As you may know...

Heather was in the hospital from 7/31/2013 to 9/8/2013.  We are home and doing well.

She got an e-coli bacterial abscess in her abdomen which then infected her shunt causing her to have e-coli bacterial meningitis.

The shunt was removed, infection cleared and a new shunt put back in.  She is put all back together now.

We were finally able to put on and take photos of all the kids in the PJ's my Maw Maw made out of my Paw Paw's old shirts.  This is especially awesome to me because when I was a kid, I made pajamas with Maw Maw out of Paw Paw's old shirts and wore them all the time.

Here are some photos. Aren't they so cute?

Wow it has been a while

I didn't realize how long it had been since my last post.  I must have died and fell off the earth for a while. HaHaHaHa. Well here are a few pictures of some things I have made the kids over the last few months.

Hat for Heather

Tunisian crochet purse for Kayla

A princess dress for Kayla

Shawl/ponch with embroidered initials for Heather

Cars pants for Michael.

I made a crocheted hat for Michael but he destroyed it before I got to take a picture of it.  Boys!!  Oh well.

Another Heather update

The Neurosurgeon came this evening.  He is going to order another CT scan and as long as that still looks stable, then he will let us manage her fever at home.  We are to watch for the same warning signs we always have to know if we need to bring her back in or not.  Heather will not be able to return to her regularly scheduled activities until we get her fever under control.  Thanks everyone for your prayers.

Heather Update

Heather is doing ok.  She is starting to run a fever from 101.4 to the 102's.  The doctors ran blood tests and everything is looking normal so we aren't sure what the cause of the fever is.

I get to spend the night at home and hopefully get some sleep tonight.  I didn't get any sleep last night.  Karl is staying with Heather in the hospital tonight.  Thank you so much Karl.

Thank you to Sister Barden for relieving me from the hospital so I could take a shower.

Thank you to Sister and Brother Roper for bringing us dinner in the hospital.

Thank you Fraziers for coming to the PICU on Saturday and helping administer a blessing to Heather after we found out the bad news.

Thank you everyone for offering and wanting to help.

We know you love us and we love you too!!

We've Moved from the PICU

We are now in room 407.  There are no visitor restrictions but as previously requested please don't come if you are sick.  Also, don't expect too much out of Heather.  She is still very tired and not really wanting to play.  Thanks.

Heather Update

We had CT scans this morning.  It looks like the bleeding has stopped and the clot is unchanged.  The doctors feel it is so small that they don't want to do surgery to remove it.  It should go away on its own and, as long as it doesn't get in the way of the shunts performance, everything will be ok.

The doctors say the main reason for her drowsiness at this point is that she has hyperactive drowsiness syndrome do to a concussion.  There is actually a syndrome for this.

We are being moved from the PICU to the main floor so there will not be any visitor restricitons, however I do ask if you are sick to please stay home and pray for Heather as that will be better for her than coming in and sharing the germs.

I don't have a room number yet but will update my blog when I do.

As long as Heather tolerates her feedings without vomitting and without having to take Zofran then we should be able to go home tomorrow.

Thank you everyone for your prayers and well wishes and willingness to help out where needed and able.

I love you all.

Heather Update

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 0730 Heather drove her wheelchair backwards off of the lift at the top of the stairs and fell down the stairs.

We called the ambulance and went to the hospital.  They did CT scans and full body x-rays.  They said she had no broken bones and shunt looked good and brain looked good.  We were sent home and told to bring her back if she didn't get better or continued to vomit with zofran.

Thursday she had a mostly ok day.  She was a little tired and sore which was to be expected.  Friday she started getting worse.  She vomitted and we gave her zofran.  She didn't vomit again until Saturday morning.  She also never got out of bed and was very tired.  When she didn't show any signs of improvement Saturday morning and then she vomitted before I even fed her, I knew it was time to go to the hospital.

We are in the PICU of the hospital.  She was admitted after a CT scan showed that she was having bleeding in the brain.  Her shunt appears to be functioning as it should according to the scans.  At least that is what the doctors say.  I personally can't understand how she can have squish fluid by her shunt if her shunt is functioning but maybe she is just swollen with a bump on her head.  We get to play the wait and see game.

Please keep Heather in your prayers.