TLCSHANNON

mekhaii had his first virus and did well for his age and condition, his big brother needed antibiotics for the same bug, but both lasted about 3 weeks.

well, Mekhaai is 3 months old now, he had an Echocardiogram and everything is normal now, yeahhh!!! He is 16 lbs and the happiest baby I have ever seen, really. when he wakes up, his eyes get big and he smiles so hard, it looks like he is trying to wag his imaginary tail, or like he knows how lucky he is to be here. There is no better feeling in the world, than to see him smiling. My other kids are so great with him. I can cry at the drop of a hat when I see a sick baby or if i here about the ...

My life is almost back to normal, I love my son, he is so sweet and he is a very easy baby considering the tough road we took to get to this point. I feel stronger and more relaxed than ever before, things that used to matter or upset me before slide right off my back now. Mekhaai is 2 months old now and still on a little oxygen, he has a little pulmonary hypertension that I am hoping will be gone at his next visit. He eats with not problems (knock on wood) he is trying to roll over and he talks ...

I cannot believe it, were are going home tomorrow day 16!!! we did finally hit a few road bumps, FEEDING, what a pain, he is supposed to take so many cc's by mouth and whatever he doesnt take by mouth goes in his feeding tube. well, he has been tolerating his goal amount but hasnt been taking it all by mouth. Last night I had the nurse do two of his feedings so i could get some sleep and something didnt seem right, she said the 12 feeding he spit up 20 cc's which he never did before and she had ...

yesterday mekhaai's surgeon said to turn the feeding tube off and up his oral feeds but the nurse wasnt comfortable so we are doing 25 ml every 3 hours and up that every 6 hours by 5ml more and whatever he doesnt take in 10 minutes will go into his tube, but he sucked it all down in 5 minutes and passed out to sleep, mamma's little piggy. I went to the ER last night because my head hurt really bad on one side and my pulse was 48 and I just felt funny, but the doctor said my iron levels were low ...