Pictures!!
Austin before!
Austin Going to the car!
And Austin sleepy!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Home!
Austin did great today!!! His surgery went great! Took awhile for him to wake up but after he did he was all happy and ready to go home! We are sitting on the couch watching tv! Good night! And thank u for the prayers!
Pictures!!
Austin before!
Austin Going to the car!
And Austin sleepy!
Pictures!!
Austin before!
Austin Going to the car!
And Austin sleepy!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Oh tomorrow---
Tomorrow Austin has his 8th surgery of his little 4 year old life! I can't believe that my little guy has been through this, but I am thankful it is just little things... I am still a nervous wreck and possibly won't get any sleep tonight! Even thou, I might be a "pro" at the surgery thing I am def the most freaked out person u will meet tomorrow! I might hide it well, but I am freaking out. Just ready to get it over with!
We are leaving my house at 6 am picking up my meme at 7 and headed to Plano! My grandma and cousin are meeting us there. I am so lucky to have such an amazing support system! I am so lucky I have people I can lean on when I am the mom in the waiting room waiting for the Dr to come in! Who knows where I would be if it wasn't for these people!
Well I am going to try to get some sleep and will update tomorrow sometime. My meme is taking Braxton tomorrow so me daddy and Austin can relax all day tomorrow when we get home. :)
Love ya!
We are leaving my house at 6 am picking up my meme at 7 and headed to Plano! My grandma and cousin are meeting us there. I am so lucky to have such an amazing support system! I am so lucky I have people I can lean on when I am the mom in the waiting room waiting for the Dr to come in! Who knows where I would be if it wasn't for these people!
Well I am going to try to get some sleep and will update tomorrow sometime. My meme is taking Braxton tomorrow so me daddy and Austin can relax all day tomorrow when we get home. :)
Love ya!
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Austin's Surgery
Austin has to have surgery on the 16th of this month! I am a nervous wreck.. As I always as before one. This one is to repair his hernia (in his belly button) which we knew from birth this surgery would come up, and honestly I had hope it had grown together and I wouldn't have to put my son threw another surgery.. Well my hope didn't happen and we will be at children's in Dallas/Plano doing it again.
I think this one is going to be harder, he hasn't had a surgery in 3 years. He really didn't understand what was going on. This time he does, and I don't know how he is going to handle it. I am scared, I don't want him to freak out! Even though I know it will happen. :(
My mom, meme, my dad and my hubby are going with us, as well as Braxton. So our support system is well intact. :) love that I have an awesome, always there support system! Others are in this group also, but are not coming that day, which is perfectly fine. :) Austin want his longhorn, Horney (he named it this because it has horns!!) and his momma and daddy there.. So that it what it will be.
I will update prob that afternoon or evening on how my fighter did! :) thanks for reading and listening to my rabbles! :)
Just a picture for this post! :) my boys!
18 days!
18 days until my Austin starts Pre K! Wow! Who would of thought my baby who at times I didn't think was going to make it home from Primary children's would be starting School!
18 days until my little boy becomes a Pre k-er! I don't cry at a lot of things but gosh this sure makes me tear up! Yes I will be the mom with her camera, teary eyes, tell her son to be a good boy while I am dying inside! Prob cry when I get to my car! Glad daddy is going with us to take him. And he told Grandma today that he wanted her to pick him up from his first day of school!
I asked what about mommy? He said I could wait in the car! :( lol!
Summer is almost over, I would say we have had fun, but no fun trips. We wanted to but so hot in Texas so we are going in October.. My boys don't do the heat nor does mommy! Haha! Well that is all tonight.. Tomorrow starts my hubby's 4 days off and of course we are busy as little bees! Good night loves--
18 days until my little boy becomes a Pre k-er! I don't cry at a lot of things but gosh this sure makes me tear up! Yes I will be the mom with her camera, teary eyes, tell her son to be a good boy while I am dying inside! Prob cry when I get to my car! Glad daddy is going with us to take him. And he told Grandma today that he wanted her to pick him up from his first day of school!
I asked what about mommy? He said I could wait in the car! :( lol!
Summer is almost over, I would say we have had fun, but no fun trips. We wanted to but so hot in Texas so we are going in October.. My boys don't do the heat nor does mommy! Haha! Well that is all tonight.. Tomorrow starts my hubby's 4 days off and of course we are busy as little bees! Good night loves--
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
RIP Beau
Last Sunday We lost our 5 year old boxer! :(
He was an awesome dog! He was my kids best friend! My husbands mans best friend! My comfort when I was down!
He will forever in our hearts and forever missed!
He is buried at my moms in the hill! He is watching over us everyday! Love you Beau! Play on the rainbow bridge!
He was an awesome dog! He was my kids best friend! My husbands mans best friend! My comfort when I was down!
He will forever in our hearts and forever missed!
He is buried at my moms in the hill! He is watching over us everyday! Love you Beau! Play on the rainbow bridge!
Monday, July 30, 2012
Austin's NICU Story
Austin Wayne Ron Reeves was born on October 30th 2007 at 5:49pm. He was 5 pounds 9.5 oz and 17 inches long. Austin was born with a defect called gastroschisis, which means that his intestines were on the outside of his body when he was born, due to a hole in the wall of his stomach. He was in the NICU til the 20th nov.
He had his first surgery on the day he was born to insert the silo which held his intestines up above his body to let them naturally drop in. The intestines were all the way in on Nov 3rd. They took the silo out, and closed him up with out surgery. They used a new method which used glue and strips. It meant not another surgery for him which was great, but also meant it would be longer til we could hold him...bad for us. On Nov 7th we were able to hold him (yes it was only 8 days but seemed like a life time for us)I held him, so did my mom on that day. It was a great feeling. The next few days he was only able to just lay there or be held. Feeding still was not in the picture. The anderson tube they had down into his tummy was still bring up green stuff, and it needed to be clear for them to stop sucking the stomach acid out. Justin had him on Nov 10th. Such a good feeling seeing daddy and son. Nov 12th was a big day for him... he got moved to crib...no more warmer bed, and they also took the anderson tube out of his nose...on the 13th, they tried to feed him some milk, not a alot, but at least it was some. He threw that up within the hour. Tummy not taking it well. They then decieded to put a small tube down into his tummy which was a feeding tube. When he didnt eat all the food, the would put it down into his tummy through this tube. On the 14th after throwing up everything they tryed to give him, the Drs let him and his body have the day off to rest. Nov 15th-19th they took it slow, but he was eating more and more each day. He had some bumps in the road but mostly good days. On Nov 20th, they moved him into the INFANT UNIT on the floor below. The reason behind this was many...for one he was improving good and he was one of the healthly babies in the NICU, for two they were having many babies come in that day and the next from other hopstials and needed the space. He was in the INFANT UNIT til Dec 13th.
The INFANT UNIT was very different from the NICU... he did not have a NA at the bed side 24/7 they were in the hall way and was not but 10 feet away, but still they were not there right next to him...and he had his own room. At first i didnt like the idea and they told me to try it out and if i didnt like it i could have him tranfered back to the NICU. Which made me feel better. But after staying there for 2 days straight i found that it was a great unit. Nothing was wrong with it. He was doing great the last part of that week... upto 25cc (almost a oz) and not throwing it up. I went home on the 25th to see justin... of course when i go home is when something goes wrong. The early morning of the 26th he had a hugh fever. They called and told me and also told me they were doing blood work and a spinal tap (which is mandatory on babies less then 2 months with a fever) and needed to get my permission for them. I gave it to them and didnt sleep that much that rest of the night. Me and justin were there that morining around 10. On the 27th they put him on oxygen and thought a blood transfusion would help him, his blood counts were low. Gosh was that a hard two days. The next few days were hard, but he was doing better the whole time. He was going back up on his feeds and was upto 60 cc (2 oz) We were looking at going home the next few days!!! YAY--- well i got my hopes up too soon. On Dec 3rd he was steadly going down on his feeds, throwing up and jsut not eating. He had a fever on the 5th, and he was back to step one and really the drs didnt know why he suddely just stopped everything. One dr said he would miss them so he made sure he was not leaving any time soon...LOL! Dec 6th he had 2 X RAYS and nothing showed up. Dec 7th he had more X RAYS and it showed something, but ended up being gas... go figure. Later on that day one of his drs wanted to do a ultra sound to do a more in deep look. Thank gosh for him, he found the problem. It was pyloric stenosis which is where the opening to your tummy to your intestines were too small for the food to get through and you throw it up. Happens in babies between 5 weeks and 8 weeks of age. UNLUCKY for Austin he got them both. He went into surgery on Dec 8th. He did great and was fine about 2 hours after. He started eating 8 hours after that. On Dec 9th they again thought a blood trasfusion would do him good. So he had another one. He got up to 25 cc that day, and 65 on the 10th. On the 11th he was eating but not as well as they wanted, so we were there another day, but that dr told me that he didnt see no reason why i could take him home the next day. I was so happy. Same thing on the 12... i had 2 different drs tell me that they wouldnt release him until he ate the whole 70cc more then 2 days. So i was looking at staying another few days to maybe a week. I was so up set. That night his DR who did his very first surgery came in to talk to me. She didnt understand why he was not home yet, so wanted to see why herself. SO i told her about the one dr told me i could leave the next day, and then about the next drs the next day who said prob another week. She was not happy with the story. They had put him back on IVS and kinda like we were almost back to step one...She told the CNA to take the IV off, and to take the PIC line out. and to put a feeding tube down him again and show me how to flush it and use it and as long as he didnt throw up that night, i was to take him home on the 13th!!! Thank GOD for that dr.. she was my lifesaver that night. He did great, all night and though the next day. We left the hopstial at 2:30 pm that day. I thought that that day walking out of the hopstial with my son would never happen. I was in tears.
He is at home now, NO feeding tube (cause he pulled it out him self) but is eating anywhere from 2 oz to 3 oz every feeding... which is what they wanted him to do. I guess he just needed to be at home. :)
Pictures
Our first times holding him
He had his first surgery on the day he was born to insert the silo which held his intestines up above his body to let them naturally drop in. The intestines were all the way in on Nov 3rd. They took the silo out, and closed him up with out surgery. They used a new method which used glue and strips. It meant not another surgery for him which was great, but also meant it would be longer til we could hold him...bad for us. On Nov 7th we were able to hold him (yes it was only 8 days but seemed like a life time for us)I held him, so did my mom on that day. It was a great feeling. The next few days he was only able to just lay there or be held. Feeding still was not in the picture. The anderson tube they had down into his tummy was still bring up green stuff, and it needed to be clear for them to stop sucking the stomach acid out. Justin had him on Nov 10th. Such a good feeling seeing daddy and son. Nov 12th was a big day for him... he got moved to crib...no more warmer bed, and they also took the anderson tube out of his nose...on the 13th, they tried to feed him some milk, not a alot, but at least it was some. He threw that up within the hour. Tummy not taking it well. They then decieded to put a small tube down into his tummy which was a feeding tube. When he didnt eat all the food, the would put it down into his tummy through this tube. On the 14th after throwing up everything they tryed to give him, the Drs let him and his body have the day off to rest. Nov 15th-19th they took it slow, but he was eating more and more each day. He had some bumps in the road but mostly good days. On Nov 20th, they moved him into the INFANT UNIT on the floor below. The reason behind this was many...for one he was improving good and he was one of the healthly babies in the NICU, for two they were having many babies come in that day and the next from other hopstials and needed the space. He was in the INFANT UNIT til Dec 13th.
The INFANT UNIT was very different from the NICU... he did not have a NA at the bed side 24/7 they were in the hall way and was not but 10 feet away, but still they were not there right next to him...and he had his own room. At first i didnt like the idea and they told me to try it out and if i didnt like it i could have him tranfered back to the NICU. Which made me feel better. But after staying there for 2 days straight i found that it was a great unit. Nothing was wrong with it. He was doing great the last part of that week... upto 25cc (almost a oz) and not throwing it up. I went home on the 25th to see justin... of course when i go home is when something goes wrong. The early morning of the 26th he had a hugh fever. They called and told me and also told me they were doing blood work and a spinal tap (which is mandatory on babies less then 2 months with a fever) and needed to get my permission for them. I gave it to them and didnt sleep that much that rest of the night. Me and justin were there that morining around 10. On the 27th they put him on oxygen and thought a blood transfusion would help him, his blood counts were low. Gosh was that a hard two days. The next few days were hard, but he was doing better the whole time. He was going back up on his feeds and was upto 60 cc (2 oz) We were looking at going home the next few days!!! YAY--- well i got my hopes up too soon. On Dec 3rd he was steadly going down on his feeds, throwing up and jsut not eating. He had a fever on the 5th, and he was back to step one and really the drs didnt know why he suddely just stopped everything. One dr said he would miss them so he made sure he was not leaving any time soon...LOL! Dec 6th he had 2 X RAYS and nothing showed up. Dec 7th he had more X RAYS and it showed something, but ended up being gas... go figure. Later on that day one of his drs wanted to do a ultra sound to do a more in deep look. Thank gosh for him, he found the problem. It was pyloric stenosis which is where the opening to your tummy to your intestines were too small for the food to get through and you throw it up. Happens in babies between 5 weeks and 8 weeks of age. UNLUCKY for Austin he got them both. He went into surgery on Dec 8th. He did great and was fine about 2 hours after. He started eating 8 hours after that. On Dec 9th they again thought a blood trasfusion would do him good. So he had another one. He got up to 25 cc that day, and 65 on the 10th. On the 11th he was eating but not as well as they wanted, so we were there another day, but that dr told me that he didnt see no reason why i could take him home the next day. I was so happy. Same thing on the 12... i had 2 different drs tell me that they wouldnt release him until he ate the whole 70cc more then 2 days. So i was looking at staying another few days to maybe a week. I was so up set. That night his DR who did his very first surgery came in to talk to me. She didnt understand why he was not home yet, so wanted to see why herself. SO i told her about the one dr told me i could leave the next day, and then about the next drs the next day who said prob another week. She was not happy with the story. They had put him back on IVS and kinda like we were almost back to step one...She told the CNA to take the IV off, and to take the PIC line out. and to put a feeding tube down him again and show me how to flush it and use it and as long as he didnt throw up that night, i was to take him home on the 13th!!! Thank GOD for that dr.. she was my lifesaver that night. He did great, all night and though the next day. We left the hopstial at 2:30 pm that day. I thought that that day walking out of the hopstial with my son would never happen. I was in tears.
He is at home now, NO feeding tube (cause he pulled it out him self) but is eating anywhere from 2 oz to 3 oz every feeding... which is what they wanted him to do. I guess he just needed to be at home. :)
Pictures
Our first times holding him
Austin's Birth Story
I want to write today about my oldest son- he was born with his insides on the outside of his body! Called Gastroschisis! We had some ups and downs.. But he is a healthy 4 year old boy! We are SO blessed!
Oct 28, 2007
We went to Salt Lake city Utah to pick my grandmother and mother in law. We also took big prego pics that day also! Lol! We walked around a mall, Sams club and the airport. Mind you i was 9 months pregnant! Haha! We headed home (2 hours away from the city)
October 29, 2007
my mom and Husband went elk hunting and we stayed behind to hang out at the house! Fun boring day. Lol that night at like 11pm I went into labor so we headed to our local hospital.. I was not suppose to be having Austin there- they didn't have to resources to take care of my Austin.. Kinda freaked me out, but my dr was amazing. They stopped my labor and sent me home and told me to go to SLC in the morning and he would call them and tell them I was coming. Sounded good to me, cause I wasn't packed at all! Lol i was suppose to be induced on October 31
October 30, 2007
That morning my labor woke me up! Woke up my husband, mom, grandma and mom in law... Got our stuff ready and off to our local hospital we went again. As I was walking in ( I called ahead) so was my dr, telling me he went home and told his wife he should of sent me last night.. He had a gut feeling! Lol should of know! As they were getting me hooked up to the machines, he was call SLC telling them I was coming via alumbance. Within an hour.. them trying to stop my labor, and turn me on my side and whatever else they did my contractions were coming faster and harder... My dr and nurses talked and decided sending me care flight would be the best and only way to get me to SlC! I was suppose to leave in 30 mins and it's a 30 mins flight... The drive is 2 hours!!! How in the world is my family going to get there? I was freaking out! My aunts came and say with me and my mom grandma mom in law and husband headed to SLC!
An hour later I was in SLC and being wheeled into the womans unit of UofU. I saw my meme then my mom, the husband and mom in law. I was so happy they were here! They got me settled into my room, broke my water, check my BP, and Austins heartbeat. Austin's heart beat was high, 190 to 210... Too high for a baby. They decided that I was having a c-section, which me and my dr had already discussed this but the on call dr didn't know yet, and it was right then! They gave my husband scrubs, little booties and a cap to wear on his head. I got wheeled into the surgery room, pulled onto a cold table and the process started. I was so worried Justin would miss it that I kept on asking about him. Finally he was sitting right next to me. :) I was shaking and cold and oh so nervous! My hubby was doing good, calming me down but was also nervous himself.. I told him I couldn't feel anything but I was still scared.. Then he got lite headed and tried to make it to the door and passed out on the surgery floor. :/ He broke the surgery door!!! They put him in a wheel chair and took him out.. I was all alone. :(
Austin was pulled from me and taken to the NICU staff, I didn't even get to see him. He was wrapped up and put in an NICU bed. When I was in recovery I got to see him for about 30 seconds! He was beautiful! He was on his way to his first surgery of his life! I didn't see him til the next day, my hubby did that night!
Pictures-
My hubby in his scrubs
My Austin's first picture of his life
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