Big Boy Kylan

This week has been an eventful week for Mr. Kylan. The first thing that occurred was his follow up appointment for his eye surgery. Dr. Frank said that he was pleased and amazed at Kylan's progress. The negative blood vessels in the front of his eyes were approximately 90% gone and the ones in the back of his eyes were 70% eliminated. Dr. Frank explained that typically the week following eye surgery they are just checking for regression in the eyes but in Kylan's case success was already starting to show. My little miracle is making me proud once again. They will continue to keep a weekly watch on his eyes but Kylan definitely is making strides in the right direction.

Another exciting moment for us this weeks is Kylan's transition to the intermediate NICU. I went to visit him last night and the nurse met me in the scrub room to let me know that he will be moved to the intermediate NICU! I sat in the room waiting on him and to my surprise the baby screaming coming around the corner was my child. He was upset about the move I guess? I had never heard those lungs works so hard since the day he was born. Once they rolled him in front of me I had to get up and soothe him. His eyes were darting around like he knew he was in a new location. I pulled out the magic pacifier and put it to work. I must say...it works like a charm. I hope it continues to do so.

Today Kylan had his first set of immunizations. He had gained a nice bit of weight 5lbs 3oz. The other exciting thing is that he is able to take big boy bathes now daily in the baby basins. They also have weaned him a bit on the high flow nasal cannula. It's been a busy week for Kylan and he is trying to keep up with the best of them. Nothing but good news from my little man. It feels great.

Reaching Another Milestone

My son has come a long way from his early arrival in June. I went in for my late night visit to hold him before his feeding. His nurse speaks and I go to say hello to my little king. I notice that he didn't have a hat on today. I comment to myself that my baby has the "preemie head." lol Then I notice that he has nasal prongs in his nose instead of the CPAP! I looked at the CPAP machine by his bed and he lights were off. I was so excited I could have cried. Kylan has reached another milestone. The next step will be for him to graduate to the "low" flow nasal cannula. At that point he will be able to take the bottle. He is now 4 lbs 8 oz. I am super proud of my little bundle.

"I Can Read With My Eyes Shut"

Today Kylan had surgery on his eyes. The retina was attempting to detach and he had blood vessels in the front and back of his eyes that were not supposed to be there. This is all caused by his early dependency on the ventilator. The presence of oxygen often causes these problems in preemies. I went to check on my boy during my lunch break. He was resting well on his new open hospital crib. He has graduated from the incubator! I have been so proud of him and he continues to make me a proud mother. Dr. Frank will check Ky's eyes again next week to see the results of the surgery. Prayerfully this will be the last surgery he will have to endure. This process is so hard and can be draining at times...even when it doesn't seem like I'm being drained, at the end of the day it all catches up with me. But all in all...I know where my strength comes from.

Rough & Tumble

I go to see the little King this Tuesday as I always do. He has been so alert lately when I come to see him. This particular day his nurse says to me that "your son has been a busy boy today." I didn't think anything of it because I've seen his fiesty side already. She went on to say that she had just placed him on his belly and got him all settled in when about five minutes later his monitor is signaling a problem. The respiratory therapist goes over to Kylan's bedside to discover he was now laying on his back with all of his leads to monitor his vital signs off. My child had turned himself over! The RT said he was looking at her like "what?" I could only laugh because a week prior I noticed him getting upset from being on his belly and he was pushing so hard with his legs and lifting his behind up. All I could think is this young man is strong and I am going to have my hands full. :) He is full of life and has such a funny personality already. I look forward to the days to come.