Sierra Rose is drinking more milk. Earlier today she had 64 cc.
Sierra wasn't experiencing the abnormal physical movements today. Pray that these cease permanently.
Please pray for J also. He has been sick for about 2 1/2 months.
--MK
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Update November 2, 2007
An area of prayer is for Sierra Rose's physical and mental health. She has been having some abnormal movements this week. Please pray that these would not be serious and that they would go away.
Sierra is no longer receiving hyperal--she's just on milk and dextrose (sugar water).
Sierra Rose has been doing a pretty good job of drinking her milk. Sometimes the milk she doesn't drink has to be inserted through the feeding tube, but she is usually able to finish all of it. Earlier this evening she drank 55 cc.
Thank you for your continued prayer and emotional support. This whole situation has lasted much longer than any of us expected, but God is giving His grace.
--MK
Sierra is no longer receiving hyperal--she's just on milk and dextrose (sugar water).
Sierra Rose has been doing a pretty good job of drinking her milk. Sometimes the milk she doesn't drink has to be inserted through the feeding tube, but she is usually able to finish all of it. Earlier this evening she drank 55 cc.
Thank you for your continued prayer and emotional support. This whole situation has lasted much longer than any of us expected, but God is giving His grace.
--MK
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Update November 1, 2007
Sierra Rose is still doing well today. She drank 46 cc of milk earlier. The doctor wants to keep increasing it a little at a time.
Update October 31, 2007
Sierra Rose was up to 34 cc of milk, I believe. If I understand correctly, that amount will be increased to 45 cc. When she is able to drink 45 cc of milk, she'll be evaluated to determine how much she needs.
Please pray for continued health--it seems like everybody is getting sick now that Fall is here.
Please pray for continued health--it seems like everybody is getting sick now that Fall is here.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Update October 30, 2007
Thank you for praying for Sierra Rose's infection to heal. The surgeon examined Sierra today and said that she is healing well. Sierra has also been drinking more milk. She is up to 30 cc today. Praise God!
The next area of prayer is for Sierra's vision. We're haven't been able to determine how much she can see, if at all. Please pray that she will have good vision.
--MK
The next area of prayer is for Sierra's vision. We're haven't been able to determine how much she can see, if at all. Please pray that she will have good vision.
--MK
Monday, October 29, 2007
Update October 29, 2007 with SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST
Dear Friends,
Sunday evening R and J discovered that Sierra Rose has an infection at the incision site for her feeding tube. The e-mail update they sent out has more information; it is below. If this infection has spread internally, it could be really bad for Sierra. Please pray that the infection is only minor and will respond well to the antibiotics. Aside from this infection, Sierra Rose has been doing really well. We thank you for remaining faithful in your prayers.
--MK
This evening we found out that Sierra has an infection where the incision from her surgery is. The nurse practitioner is checking her blood count and getting a culture. Her white blood count was normal which is a good thing. If it had been dropping they would have been concerned. Her platelet levels were also good. They will not have the results of the culture for about 2 days. They want to make sure that the infection has not spread to her blood. He didn’t think that it had but he wanted to test as a precaution. They are also starting her on antibiotics.
As far as her feedings, Sierra is doing very well. They are increasing her feedings by 1cc every three hours. As of today she had reached 15cc’s per feeding. Her suck is still very weak and she takes a long time, but so far, she has been able to take all of her feedings by bottle. Once they get to be larger she will probably reach a point where she is not able to keep up with it and therefore will have to be fed what she can’t take through the G-tube. The goal is for her to be taking between 45 and 70 cc’s every three hours.
We covet your continued prayers.
PRAISES
She is doing well with her feedings
PRAYER REQUESTS
That the infection would not have spread to her blood
That her body would be able to fight the infection and get rid of it soon
That her stomach would be able to tolerate the increased feedings.
--R and J
Sunday evening R and J discovered that Sierra Rose has an infection at the incision site for her feeding tube. The e-mail update they sent out has more information; it is below. If this infection has spread internally, it could be really bad for Sierra. Please pray that the infection is only minor and will respond well to the antibiotics. Aside from this infection, Sierra Rose has been doing really well. We thank you for remaining faithful in your prayers.
--MK
This evening we found out that Sierra has an infection where the incision from her surgery is. The nurse practitioner is checking her blood count and getting a culture. Her white blood count was normal which is a good thing. If it had been dropping they would have been concerned. Her platelet levels were also good. They will not have the results of the culture for about 2 days. They want to make sure that the infection has not spread to her blood. He didn’t think that it had but he wanted to test as a precaution. They are also starting her on antibiotics.
As far as her feedings, Sierra is doing very well. They are increasing her feedings by 1cc every three hours. As of today she had reached 15cc’s per feeding. Her suck is still very weak and she takes a long time, but so far, she has been able to take all of her feedings by bottle. Once they get to be larger she will probably reach a point where she is not able to keep up with it and therefore will have to be fed what she can’t take through the G-tube. The goal is for her to be taking between 45 and 70 cc’s every three hours.
We covet your continued prayers.
PRAISES
She is doing well with her feedings
PRAYER REQUESTS
That the infection would not have spread to her blood
That her body would be able to fight the infection and get rid of it soon
That her stomach would be able to tolerate the increased feedings.
--R and J
Friday, October 26, 2007
Update October 26, 2007
Dear Friends,
Below is an e-mail update that R sent out earlier this week. It’s a good update on Sierra Rose.
--MK
Dear Family and Friends,
Sierra’s surgery on Sunday went really well. She was in a lot of pain that day but now she is doing much better. The doctors resumed her feedings today. They have to begin with a small amount of milk and increase it gradually [as they decrease the IV fluid] to make sure that her stomach tolerates it.
Today was a great day for Sierra. We feel like she reached several milestones. This morning, we were talking with the doctor. He said that they were planning on resuming her continuous feeds. We were not thrilled about that, because our goal is to eventually get her off of the feeding tube and onto the bottle. We told him that we did not mind if she started out on a continuous feed, but we wanted to work towards bolus feeds (feeding her every 3 or 4 hours rather than constantly.) He said that we could work towards that but that she would be on continuous feeds for at least two weeks.
Later in the day, Sierra’s wonderful therapist came by. She said that
she had spoken with the doctor and that Sierra was going to begin bolus feeds rather than continuous feeds! That means that at every feeding time we will give Sierra the bottle and let her take as much as she can from it. If she is not able to finish the milk, we will give the rest of it to her through the tube. This was a huge blessing and answer to prayer for us. We are really blessed to have such a great therapist.
Sierra had her very first bath today. Poor baby, she had gone nearly 5 weeks without a bath! It was just a sponge bath but it sure did help get her clean and smelling good. She seemed to enjoy all of the stimulation. The bath really woke her up. After her bath, she was moving her mouth so we stuck the pacifier in it. She sucked on the pacifier like she has never sucked before! She sucked it hard for around 30 minutes. We were so excited to see her strong sucking; it was like seeing a miracle. We do believe that through God’s help she will eventually be able to take all of her feedings through the bottle.
Tomorrow Sierra will be 5 weeks old. She has gained over two pounds and
has grown over two inches. We thank God for her and what a blessing she
has been to our lives. Below are the main praises and prayer requests for now. We can’t tell everyone how much we appreciate your prayers.
We have been amazed to see God working in her.
PRAISES
* The surgery went well
* Sierra is on bolus feeds instead of continual feeds
* Her sucking is become stronger
PRAYER REQUESTS
* Pray that her stomach will be able to tolerate the bolus feeds
* Pray that her suck during feedings would strengthen (although she
had a strong suck on the pacifier it was still weak on the
bottle)
R
http://sierraroseupdates.blogspot.com
LATEST NEWS
Sierra Rose can only drink about 10 cc of milk from her bottle at each feeding time (every few hours). She needs to be able to drink (or be fed through the tube) much more milk before she’ll be released. Pray that she’ll be able to digest more milk, preferably by drinking it from the bottle.
Thank you for your prayers and for the notes you are sending!
--MK
Below is an e-mail update that R sent out earlier this week. It’s a good update on Sierra Rose.
--MK
Dear Family and Friends,
Sierra’s surgery on Sunday went really well. She was in a lot of pain that day but now she is doing much better. The doctors resumed her feedings today. They have to begin with a small amount of milk and increase it gradually [as they decrease the IV fluid] to make sure that her stomach tolerates it.
Today was a great day for Sierra. We feel like she reached several milestones. This morning, we were talking with the doctor. He said that they were planning on resuming her continuous feeds. We were not thrilled about that, because our goal is to eventually get her off of the feeding tube and onto the bottle. We told him that we did not mind if she started out on a continuous feed, but we wanted to work towards bolus feeds (feeding her every 3 or 4 hours rather than constantly.) He said that we could work towards that but that she would be on continuous feeds for at least two weeks.
Later in the day, Sierra’s wonderful therapist came by. She said that
she had spoken with the doctor and that Sierra was going to begin bolus feeds rather than continuous feeds! That means that at every feeding time we will give Sierra the bottle and let her take as much as she can from it. If she is not able to finish the milk, we will give the rest of it to her through the tube. This was a huge blessing and answer to prayer for us. We are really blessed to have such a great therapist.
Sierra had her very first bath today. Poor baby, she had gone nearly 5 weeks without a bath! It was just a sponge bath but it sure did help get her clean and smelling good. She seemed to enjoy all of the stimulation. The bath really woke her up. After her bath, she was moving her mouth so we stuck the pacifier in it. She sucked on the pacifier like she has never sucked before! She sucked it hard for around 30 minutes. We were so excited to see her strong sucking; it was like seeing a miracle. We do believe that through God’s help she will eventually be able to take all of her feedings through the bottle.
Tomorrow Sierra will be 5 weeks old. She has gained over two pounds and
has grown over two inches. We thank God for her and what a blessing she
has been to our lives. Below are the main praises and prayer requests for now. We can’t tell everyone how much we appreciate your prayers.
We have been amazed to see God working in her.
PRAISES
* The surgery went well
* Sierra is on bolus feeds instead of continual feeds
* Her sucking is become stronger
PRAYER REQUESTS
* Pray that her stomach will be able to tolerate the bolus feeds
* Pray that her suck during feedings would strengthen (although she
had a strong suck on the pacifier it was still weak on the
bottle)
R
http://sierraroseupdates.blogspot.com
LATEST NEWS
Sierra Rose can only drink about 10 cc of milk from her bottle at each feeding time (every few hours). She needs to be able to drink (or be fed through the tube) much more milk before she’ll be released. Pray that she’ll be able to digest more milk, preferably by drinking it from the bottle.
Thank you for your prayers and for the notes you are sending!
--MK
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