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God at Work–Baby Ryker Update

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This afternoon Ryker Waller’s blood pressure started to get very low.  Prayers were sent up even more.  Doctors were unable to give her any other meds to help with the blood pressure.  Praising God…He said Yes and has allowed her blood pressure to stabilize.  Her lungs and heart have remained steady throughout the night and day.  Please continue to pray for this little baby.  If you are a facebook fan, you can go to my profile page and see a video of Ryker’s Super-mama, Keeli,  reading her a story and if you’re half as emotional as me…grab a box of tissue.

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Prayers for Baby Ryker

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Ryker Elise Waller was born Thursday not breathing.  She is the daughter of a girl who’s father coached on the same staff as my father.  After performing CPR, they realized her abdomen was hard and proceeded to take her to surgery and remove a tumor the size of a fist.  Bleeding was a major issue at the time but now, the concerns are on her blood pressure, breathing, kidney function.  The bleeding has slowed down.  Through the magic of Facebook our family has been able to keep up with how Ryker is doing.  Current status is:  She is maxed out on her meds.  Her veins are blown making IVs near impossible to put in to administer meds. 

The doctors have stated there is nothing else they can do.  So, the family and friends are continuing to pray to the Great Physician.  She has and will always be in God’s hand for His glory.  This is day four of her life and her parents are continuing to pray that her lift will continue and her story will be able to bring glory and honor to God.  She is remaining strong and is fighting for her little life.

Please pray for this dear little one and her parents, Keeli and Dwain, and all their family who is surrounding them.  I will post as soon as I get updates.

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Baby #6 Update-12 Weeks

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Today was a regular ol’ prenatal checkup.  And by regular, I mean nothing unusual happened, oh, except, we were able to hear the heartbeat with the doppler!

That was one of the sweetest sounds after all the issues at the start of the pregnancy.  We are truly grateful for another healthy baby and are praying this pregnancy will be “normal.”

Prenatals were drawn…and we discussed a lot of things with Dr. J.  One of the things was the subchorionic hematoma…because I didn’t have an ultrasound we don’t know if it’s been absorbed or if it’s still there.  However, he stated that with the fact that I have had zero issues that would be connected with a hematoma and the fact that it was really small, I should not have any problems to worry about with it.  The placenta is now strong enough to deal with the hematoma if it’s still there and my body were to pass it.

Because I have an awesome doctor and he knows I’ll let him know if something is wrong, I don’t have to go in for another seven weeks.  Which means, next appointment is ultrasound time and, prayerfully,  we’ll find out whether the baby is a boy or a girl!  Woohoo! 

Stay bundled up.  Zoe’s praying for two inches of snow tonight!  I hope she gets a “yes” on that prayer request!

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Mark and the TP Saga

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Mark is volunteering with the Kindergarten Awana Sparks this year.  A couple of weeks ago, I believe all the leaders got together, laughed a maniacal laugh, and chose to reward children who said a lot of verses.  The reward:  toilet paper to TP the Awana leader of your choice.  Mark was one of the ones selected.  Looks good on him, no?!

Ace was so proud of his mummy daddy.

Ace’s friend K, was pretty pumped about getting Mr. Mark as well.
*These were taken with Mark’s phone so please excuse the quality but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to post pictures of Mark and toilet paper!*
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Happy Birthday Liam!

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Ignore that ruff lookin’ mama in the background…it’s been a rough three weeks.  Rather, let’s focus on that adorable little boy who’s holding up those four fingers!  Liam turned four after Christmas.  It was a long time coming, too.  He was deeply hurt that we were not celebrating his birthday when we celebrated Zoe’s.  But, finally, his birthday rolled around!  Now, we had the party on Saturday with a couple of friends…don’t worry, I’ll include those pictures soon.  The original plan was to leave on his birthday and travel to visit family for Christmas celebrations and then have a party with cousins that included a “treasure hunt.”  However, with all going on with the baby, we felt we needed to stick close to home just in case we needed to make a beeline for the hospital, etc.  So, a simple celebration on the birthday day…and then party on Saturday.

Mark picked up an ice cream cake with the kids the night before.  Don’t worry, I made a cake for Saturday…just couldn’t get off the couch on Monday night.
 
From Uncle B & Aunt B and cousins!
The Sunday before his birthday before celebrating Christmas with Ge and Granddaddy, Liam and Zoe opened gifts from them.  That look on his face was the same look as he opened all his gifts this season.  Very serious.  He was a focused little boy concentrating on getting all the paper off.  Once it was off, he was all smiles.
Oh yeah, mini golf clubs!
He can wear them like a backpack and proceeded to do so….and got stuck in several places.  That would be Ace (or Zoe…I’m not sure) flipping off the back of the loveseat…not a dead kid…I promise.  And Liam getting stuck between the piano and the temporary home of the loveseat.
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Sickly Days

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It seems that illnesses in kids are just popping up all over the place.  I have two high school classmates who have children in the hospital due to illnesses…fevers, croup, unnamed…lots of yuck and praying for them.

Two of our own are down and out with illnesses as well.

Josiah has had a cold for a little over a week, and two nights ago he woke up at 1:30 with a barking cough.  If you’ve had a child with croup you know what I’m talking about.  I called Dr. B in the morning and asked the nurse if I should bring him in since he was not feverish and did not have stridor (a sucking/gasping noise that children make when they are trying to breath in air…related to the croup).  She still wanted to see him. 

She walked into the exam room and saw Ceili Rain’s still yucky nose (after being on an antibiotic for a little over three days) and said she would check her again.  She got a brief history on what’s been going on with her since she didn’t have her chart and then checked her ears and her chest.  I knew it was rattling when she continued to listen to her for a long time.  Not only rattling but wheezing as well.  She put Ceili Rain on albuterol and said that she most likely had RSV.  Now, don’t freak out.  RSV is a dangerous cold virus in young infants and children with other illnesses.  Ceili Rain is pretty healthy (ear infections aside) and was happy and bouncing.  Dr. B obviously didn’t feel she was wheezing enough to need a nebulizer (which gets the medicine to the kid more quickly than the liquid…I believe)…so we’re in the clear.  We just have to give her the meds every 8 hours…which means we have to wake her up. She’s such a good sleeper that I don’t think it’ll phase her much…we shall see.  I had told Mark when her temp went up on Saturday that I thought it might be RSV, but wasn’t sure.  Dr. B had put her on an antibiotic when I called on, Monday, to let them know she was still running a fever and it got over 101 (I had already talked to Dr. B on Sunday about our requirements for me to bug her again).

Josiah sounded clear, but she went ahead and put him on an antibiotic and told us to call if he got more croupy.  He sounds like he’s been smoking for 20 years!  His voice is all raspy and hoarse.  He’s not acting like he feels 100% either.

I’m very shocked that we have five children and this is the first time any of ours has had RSV.  We are truly blessed to have healthy babies and kids!

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Christmas with Ge & Granddaddy

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The Sunday after Christmas, Ge and Granddaddy came up for the afternoon.  Of course, more gifts and Ge and Granddaddy to play with was pretty exciting for the kids.
 
Liam trying to wait patiently to open gifts.
 
Zoe was excited to have a digital clock for her room…and one that changes colors no less.  Every time I go in to the girls’ room her clock is a different color.
 
Ace got more “boy” books.  Which is good, he’s finally gotten up enough courage to attempt to read a chapter book.  He picked Robin Hood.  So far, I think he’s enjoying it.  We just need to get him a book light so he can read at night.
 
I just had to post this, because of Granddaddy’s face.  I think it’s inherited…sticking out your tongue while trying to work on something….the kids and I all do it too.
 
This is one of those squishy toys.  Ace has named it “Meme” and is his sidekick in battle.
 
Ceili Rain wanted to play with the wrapping paper more than the presents! 
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Celebrating Christmas with Papa & Grandmere

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The kids were super pumped that Grandmere and Papa made a Christmas day appearance…not just the gifts but seeing the grandparents pretty much rocks for them!

Mark and I are thrilled that Ceili Rain is now going to someone else besides us.  She is enjoying visiting with her Papa & Grandmere more and more.

It stopped raining Christmas afternoon and Liam got to test out his new wheels…with a look of concentration.

Josiah got chaffeur service from Papa.

Zoe got a lot of one on one with Daddy as she learns to ride her big bike!

And Ceili Rain snuck in some snuggle time with Papa…before declaring herself ready to be back in Mama’s arms.

Getting ready to open gifts…closing eyes was a prereq…this year.
A big cool gift this year was a new video camera.  It’s like the Flip cameras in that it’s small and hd.  I LOVE it!  It’s small, easy to carry around, and holds a bunch of video thanks to the larger memory card Mark got me.  Oh, and it’s for both of us…not just me (so they say 🙂
Ceili Rain had to test out her new crinkly dolly toy.

Josiah got a book with a train in it. Surprised??  Nah!

Liam getting excited over his turn to open presents.

Ace checking out his new book.

Papa & Grandmere with their calendar.
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