Saturday, April 26, 2008

April 26th, 2008

We're back home. We were home by 7:00pm last night. We're all exhausted. The trip always wears us out. Carver escaped surgery again. Kinnick wasn't so lucky. Kinnick developed cateracts across 70% of her better eye. They had to remove the lens from the eye. They also did a small vitrectomy and put a small air bubble in the eye. This is why were weren't able to leave until Friday. We can't fly with an air bubble in the eye - air expands in flight causing eye pressure issues. There was some bleeding which complicates things, so we'll have to return to MI again in 3 months.

While in MI, we got to see our Micro-Preemie mom friend, Staci (Conner's mom). We had a some laughs and fun drinks one evening on our way home from the hospital. I also got to see my favorite RN, Sue. Her husband is having some health issues right now (which includes cancer) - please say a prayer for him. He's having a hard time being positive right now.

We had the same great service at William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak. The staff is just wonderful and the hospital is so clean. Once again, they allowed Carver to stay in Kinnick's room - using all Hospital supplies until we were ready to fly back to Wichita.

I stayed at my favorite hotel - Candlewood Suites in Troy. Dan gave me another fabulous deal on my room.


Here are a few pictures from the trip.

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Kinnick taking a break from her seat during the flight - making sure Carver is doing ok...
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Carver's IV - it looks like he has a broken leg. He's allergic to adhesive, so they had to wrap his foot/leg in gauze before taping it. It worked, no blisters from tape.
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Kinnick - having a bad hair day...
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Carver caught Hand/Foot/Mouth disease from older brother Hayden who brought the disease home from pre-school.... He handled it well, but looks terrible. He got a severe case - almost looks like he has chicken-pox! Kinnick appears to have caught the disease as of yesterday - just not as bad.
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Again, thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

So glad you're home safe and sound! Thanks for the update and the pictures. I'm glad the trip gave you a chance to catch up with a few friends. Thank goodness there were no major complications with Kinnick's surgery! Those kiddos are such troopers! Keep us posted, even though I'm sure this month will be crazy with graduation coming up!
Love
Neva

23wktwinsmommy said...

Glad you guys are home safe. You have been through so much with the flights and the eye surgeries. You are an amazng, devoted mother and I just wanted you to know how much it shows!

Anonymous said...

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24weeker's Mama said...

Just remember Shanon, you are inspired me & everyone else out there, to be a strong mom. I was weak before until we met for a short time in MI but brought a million memories & i learned a lot from you. Thank you & hope the twins are getting better & stronger each day.

Keep us up to date when you can.

Love from HI,
Yani & Sammy