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.

Update on Taylor

Taylor's blood culture came back positive for infection, it turned out to be MRSA staph. It started as a red place on her cheek and before we knew it, had made her really sick. This morning her whole face was swollen, so she didn't look good when we saw her. However, her white blood count looked much better this morning and her heart rate had gone down into the 150's to 160's. She also had to go down for a ct scan this afternoon, which was hard to go through and probably wore her out. The results came back showing cellulitis(sp?), or a swelling of the tissue, on her face, which is what was suspected, and which is among the best of possible scenarios. She is still pretty lethargic today and obviously not feeling well, but hopefully the antibiotics are working and we'll see results soon. Even if they aren't, we know your prayers are, so thanks again so much.

Praises and Prayer Requests

We do have praises. The girls have both tried bottle feeding and did well with it. Kamryn is taking two bottles a day right now, and Taylor was taking one a day. Kamryn also took her own nasal canula off the other day, and they kept it off because she did so well. She is now requiring no breathing help! Praise the Lord!
The reason I say Taylor was taking one a day, is because she got sick suddenly today. She was fine this morning, then all the sudden this afternoon her heart rate jumped over 200, she was lethargic, and she started having spells of apnea. A red spot on her cheek started swelling, so the Dr. suspected infection in her cheek, he called it cellulitis(sp?). By later this afternoon, she had to have her breathing tube put back in and was put back into the critical unit, where they were when they were first born. She's on strong antibiotics and received blood today, so hopefully she will improve soon. She went down so quickly it was scary. Please keep her in your prayers, as well as Kamryn, who is without her sis again. Pray she can stay well, also. Thanks so much to all of you for your encouraging comments and prayers.