Not too much exciting news other than he is a cute chubby baby that loves to sleep and snuggle on mom. I LOVE that part!
Stretching and yawning:
Sleeping in his favorite spot on mom:
My cute Choo-choo outfit:
Supporting the packers!:
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Brannick is 5 Months!
Well, he is now 5 months old and 5 lbs 10 oz! He has gotten to be quite the chubby baby! Who knew that he could be chubby with how small he started? Amazing! He is doing well. He got sick a few weeks ago and had to be reintubated for a few days. Those were bad days for he and I. He was a maniac! His nurses couldn't figure out who he was cuz he was so angry about being on the ventillator again. Poor little guy! But they extubated him after about 5 days and he was great! A totally different kid! He was having a double doses of sedatives every 2 hours and was still ridiculous! We are SO glad to have him on only high flow oxygen again.
Not too much exciting news other than he is a cute chubby baby that loves to sleep and snuggle on mom. I LOVE that part!
Stretching and yawning:
Sleeping in his favorite spot on mom:
My cute Choo-choo outfit:
Supporting the packers!:
Not too much exciting news other than he is a cute chubby baby that loves to sleep and snuggle on mom. I LOVE that part!
Stretching and yawning:
Sleeping in his favorite spot on mom:
My cute Choo-choo outfit:
Supporting the packers!:
Sunday, January 23, 2011
More cute pictures
I just can't stand how fun it has been to have Brannick wearing clothes. I get to hold him all the time now and I hope that within the next few weeks he can start learning how to eat.
This onsie is a Carters newborn size. He still has a ways to go to fit into this size:
The first time gramma got to hold him:
His cute sleeper outfit-still pretty big on him:
This onsie is a Carters newborn size. He still has a ways to go to fit into this size:
The first time gramma got to hold him:
His cute sleeper outfit-still pretty big on him:
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
EXTUBATED!
Well, Brannick is now extubated and has a new little gadget in his nose to help give him the oxygen support he needs. He is now living in an open crib!! YAHOO! And that means he gets to wear clothes! The extubation/transition to the nasal canlua wasn't smooth at all, but he has learned to deal and is doing great! His vocal chords were depressed w/the ET tube for so long that he can't yet make noise, he just kind of squeaks and sounds weird when he tries to cry, but I love it!
Brannick in clothes:
My new oxygen support:
I love how is holding on to Justin's finger so tightly in this pic. He has just been throwing a fit so he doesn't look too happy...
Brannick in clothes:
My new oxygen support:
I love how is holding on to Justin's finger so tightly in this pic. He has just been throwing a fit so he doesn't look too happy...
Sunday, January 9, 2011
4 months old
Well, on Jan 11 Brannick will be 4 months old! He has come so far! On December 23 he had laser eye surgery because the blood vessels in his eyes were not forming correctly and if they hadn't have fixed it his retina would have detached and he would be blind. That could still happen, but this surgery was a step in the right direction. It has shown success so far but we will just have to wait and see what his eyes do when they are fully developed.
On January 3rd he had a diaphragm plication where they folded over and stitched his diaphragm down to his side so the lung can have room to fully expand and function. This was done because he has a paralyzed diaphragm on the right side and this will help him to be able to breathe on his own. He will most likely be extubated this week and breathing on his own! Then he will graduate to an open bed and get to wear clothes.
He has grown SO MUCH! To me, he looks HUGE!!! He weighs 3 lbs 12 oz now. He is a little michelin man. We have been able to hold him a lot more now. If I have the time, I can usually hold him every time I go. It is so wonderful and he responds so positively to each kangaroo care. I just love the little guy!
Brannick & Daddy:
Family Picture:
We had a great Christmas! My sister Jenny was here with her hubby Jesse from North Carolina. My grandma an grandpa from Cali came too. It was SO fun to have them here! We had so much fun. We got lots of fun pics of them with Brannick and we even got a 4 generation picture.
4 Generations:
Brannick & Uncle Jesse:
Brannick & Aunt Jenny:
Justin surprised me with a kitchen table and chairs for Christmas. We had been using my parents card table and old chairs. I LOVE it! He did a great job picking it out! I feel so grown up having my own table. I got him an ipod. He was always using mine and constantly asking if he could take it and my docking station to work so I got him his own and loaded all of his music onto it. I don't think he has put it down. We got a klik klack from my parents. It is an upscale futon. We wanted a futon for our spare room because we are often blessed with company and it is so much nicer than a blow-up-mattress. We were so blessed this year! Brannick got lots of cute things, especially from past parents of NICU babies. They left TONS of stuff by his crib.
He stole santas pants (but went shirtless to show off his muscles):
Christmas hat from Great Gramma
Hat from Santa and Socks from a nurse:
So far we have had a great year! Justin and I are both blessed with work. I am working hygiene at a dental office in North Ogden now about 2.5 days a week and Justin works so hard for our family at the flour mill. We are so happy and hoping that by April we can have Brannick home with us to stay.
On January 3rd he had a diaphragm plication where they folded over and stitched his diaphragm down to his side so the lung can have room to fully expand and function. This was done because he has a paralyzed diaphragm on the right side and this will help him to be able to breathe on his own. He will most likely be extubated this week and breathing on his own! Then he will graduate to an open bed and get to wear clothes.
He has grown SO MUCH! To me, he looks HUGE!!! He weighs 3 lbs 12 oz now. He is a little michelin man. We have been able to hold him a lot more now. If I have the time, I can usually hold him every time I go. It is so wonderful and he responds so positively to each kangaroo care. I just love the little guy!
Brannick & Daddy:
Family Picture:
We had a great Christmas! My sister Jenny was here with her hubby Jesse from North Carolina. My grandma an grandpa from Cali came too. It was SO fun to have them here! We had so much fun. We got lots of fun pics of them with Brannick and we even got a 4 generation picture.
4 Generations:
Brannick & Uncle Jesse:
Brannick & Aunt Jenny:
Justin surprised me with a kitchen table and chairs for Christmas. We had been using my parents card table and old chairs. I LOVE it! He did a great job picking it out! I feel so grown up having my own table. I got him an ipod. He was always using mine and constantly asking if he could take it and my docking station to work so I got him his own and loaded all of his music onto it. I don't think he has put it down. We got a klik klack from my parents. It is an upscale futon. We wanted a futon for our spare room because we are often blessed with company and it is so much nicer than a blow-up-mattress. We were so blessed this year! Brannick got lots of cute things, especially from past parents of NICU babies. They left TONS of stuff by his crib.
He stole santas pants (but went shirtless to show off his muscles):
Christmas hat from Great Gramma
Hat from Santa and Socks from a nurse:
So far we have had a great year! Justin and I are both blessed with work. I am working hygiene at a dental office in North Ogden now about 2.5 days a week and Justin works so hard for our family at the flour mill. We are so happy and hoping that by April we can have Brannick home with us to stay.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Kangaroo Care
Today I got to hold Brannick for the first time! (I held him before but he was a bundle somewhere in blankets and it was only for 3 minutes-but I loved that time too!) We did a kangaroo care which is skin-to-skin contact. I held him for about 30 minutes! It was wonderful! I loved everyminute of feeling his little body in my hands pressed up to my skin. I LOVE being a mom!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The long awaited post
Sorry it has taken me 8 weeks to post about our new little addition to our family: Brannick!
I'll start with the short story and get onto his life for the past 2 weeks. On Sept. 8 (Wednesday) I went to my regular OB appt and while she was doing the ultrasound she said that the baby looked small and she wanted me to see a highrisk OB just in case. Thursday morning I had a really fun appt with the ultrasound tech and we got lots of pics of Brannick in the womb. My mom was with me. The tech told me she couldn't tell me if anything looked abnormal since she wasn't the dr. When the dr came in he sat down and said "I'm not going to sugar-coat this. We are in a very critical situation here. Your placenta isn't giving your baby enough oxygen or blood so we are admitting you to the hospital right now and you might be delivering your baby within the hour." How do you even respond to that? Well, I was in shock and was trying to wrap my head around the prospect of delivering a baby like RIGHT NOW! Well, we walked over the family birth center at Ogden Regional Medical Center and they got me in a room. Justin had arrived by this time and my mom had to go pick up my dad as he had just come out of surgery that morning. (It was a man's area surgery that older men often have to have. He did great and is better now.)
The doctors wanted to wait at least 2 days so they could give me steriod shots and another medication to help Brannick's brain. On Saturday morning they wheeled me into surgery.
Justin watched the whole thing from the spinal tap (numbing) to the delivery to the stapeling me up. As they pulled out little Brannick he let out a little yelp and she popped him over the curtain so I could see him and off he went for 3 hours of resuscitation as I went to my room (suite). His weight was 405 grams (14 ounces). His abgar(?) numbers were really really low and they wanted to get me and Justin in to see him in the NICU as quickly as possible before he left this earth.
Here he is now 8 weeks old and still kicking! He has had a very very very hard life thus far. He has had kidney failure 2 times and barely escaped with his life both times. I firmly believe that it is due to the prayers and priesthood power that he is still here. He has been very strong! The right side of his diaphragm is paralyzed so he is only able to breathe with his left side. Eventually they'll do a surgery to tack the right side down so he can use his right lung also. He is still on a ventillator due to this problem, but is doing great lately and if he ever has the chance to grow he will get those little lungs bigger and get off the ventillator. On November 1st Ogden Regional was unable to get in a pick line (a deeper IV to deliver meds) after 5 hours of trying and he had to be life flighted to Primary Childrens Medical Center. That has been his new home for almost a week. We loved ORMC, but this is where he needs to be now because he has had so many complications and Primary's has so many doctors and specialists on hand to help our little prince. He weighs almost 2 lbs now. It will probably be Feb or March before he can come home, but we are so lucky to still have him with us and we love him to pieces. Thank you to all of you who have loved and supported us through these past two very long months. Here are some pics of him for you:
Brannick's little foot in my hand:
My wedding ring around his foot:
A cute little beanie donated to the NICU:
Brannick just being cute!
I'll start with the short story and get onto his life for the past 2 weeks. On Sept. 8 (Wednesday) I went to my regular OB appt and while she was doing the ultrasound she said that the baby looked small and she wanted me to see a highrisk OB just in case. Thursday morning I had a really fun appt with the ultrasound tech and we got lots of pics of Brannick in the womb. My mom was with me. The tech told me she couldn't tell me if anything looked abnormal since she wasn't the dr. When the dr came in he sat down and said "I'm not going to sugar-coat this. We are in a very critical situation here. Your placenta isn't giving your baby enough oxygen or blood so we are admitting you to the hospital right now and you might be delivering your baby within the hour." How do you even respond to that? Well, I was in shock and was trying to wrap my head around the prospect of delivering a baby like RIGHT NOW! Well, we walked over the family birth center at Ogden Regional Medical Center and they got me in a room. Justin had arrived by this time and my mom had to go pick up my dad as he had just come out of surgery that morning. (It was a man's area surgery that older men often have to have. He did great and is better now.)
The doctors wanted to wait at least 2 days so they could give me steriod shots and another medication to help Brannick's brain. On Saturday morning they wheeled me into surgery.
Justin watched the whole thing from the spinal tap (numbing) to the delivery to the stapeling me up. As they pulled out little Brannick he let out a little yelp and she popped him over the curtain so I could see him and off he went for 3 hours of resuscitation as I went to my room (suite). His weight was 405 grams (14 ounces). His abgar(?) numbers were really really low and they wanted to get me and Justin in to see him in the NICU as quickly as possible before he left this earth.
Here he is now 8 weeks old and still kicking! He has had a very very very hard life thus far. He has had kidney failure 2 times and barely escaped with his life both times. I firmly believe that it is due to the prayers and priesthood power that he is still here. He has been very strong! The right side of his diaphragm is paralyzed so he is only able to breathe with his left side. Eventually they'll do a surgery to tack the right side down so he can use his right lung also. He is still on a ventillator due to this problem, but is doing great lately and if he ever has the chance to grow he will get those little lungs bigger and get off the ventillator. On November 1st Ogden Regional was unable to get in a pick line (a deeper IV to deliver meds) after 5 hours of trying and he had to be life flighted to Primary Childrens Medical Center. That has been his new home for almost a week. We loved ORMC, but this is where he needs to be now because he has had so many complications and Primary's has so many doctors and specialists on hand to help our little prince. He weighs almost 2 lbs now. It will probably be Feb or March before he can come home, but we are so lucky to still have him with us and we love him to pieces. Thank you to all of you who have loved and supported us through these past two very long months. Here are some pics of him for you:
Brannick's little foot in my hand:
My wedding ring around his foot:
A cute little beanie donated to the NICU:
Brannick just being cute!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Where does the time go?
Well, a lot has been going on this summer so I thought I'd give a recap post about all of the festivities.
July 12-17 we went to Yosemite National Park with my mom's brother Larry and his family. It was awesome! We hiked, slept, ate, played, swam, hiked and ate some more. Cami, Lloyd, Justin, Larry, and his father-in-law went on the half-dome hike. If you haven't ever heard of this-it's pretty much one of the hardest and most ambitious hikes on the planet! It's a 16 mile hike with a 4,800 foot elevation gain! So, pretty much uphill the whole way! They 7 miles up and because of a traffic jam at the cables to get to the top (and the fact that their bodies were pretty much giving out) they turned around and came back down with every intention to train better and go again! I am so proud of them! We didn't directly see any bears but in our campsite (Toulmne campground) they have had 85 injuries/deaths from bears THIS SEASON!!! Sheesh! So, we were very careful about locking up our food in the bear boxes they have in each site. Justin and I were in a tent and we thought we heard some bears a few nights, but we were safe. And the staff at Yosemite always has their radar on the bears so I felt that we were safe. Mom and I decided on day that we were going to wash our hair at camp. That was a hilarious and very chilly experience! The things we do for beauty! We took the chance to go to Mammoth and ride the gondolla up to the top of the Sierra's. There was still snow up there! It was so beautiful and amazing to be at the top of a mountain! What a great vacation!!!
July 28 was Mom's birthday! We had a great party celebrating her. We LOVE birthdays in our family and we usually go overboard, but isn't that what celebrating life is all about? Happy Birthday mom!
August 7 marked our 1 year anniversary! We took the opportunity to go to the Bountiful temple to do some sealings as the Ogden temple was closed-and we were sealed in the Bountiful temple! We were able to do sealings for some from Justin's family and some from my mom's family. We then went to Tempenyaki for dinner. It was a great weekend! How happy I am to have such an amazing husband who works so hard for us! He is the best!
Around the middle of August we went on a road trip with another couple that we just love! We went to the Vernal temple. Justin and I LOVE to go to temple trips and we are trying to get to all of the temples in Utah-but they just keep building more before we can catch up! The vernal temple is so beautiful and unique! The inside was breathtaking and so original. We had a blast!
A few weekends ago Cami, mom and I put together the crib! I was too excited to get it done! It was really fun to do that together. But we just decided this week that we're going to be moving into a duplex in Roy (rigth next to Cami!) so we probably should have waited, but I just couldn't stand to have the crib in a box and not up-and we didn't know for sure that we'd be moving at that point.....but oh well!
July 12-17 we went to Yosemite National Park with my mom's brother Larry and his family. It was awesome! We hiked, slept, ate, played, swam, hiked and ate some more. Cami, Lloyd, Justin, Larry, and his father-in-law went on the half-dome hike. If you haven't ever heard of this-it's pretty much one of the hardest and most ambitious hikes on the planet! It's a 16 mile hike with a 4,800 foot elevation gain! So, pretty much uphill the whole way! They 7 miles up and because of a traffic jam at the cables to get to the top (and the fact that their bodies were pretty much giving out) they turned around and came back down with every intention to train better and go again! I am so proud of them! We didn't directly see any bears but in our campsite (Toulmne campground) they have had 85 injuries/deaths from bears THIS SEASON!!! Sheesh! So, we were very careful about locking up our food in the bear boxes they have in each site. Justin and I were in a tent and we thought we heard some bears a few nights, but we were safe. And the staff at Yosemite always has their radar on the bears so I felt that we were safe. Mom and I decided on day that we were going to wash our hair at camp. That was a hilarious and very chilly experience! The things we do for beauty! We took the chance to go to Mammoth and ride the gondolla up to the top of the Sierra's. There was still snow up there! It was so beautiful and amazing to be at the top of a mountain! What a great vacation!!!
July 28 was Mom's birthday! We had a great party celebrating her. We LOVE birthdays in our family and we usually go overboard, but isn't that what celebrating life is all about? Happy Birthday mom!
August 7 marked our 1 year anniversary! We took the opportunity to go to the Bountiful temple to do some sealings as the Ogden temple was closed-and we were sealed in the Bountiful temple! We were able to do sealings for some from Justin's family and some from my mom's family. We then went to Tempenyaki for dinner. It was a great weekend! How happy I am to have such an amazing husband who works so hard for us! He is the best!
Around the middle of August we went on a road trip with another couple that we just love! We went to the Vernal temple. Justin and I LOVE to go to temple trips and we are trying to get to all of the temples in Utah-but they just keep building more before we can catch up! The vernal temple is so beautiful and unique! The inside was breathtaking and so original. We had a blast!
A few weekends ago Cami, mom and I put together the crib! I was too excited to get it done! It was really fun to do that together. But we just decided this week that we're going to be moving into a duplex in Roy (rigth next to Cami!) so we probably should have waited, but I just couldn't stand to have the crib in a box and not up-and we didn't know for sure that we'd be moving at that point.....but oh well!
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