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.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

update and bday pictures

      so our last ENT visit didnt go well at all. The scar tissue we had removed before grew back and brought some friends :( Her airway is very reactive and they have no clue why...as soon as they get the scope in she starts swelling. now she has to see GI to see if they can figure it out.
      She is gaining weight a lot better now, she's up to 14lbs! She has finally started eating stage 2 foods like a champ. our speech therapist thinks she may have some sensory disorders b/c if any textured food gets in her mouth she will make herself throw up to get it out. She is still not crawling, but still trying. She can hold herself up on her arms now which is great improvement...and she can bring her knees in and push her butt up in the air....its just not clicking for her to do them at the same time lol. she has a itty bitty front tooth trying to come in finally. From what i've noticed with her and what i've read she is doomed to have horrible teeth :(

\I made her Birthday cake...she played in it for awhile then got it in her nose and started crying. I'm not sure how people do the 1 year smash cake while not at home...she was freaking out and had icing EVERYWHERE, she had to have a bath right away. But it was fun :)
   
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