Friday, July 25, 2008

Still Swollen

Thank you all for your prayers for Taylor. She is still struggling and her poor little face is swollen so badly, but her vitals are showing she is doing better. Her blood sugar is back down to normal, and her heart rate has slowed down, also. Her vent settings are lower than in the beginning, and she is breathing more on her own again. They did change her antibiotics up a little today, because her blood culture came back positive for strep b, which is her second bout with that. Almost a month earlier to the day, she was sick with srep b. The doctor said that is something that usually doesn't reoccur, so they were surprised to see that. She's having to go through a lot right now, as they are drawing blood pretty often to check things and even had to give her more blood today. It has been pretty hard these last two days. I think worse on us than usual, because we had started letting our guard down, thinking everything bad was behind us. Tonight, we do feel better and are more at peace. Even though we have given both our girls to God, it doesn't make it easy to see them suffer, but God has given us comfort and strength during this time. Kamryn continues to do well and took a whole bottle for the first time this morning, so it's only a matter of time before she's able to come home. We pray Taylor can catch up quickly after she gets well, so we can all be united again. As always, God is good and we praise and thank Him for all of you who are faithful to pray for our family.

3 comments:

Addie Talley, Photographer said...

so glad that things are moving in a positive direction for you guys, even though we wish it was faster, but God knows the right timing...

the bottle pics were so sweet....

still praying

Hilary said...

HOME-What a wonderful word to see in the same sentance with one of your girls. It may still be a little ways off, but it's coming nonetheless. I'm glad Taylor is improving and praying that her advances in the last month make this bought with strepp easier to overcome than the last. As always, I'm continuing to pray for all of you.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the update.I check on you guys every day and pray for you all lots of times a day.God is in control,but sometimes we can't help but ask!!!God loves you all and I do to.
aunt Faye