Kyleigh and Kaitlyn update

The summer is over and I'm sad to see it go. I had a wonderful time home with my girls for the past 6 or so weeks despite the much traveling that occurred back and forth to hospitals and doctors. We managed to still enjoy some time at the pool, museums, library, beach and home with our girls. I am in disbelief that my little Kaitlyn begins pre-K at public school in a few short days from now. She is growing up so fast right before my eyes. She even acts like a grown little lady at times. We had her open house tonight and she was excited to see her teacher again but reserved when it came to meeting new friends.

Kyleigh had an eventful weekend that included more bleeding from the left ear. We ended up in the pediatrician office on Sunday morning just one week since the last visit. We saw Dr. O'Kelley our pediatrician and he said he felt sure that the tube had come out of her ear and caused lacerations of the ear canal when it came out. He cleaned her ear and inserted some Neosporin and told me to do the same if it started bleeding again but that it should heal itself and to stop the ear drops. Monday morning it had bled again through the night because she managed to get her mittens off and get her little finger in the ear and scratch. I'm sure it was itching as wounds often itch as they heal. Now if only we can keep her from trying to scratch until it completely heals. We have an appt on the 31st of August with the ENT so I guess we will find out then when they plan to replace the missing tube.

She has lost a few ounces since becoming sick with the most recent ear infection. Although some days her appetite is great she is still lagging behind where she needs to be. A week ago she weighed 13 lbs 0 oz and on Sunday she was 12 lbs 7 oz. However, she made up for it by eating a lot today (sweet potatoes, peaches, cereal and 3 bottles) that is a lot for her. She was happy today and very curious about the new babies at school today since it was the first day of the new year at daycare. She took only 2 short naps. So tonight she gladly took her final bottle after the bath and snuggled into bed. I hope this is a sign to come that she will be happy at her daycare and rest well each night. I missed her terribly today though but enjoyed my time with her this evening.

The most recent doctor visit also led to the discussion of how we should still treat her as a "newborn" with our handwashing techniques. Any person coming in contact with Kyleigh and planning to touch or hold her, feed her, etc should sanitize or wash their hands first. The pediatrician is very concerned about her susceptibility to the H1N1 virus and other common winter illnesses that for most children would just be plain icky but for Kyleigh could lead to set backs in her weight gain and overall health. However, we are just going to pray that God puts protection over her right now and keeps both her and Kaitlyn healthy this winter.

Well, it is time for myself and Dennis to get some much needed rest tonight as we prepare for the opening of school tomorrow with children.