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!