quickly wrapped her hand around it and would not let go. That was the first time I realized just how strong she was.
kailey birth
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