Kayson is HOME!!!

Lesley, Keith and Lillie Grace are welcoming baby Kayson home today! God is GOOD! The hospital released him earlier today and he is to go straight home and stay unless he has a scheduled doctor's appointment. He has several upcoming appointments with a cardioligist, nephrologist, eye and hearing tests etc just to make sure he is on track. I will post pictures at a later time. Les and Keith feel truly blessed to have their baby home. Visitors are limited so please call instead of dropping by -PER DOCTOR'S ORDERS!

Please pray to keep everyone healthy in the household, "no germs allowed!" :)

Update

Just thought I'd update a little on Kayson...He's still in the step down unit at the hospital and is progressing very well. He's actually ready to come home but his blood pressure is keeping him in the hospital. The high blood pressure is such a mystery! They've had heart, brain and kidney specialists in to evaluate and so far they cannot find the cause of the problem. Doctors are trying to regulate his blood pressure so he can indeed come home.
As of today, Les said that they have called in a kidney specialist one more time to rule out any kidney problems. Please pray that the blood pressure will remain back to normal and there are no anomolies with the kidneys.

Step Down!

Kayson has progressed so well that he has been moved down to the "step down" unit. This is for the preemies that are no longer as critical. He is now taking his bottles during the day and the feeding tube at night. If they can get him to drink bottle only, the faster he can come home.

The only problem that has risen is that Kayson apparently has high blood pressure. The Doctors have performed the necessary tests on brain, heart and kidney to rule out any source of the pressure problem. Thankfully all tests came back normal which is such a BLESSING! Kayson will just remain on medication to control his blood pressure as needed.

Improvement!

Lesley has been going to the hospital daily to see baby Kayson. They actually took his pick line out which is proof he's doing great. He now weighs 6 lbs and is taking his bottle but he is also still being fed through his feeding tube. He is taking a total of 50 cc's of milk which is such an improvement. Les just wants to try to get him on the bottle only, but the feeding tube is still necessary at this point for nourishment. Lesley commented to me that he looks more and more like Lillie Grace every day. Lesley has been in good spirits since being with him yesterday and actually getting to see the improvements hour by hour. Just PRAY for him to start taking his bottle on his own for all his feedings.
In Christ,
Susan

February 6th 2009

More Pics!

Check this good looking baby out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In these pictures, he's 6 days old!

February 6th 2009

Lesley and Keith visited on Thursday with baby Kayson and got to see more improvements! His jaundice is getting better and they actually took him off of the spotlight. He was lying on a heater in his bed which they have removed also because he is maintaining his own temperature now. The physical therapist came by and told them that he is doing great. He does have a feeding tube in which they are giving him 10cc of milk. The goal is to get him on the bottle and start taking 50-60 cc of milk before he can go home. He does take the bottle at times, but hopefully he will start taking ONLY the bottle. He now weighs 5 pounds and 6 ounces. Please pray for nutrition, weight gain and no infections!

Finally!

Lesley finally got to hold Baby Kayson yesterday...when she got to the hospital the nurse was actually feeding him by a bottle. I haven't spoken to Lesley directly since Kayson took the bottle, but MiMi June said that she believes he took the bottle well and it was digested. Let's just cross our fingers and hope that each feeding will be that successful. Lesley took more pictures so stay tuned...

A Smile...

Baby Kayson got his oxygen tube off of his face and you can really tell more about him now. Lesley says he is just BEAUTIFUL. He even smiled and is opening his eyes up a lot now. They might possibly get to hold him for the first time today. He's had some jaundice and has been under the light but his bilirubin tests revealed it's lower today, therefore, the light is working! They are still giving him milk but it's still not being digested. Please pray for him to beging digesting which will promote nutrition and more weight gain.

Les's home!

Lesley and Keith came home late Sunday evening. Baby Kayson is still in NICU and has lost down to 5 pounds 3 ounces. The nurses plan to give him 5 cc's of milk and they were going to check him later and see if he's digesting it. Please pray that he will succeed in taking in the milk! Please continue to pray for Lesley and Keith because it has been very difficult for them to leave Kayson at the hospital. Lesley's mother in law, Ms. Gail, is taking her today to go for a visit.

I'm the big sister!

Lillie Grace stayed the weekend with them! She sporting her "I'm the Big Sister" t-shirt! She is so happy to have a baby brother!

Sunday, February 1st 2009

Good Morning! Just got off the phone with Keith and Lesley and they are possibly going to get to come home today. They are ready to get home and start scheduling their time to go see Kayson in the hospital. Kayson is not digesting his milk, therefore, he's lost down to 5 lbs and 6 ounces. Lesley of course is concerned but this is very typical for premature babies. He also has a little jaundice and he's under the light. If you go visit him in the hospital, you will be able to see him through the glass! The nurses will hold him up so you can check him out! On a positive note, his breaths are still great. They are gradually taking him off the little oxygen tube in his nose, which is a great sign! Lesley is requesting prayer for Kayson to start digesting his milk!

I almost forgot! They have given him a pacifier and he sucks on it naturally, which is also a good sign. It takes some babies weeks to do this after being born premature.