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!