News on our BIG BOY!!!

5-27-08

Hey everyone!! Guess what? Our little man is over 5 pounds!!! Wow! He is getting so much bigger and stronger!

We are hoping that Hayden will get his surgery early next week to reconnect his intestines. The sooner the better because he will have to recover in the NICU for 2 months AFTER the surgery and before they can put his shunt in. The fluid from the brain (through the shunt) will be drained into his stomach and Docs want to make sure his bowel is healed enough to handle it.

We are hoping he will be put back on nasal prongs after his surgery. The meningitis debris and seizures are the main reasons Hayden cannot breathe on his own-they give him serious Apnea. Please pray for these seizures to go away!! Once they go away, we hope he will be able to breathe on his own AND drink from a BOTTLE!!! PLUS-Lisa & Dustin will finally be able to hold him again!! These seizures have been and continue to be a major setback.

We are shooting for Hayden to come home in August!!! He will be 5 months old but 1 month gestational. He is doing well, but still having those darned seizures! Once the seizures stop, he will be taken off all of the sedatives and will hopefully be restored back to his energized little self!! We miss seeing his eyes and smiles =)

Keep praying for our little man, we all want him better!

Love,

Krystal


5-28-08