Sweet Kylie was born 5 weeks early on July 11 at 5:52 pm weighing 5lbs 6oz. She is in the NICU fighting for her chance to get to go home. She was initially on CPAP and a feeding tube. She still uses the feeding tube from time to time but she has graduated to some bottle feeding and nursing sessions. Krystal says that Kylie eats the absolute best when she is nursing - she eats for 30 minutes and is very satisfied after!
I ask you to please pray for Kylie --- specifically for her bilirubin levels to decrease (jaundice), to stabilize/maintain her body temperature, her alertness, residuals and she is experiencing some episodes of apnea. As of noon today, she went 12 hours without an episode. Krystal was there during her last episode and she said it was very scary - she noticed her chest was no longer rising and falling as it should and her pulse ox level and heartbeat were dropping, so she got the nurses before the alarms started going off. Krystal said they had to shake sweet Kylie to get her to breathe again. I can't even imagine the fear going through this first time mommy's mind. Her husband, David, is in the military and had to spend this week at the FBI Headquarters (in Quantico) for a masters training program - thankfully he was there for Kylie's birth and was able to spend one night in the hospital before he had to leave. He comes home tomorrow!
Krystal told me the other day that as soon as Kylie overcomes one hurdle, a new one seems to pop up. Please pray that this is no longer the case. Please pray that Kylie gets to go home very soon!!
I will update as I know more... thanks :)
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