Thursday, July 31, 2008
July 31, 2008 12:45 pm
Please continue to remember Laurie and her doctors and nurses in your prayers. Also, remember Todd and Mother has they travel to and from Birmingham tomorrow.
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
July 30, 2008 10:30 am
Hi! The doctors made their rounds early today and decreased Laurie's rate and pressures on the vent a little more. Hopefully, she will tolerate these changes and be able to come off the vent soon! Her weight today is 1 lb. 13 oz. As you can tell from the picture most of that seems to be in her cheeks! Cole would have been so happy last night to see her dressed in a cap, shirt, and booties! Of course this was the one time I didn't have my camera with me, but the nurses made some pictures for us. By this morning Laurie had shed the cap and booties--I'm sure she just wiggled and kicked out of them! She still pulls and wiggles anything that is attached to her--like her vent tube, IV, beanie pillows, etc... She would probably get rid of the shirt if she could! It is good to see that she is back to her feisty self!
Please continue to pray for Laurie to come off the vent soon with as little damage as possible done to her lungs. Thanks for your continued love and prayers!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
July 29, 2008 12:30 pm
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Monday, July 28, 2008
July 28, 2008 2:00
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Sunday, July 27, 2008
July 27, 2008 6:30pm
Hey everyone! I know some of you have been worried since I have not posted this weekend, but we have had computer problems (this time it was not the me, believe it or not!) and Cole was here, which left little time to deal with computer issues! He was more interested in going shopping to get supplies for "big school"!
Laurie seems to be slowly recovering from the pneumonia and the stress of Thursday's testing! She is back to full feeds of 12 cc every 3 hours and weighed 1lb. and 11 oz. last night! She will have a few more days on the antibiotics, but has completed the IVIG and fluids. She had another blood transfusion (16 cc) today. Hopefully, this will help increase the red blood cells that carry oxygen, making it easier for her to breathe. Overall, she has had a good day today.
Thanks for caring and keeping up with Laurie's progress each day! It helps make us stronger to know that we have so much support, love, and prayers at home! Please continue to pray for Laurie to grow stronger and that her lungs will continue to develop!
Hope you have a great week!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Well, I am posting this blog from Elba because the internet at the hospital where Leah uses the computer each day is down. Laurie had a better day yesterday with the doctors leaving her alone and letting the antibiotics do their job. They put her back on feedings of 6cc and have increased that today to 12 cc. Leah said the doctors are trying to slowily wean her ventilator readings and hope to get her back on the C-pap as soon as possible. I will be returning to Birmingham tomorrow and Judy will come home. We are so blessed that we are both retired now and can take turns being with Leah so Todd can be at home to work and see about Cole.
If we don't have a blog again tomorrow, please know that we are still having internet problems. Hopefully, the next few days will be a time for Laurie to get stronger and return to the C-pap.
Thanks for all your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for Laurie's lungs and also for the doctors and nurses taking care of her.
Love,
Nancy
Thursday, July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008 6:30pm
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
July 23, 2008 11:45 am
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
July 22, 2008 5:00 pm
After a 1:00 am wake up call from Laurie's doctor stating that they had to re-intubate her with a larger tube due to her right lung still not getting enough oxygen, I was anxious to see her this morning when the doors opened at 8:15 am! When the doctor called me this morning she reassured me that Laurie was doing much better with the new tube, but I had to see her for myself! When I got here she was resting peacefully and her vent settings were lowered with her tolerating them well. The nurses have discovered that Laurie does better when all routine procedures are done at one time, so not to aggravate her. They are now referring to her as a "touch me not", since she seems to de-sat more often when she is being moved to take vitals, diaper changes, feedings, etc... She did gain 1 oz. last night and now weighs 1 lb. and 7 oz. I was able to stay with Laurie until about 9:45 am when they closed for another baby that was sick. Unfortunately, this was before the doctors had rounded on Laurie and they remained closed until 4:20 pm. I have been able to talk with her nurse throughout the day by phone, but have not been able to see Laurie very much today. This is just one of the frustrations of the RNICU! Yet, it also helps us realize that we are truly blessed to have another day with Laurie! We have witnessed so many families that are experiencing terrible sorrow and loss the past few days. Please continue to pray for Laurie, the other babies in the RNICU, and the doctors and nurses who are caring for them all! We are so thankful for all of you who are checking in daily on Laurie and for all of your prayers!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Monday, July 21, 2008
July 21, 2008 6:00 pm
Hi everyone! Well, we could not get in to see Laurie today until about 11:15 am due to the RNICU being closed for other sick babies. When we were able to go in, we ended up staying with her for several hours because she still has not stabilized her rate, pressure, and oxygen settings. Therefore, they have not been able to wean her vent very much. They have discontinued her antibiotics today and she is still tolerating her feedings of 12 cc every 3 hrs. She still weighed 1 lb. 5 oz. last night. Laurie has been able to rest today and hopefully regain some strength after having her right lung collapse yesterday. Thanks for all your support and prayers! Please continue to pray for her lungs to develop and for her to be able to come off the vent again very soon!
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Sunday, July 20, 2008
July 20, 2008 2:00 pm
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Saturday, July 19, 2008
July 19, 2008 (21 days old) 6:30 pm
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Friday, July 18, 2008
July 18, 2008 3:15 pm
This has been a difficult day, but the doctors and nurses have reminded us that this is very common for preemies her size and age. We were told when she came off the vent that 2/3 of all preemies have to go back on at some point. So we knew this was a possibility. We are proud that she was able to stay on the C-pap for so long. We already know that Laurie is very strong-willed and will overcome the vent again!...she just needed to rest a little!
Please pray specifically for Laurie's lungs to not collapse any further and for her to come off the vent again as soon as possible. Also, that there is no infection found. Please pray for Todd as he travels to Birmingham this afternoon.
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Thursday, July 17, 2008
July 17, 2008 5:00 pm
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole and Laurie
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 3:00pm
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
July 15, 2008 5:15 pm
July 15, 2008 10:15 am
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Monday, July 14, 2008
July 14, 2008 11:00 am
Love to all,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Sunday, July 13, 2008
July 13, 2008 5:30 pm
Hope everyone has had an enjoyable weekend. Todd and Cole have left Birmingham for another "guy" week at home. I miss them already! Thanks again for all your support and prayers!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Saturday, July 12, 2008
July 12, 2008 11:00 am (14 days old!)
Thank you for your continued prayers! We wish that each of you could be here to witness how God is answering them hourly!
Have a great weekend!
We love you all!
Todd, Leah, Cole and Laurie
Friday, July 11, 2008
July 11, 2008 12:15 pm
Laurie and I are anxiously waiting for her daddy to get here later today! On Sunday, Uncle Kevin will be bringing Cole, who has lost another tooth this week! I hope he still has some teeth left when he gets here!!! It will be great to have all four of us here together!!! Please remember all the Crowe/Killingsworth family members as they travel back and forth this weekend!
I added a few more pictures late yesterday. Have a great weekend!
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole and Laurie
Thursday, July 10, 2008
July 10, 2008 11:15
Thanks to all of you who are keeping up with Laurie's progress and sending us blogs. It is great to have contact with the "outside" world!! We have enjoyed hearing from old and new friends--it reminds us how truly blessed we are! Please continue to pray for all four of us--we see them being answered daily!!!
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
July 8, 2008 5:00 pm
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Monday, July 7, 2008
July 7, 2008 10:30 am
Love to all!
Todd, Leah, Cole and Laurie
Sunday, July 6, 2008
July 6, 2008 9:00 pm
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Saturday, July 5, 2008
July 5, 2008 4:30pm
We love you all!
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Friday, July 4, 2008
July 4, 2006 11:30 am
Love,
Todd, Leah, Cole, and Laurie
Thursday, July 3, 2008
July 3, 2008 11:25 am
We are trying to sit in on rounds every morning sometime between 9:00am -12:00 noon and will try to update the blog after lunch each day. Dr. Carlo and Dr. Sims have been wonderful to not only include us in morning rounds, but are great to come over and talk with us about updates when they see us at her bedside.
Thanks for all of your continued prayers and support! God continues to bless us daily!!!
Love to all!
Todd, Leah,Cole and Laurie
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Pray for Ben Wilks
While waiting on our supper we ran into a former student of Leah's mother(Mrs. Nancy)
We believe her maiden name was Renea' Wambles, formally of Elba. She married Ben Wills from Enterprise. On Friday Ben went to Enterprise Hospital then to Flowers on Saturday and on Sunday the doctor sent him to UAB. He is currently in MICU with what is believed to be a severe Staph infection. He is 27 years old and is newly married. Please lift Ben and his family in your daily prayers. We talked at length with the family and they are broken and desperately need your prayers for Ben as well as for the family to have strength and comfort to carry them through the days ahead.
We Love All Of You!
Thank you so much,
Leah and Todd
Mother and Mrs. Judy met a family from Clanton yesterday who lost their 4 month old baby boy while waiting for a heart transplant. Please remember the Cleckler family in your prayers!
Our new address at the Birmingham Baptist Townhouse is:
UAB Townhouse
2008 University Blvd.
Box 712-Todd and Leah Killingsworth
Birmingham, AL 35233
July 2, 2008 8:47am
We Love all of you!
Crowe and Killingsworth Family
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Hello everyone! Today I finally have a chance to sit and write my own blog to update you on Laurie. I would like to say “thank you” to all the friends and family who worked on getting this set up and adding the pictures, so that you can be informed and see our little angel! I have really depended on friends to get this page going—as you can imagine that last few days have been a whirlwind for us!. Todd and I will never be able to say “thank you” enough for the all the gestures of love, both big and small, that you all have shown over the past few weeks!
First I would like to update you on Laurie’s current health:
Laurie had a great day yesterday (
I can’t forget to mention, her big brother, Cole, lost his first tooth on Sunday also!!! Possibly more exciting to him than Laurie’s arrival!
Next I would like to give you a little background information on what her anticipated arrival has been like for the past few years:
Today is my birthday and as always family members began several days ago asking, “What do you want for your birthday?” The last three years the answer in my heart, but not spoken out loud, has been the same—a baby.
I was reminded of this again last week as I sat in the hospital trying to prevent Laurie from coming too soon. I was reading scripture for a daily devotional and saw a note in my Bible dated
In July we began working with an infertility specialist and over the following months I thought of that Sunday message often and continued to trust that our prayers would be answered in God’s time! On
So, today as I turn 33 years old today and my daughter, Laurie, celebrates her third day of life, my birthday wish for the last three years has finally come true! Todd and I have also seen proof of the power of prayer and we look forward to Laurie’s special baby dedication, giving God all the praise for this tiny miracle!
"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath granted my request.”
1 Samuel 1:27
Leah