Breaking her out!!!

OUR EASTER MIRACLE!!!

We went to the hospital Sunday morning .....
When we got there the nurse said "did you happen to bring your car seat?" YES we did! (when I woke up this morning I thought, I should take her clothes and blankets and grab the car seat that way they are in the car and I don't have to worry about it later. - I am grateful for inspiration)
Then she went on to tell us that we had to wait for the Dr.s to do rounds but that because the test was clear and she was eating and maintaining her breathing that they would probably let her go home. WOW! So we started our "discharge education" and they put PR in the car seat still hooked up to the monitors for a "car seat Test" to make sure she can handle being in the car seat.
When that was done the Dr's came around and they said..her 48 hour blood culture was negative so discontinue the antibiotics and finish the discharge paperwork and let her go home!
Once all that was done we packed her up and headed to Grandma and Papa's for Easter Dinner (KJ also went to get the kids while we were finishing up paperwork)
This was taken this morning, her all snug in her OWN little bed!
I am SOOOO grateful for all of you who prayed for us, visited us, helped us with the kids and were just there for us in Spirit. It was a great strength to know we were not alone in our prayers and concern for our little one. I have a feeling that more miracles were in play than we know. For that I THANK MY HEAVENLY FATHER with ALL my HEART! I have MUCH to be grateful for!!! Happy Easter to all!
CHRIST LIVES!!!

PR Updates...

So, Saturday (4/3) morning I got up after 8 hours of sleep and went in to check on PR in the nursery....I noticed that her IV was looking really red and puffy and bloody...so they said that the IV was bad and would have to put a new one in...
I really couldn't handle sticking around for that so I went back to the room and had breakfast. Then the pediatrician came in to give us her report...it wasn't too good.
Around 5 then again around 7 she puked up some green bile. They said if she did it one is could be no big deal but it happened 2ce so they "life flighted" her to primary Children's hospital for and Upper GI test. (they make her swallow some barium (sp?) then they track it to make sure that there is no blockage in the intestinal tract causing the bile to not be able to pass. Blockages can cause the intestines to twist on themselves causing the bowel to die...) So we went over to the nursery and they let me hold her (finally)
and LifeFlight showed up to take her....
My nurse called the midwife and let her know what was going on and she came over to discharge me so we could go up to PCMC to be with her. We worked on paperwork for PR and us and they took her away. (so many tubes and wires and the IV was now in her poor little head...)
We got out of there a little bit later. Headed home to change and headed up to the hospital. We were almost there, when they called and said....
"the test was clear, they don't know why she puked up like that. She is now in the NICU here and is hungry...can we feed her?"
WELL YEAH! (because of her hard time breathing they wouldn't let me feed her, they just had her on a sugar water IV) So for them to let her eat was SO exciting! When we got up there and scrubbed and went in, the nurse said..."she is so cute and doing great, would you like to hold her?" HECK YES!!! So, I sat there for hours and just held my baby! It was SO NICE! She nursed for a few minutes. but mostly just slept SO peacefully in my arms....
I can't even tell you how grateful I am for those moments...


She was no longer on O2, and the warmer for the bed was turned off and she was maintaining her breathing and O2 and temp levels. the only thing she still had was the sugar water IV....
While we were there our neighbors came to visit, it was really nice to feel the love and support of friends, that I didn't even know knew what was going on. :o) (I am grateful for the love and support of good friends and family through this whole thing.) Then Dave and Mindy came to visit too. It was nice to visit and people be allowed to hold her.

then is was time for Dave and Jon to go to Priesthood session of General Conf. So we sadly left her behind and headed out. (I had asked what was needed for her to be able to go home and they said that she had to be eating well for at least 24 hours, so I told them to FEED HER!!! I am all for breast feeding but in this case I was pumping and pumping and getting NOTHING so formula is the way to go...Health over preference!! At this point she was 3 days old and had only nursed for 3 minutes of her life....Just feed the poor starving girl so she can get healthy so we can go home.)

I didn't really want to be left at home by myself so they took me to Manda's and I was able to play with the other kids and just sit around. We had dinner and made cut out cookies and put the kids to bed.

On the way home I called the NICU to see how she was doing, they said she was eating like a champ and they thought she was SO CUTE! (they were all excited to care for a "healthy", full term baby -it makes their shift a little easier. :o)) The good news made me sleep easier too.

Renia Mae

I went into IMC hospital for the post-dates non-stress testing to make sure that the baby was doing well being 8 days overdue. The test found that there was no fluid in the placenta anymore but the baby was still doing fine. So they let me drive over to Riverton (where I was supposed to deliver.) I got to Riverton around 12:30, KJ came over from work and got there about 12:50. They were all helping with another delivery....so we sat around and waited. They got us all checked in and started the pitocin about 2:30....it was SLOW going from there. I didn't start laboring for a while. About 6-6:30pm the contractions were regulated. but with little progression. About 9-9:30 I could tell I was starting to transition....so they put a probe on her head to monitor heartrate at 10:10...and that was enough to get things finished up... 4 pushes and 17 minutes later she was here!
This is our little april fools day baby! Because there was no fluid she had a LOT of mucus in her lungs and stuff, so she is on O2 and they are trying to get her to breathe deeper to keep her O2 levels where they need to be.
So, she is all hooked up and I just wish I could hold her....:o(
Our new little one! We are happy you are here and are excited to get to know you better!
Renia Mae
8 lbs. 13 Oz.
21 1/4" long
10:24 pm - 04-01-2010!!

My latest cake....

So I was due with the new baby on the 24th....and since I ALWAYS go over, I agreed to do my friends wedding cake on the 27th... It turned out great!!!
Here is the top view of the top tier.
top view of the middle tier
top view of the bottom tier
the cake as a whole.
So the cake is done...the baby can come any day now.....maybe???? Someday....
:o)

Trip to the aquarium....

Our new Home Teacher works at the aquarium in Sandy. And he got our family free passes to go see the fish. PG and PD were SO excited to go! We told PG that we would after his nap (this was at 9 am) and he said, "I am really tired, can I go take my nap now?" "PG, we have to eat breakfast and lunch first..." "let's eat lunch"....He is smart! :o)
They LOVED it, they couldn't get enough!! Climbing up and seeing the fish, they moved really slow from tank to tank. It was nice that they enjoyed it!
Even KJ and I enjoyed it! :o)
I love glowing Jelly fish! They I think are my favorite, in every aquarium I have visited...they are so calming and beautiful...deadly but beautiful! :o)
cool glowing star fish.
Cool spiky starfish!!
Who is that? NEMO!
The kids wouldn't touch them but they liked to splash in the water and say "look it's Mr. Ray"
(we watch Finding Nemo a LOT!)
As we were walking around we saw our friend feeding a snake so we tapped on the glass and said hello...he came out and took us on a tour "behind the scenes"
This is the view of the sharks from the top! it was pretty cool...
The penguin exhibit wasn't open yet but in our tour we got to go see them too. it was pretty cool. But we are not allowed to tell anyone that we got to go behind the scenes...so SHHHH! :o)

more goings on...

The kids LOVE to wear my shoes...they are so funny!
This is the cake that I made for our Relief Society Birthday Dinner that we did on Tues. night. I think it looked pretty good!
and here is the "Big Mama" at 38 weeks ... only 4 more to go right?
(I hope it is a less than that! - But healthy is the most important!)

New goings on...

KJ had to work late a few nights to fix a problem for a client in IL...and the guy they were helping said when they got it fixed he would send them a Chicago Style pizza...from Chicago.
KJ did his job and the guy followed through...and it came overnighted in dry ice from IL...
We decided to make it a party and make homemade rootbeer with the dry ice.
(he also made a dry ice bomb...with pop bottle and a few of the left over pieces of dry ice...it was cool)
Someone at his work had a birthday so someone else as a joke put like 30+ goldfish on his desk...so we got a fish tank to accomodate some of the orphan fish...PG was SO "patiently" waiting for the tank to be ready to put the fish in...So now we are the proud owners of 3 little goldfish.
Daddy plays with the kids in the evenings and sometimes PG likes to play "Go to School"
First they sleep...
then they get up and go to the table and color and try to write letters at school
then they come home have dinner
and take a bath (Pictured above) and then go back to sleep
It is really cute they LOVE to play with daddy! :o)
and I am grateful for the time I can get other things done. :o)
My Family ROCKS!