Kaden was discharged from the hospital today. He's made great gains over the past couple of days. He sounds soo much better! He is still coughing a lot, but that can be expected for a couple of weeks yet. Kaden is actually able to stay with us here in the hospital yet until Kenley is discharged too. They unhooked him today and he is all ours :) We are responsible for all of his cares though. Feedings, meds, etc. The little terd actually ended up pulling out the IV in his head last night. They had stopped his fluids and the doctor had just discontinued his antibiotics so they didn't need to put a new one in. We were sooo thankful for that!!! We have to continue with nebulizer treatments and they also started him on Flovent, an inhaler to be given twice a day. At this point, only Kaden is on it, simply because he has been hospitalized twice in the past month. So, who knows if it will ever be something Kenley will need. The purpose of the inhaler is to help reduce swelling in the lungs, reduce mucus, and make the lungs stronger and less sensitive.
Kenley is showing some improvement but not as quickly as they would have hoped. Her third chest xray continues to show her lungs looking worse than the initial xray. She is also having difficulty with her feedings yet. She seems to be throwing up everytime we try full strenth formula with her. When we give her 1/2 formula mixed with water, she seems to be doing better. She was spiking temps frequently and was needing oxygen off and on, but both of those things are improving. The dr. is hoping to be able to send her home tomorrow. We hope that too.
Kenley
Kaden
Kenley girl snuggling with grandma
Holli~ Kaden~ Kenley~ and Darcy, our daycare provider
Kenley doing a lot of just laying around...totally not herself
Kaden in the excersaucer...loved it!!
Yep, looking like he's feeling better
Kenley liked her oxygen outside of her nose.
She found a pretty girl in that mirror!
Kaden after being discharged, such a happy little guy
Look everybody, no oxygen!!
Oh sweet babies! I'm so happy things are starting to look up for everyone, Kenley girl will be back to her old self again soon I hope! Love the pictures even though they break my heart! See you all next weekend!
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