A Bump in the Road 1/7/09

Kensley definitely had a virus of some kind around the end of December. She also began teething and grew an inch taller. All of these things have combined to create a very bad situation. They should be normal happy things, but the stress of having all these things happen at the same time has thrown her system out of whack. She has lost from 17lbs to 16lbs and 5oz. She has been stooling too much and they are liquid. She has even been throwing up. These were all the things that lead up to us being in the hospital from July 4th to July 21st during this past summer. I did not want to be back in the hospital so I have jump on this fast. I have been in contact with Nebraska almost everyday, and we have draw several sets of labs, checked a stool sample and blood cultured the central line. Blessed be the Lord, the stool sample and blood culture came back negative for any problem. Sooooo, we are just getting dehydrated again like we did in the summer when the central line failed and we tried to go off TPN and fluids. This time we were only on fluids, but with the virus and other factors it caused us to stool too much and throw up and dehydrate. Now, we are on a bigger dose of fluids but still not TPN. Yeah! BUT, pray for us. We need to stay off TPN if at all possible and we need to absorb all the fluids we need orally. It has been so busy around here with cleaning laundry that she soils every time she poops, and bottles and house work and kids stuff and other stuff. BUT and idol mind is the devil's playground. I have complete faith that Kensley will recover soon and start gaining weight soon. God will not leave us. Neither will the work and chores, yet I know that some day we will have this fight behind us. I 'll be praying for you. Tana