A quickie...

Aven has had her breathing tube changed with a bigger one because, believe it or not, she outgrew her old one. This will help with her oxygen saturation and hopefully help to get her home soon. The docs found some traces of bacteria in her lungs so they put her back on some anti-biotics to make sure that nothing comes back to harm her at all. She weighs about 2 pounds 4 ounces. PEACE!

More of the same

Aven is doing very similar to how she was last week. She is not on any medications and we are still able to hold her. She is still on the ventilator with an oxygen saturation of about 37-44%. That doesn't make me too happy because they have been trying to ween her for awhile now with basically no change. Brandy says that they told her that if she doesn't start getting better in the next few weeks that they will consider giving her another set of steroids and then go from there. I don't know, I just wish that she could get better all by herself. Still no word on a change of date to get her home, around her due date of July 28th, maybe later depending on her weight, breathing, and everything else thrown in as well. Brandy is up in Denver right now, so if there is anything to add I'll have her do it when she gets back.

Kanga Care

So we have not updated in a while so I will try to make this very informative. We will back date a tad as well so that everyone gets a full months update.

Isis -

We took Isis to the zoo on the 9th so that we could spend a little more time in Denver to be close to Aven. He was so very excited to see all of the animals and talk to the elephants. While we were there we got to see a ton of baby geese, as that they hatched everywhere, and there were some still nesting. Lots of pictures. On the 15 we got to take Isis to Ringling Brothers Circus. He again loved the animals and wanted to hold the tigers. What a goof. We bought him the smallest tshirt that there was ( a child medium) and it is his circus pajamas and was a bit upset with me when he could not wear them cause they needed to be washed. In other news, Isis has been afraid to touch his sister, not really digging all the extra tubing. Now that that is all off and we can hold her, he did touch her for the first time last night, and was super excited that she looked at him with her eyes open.


Ethan -

He is enjoying work and is done with classes for the summer. Nice to not have that to deal with for a little. And of course he is up set with me cause I got to hold the baby first. HAHA


Brandy -

As always staying busy at work, and taking care of house work, kids, and trying to be in Denver as much as possible.


Aven -

So in BIG news - Aven has been gaining weight all month - 1 pound 14 oz on mothers day - 2 pounds on the 16th and a HUGE 2 pounds 3 oz last night. YEAH. Now that she is off of her iv's and just has the small ventalator( her lungs are very premature) we can hold her. The first hold was on the 16th. This was more of a craddle than a hold, but we are not complaining. I got to hold her last night for the first time ( a real Hold) and that was great. Kangaroo care for those that dont know is holding the baby skin to skin under blankets so that they can really feel there parents. It was great, No picture, this needs to stay family appropriate.



As always thank you for the prayers, and support. WE LOVE YOU ALL

Everything's fine

Just a quick update for everybody. Aven has had her arterial line taken out which means we will be able to hold her the next time we see her. Brandy and I are very excited. Not too much else has changed. More information on next major change.

It's been a long time...

So here is the latest news from the world of the Mondy's... As far as Aven goes, she is doing so much better! The biggest thing that I am exited to share is that her eyes are open!! Well the left one is at least and I'm told the right one should be well on its way to follow suit in about a day or so. I am really bummed that we got to spend all weekend up there with her and she waits until the day after we're home to do it, oh well. Her dopamine has been dropped 3-4 times since the last post and to re-cap, she is completely off of the epinephrine. Her blood pressures and oxygen saturation is doing very well also. We talked to her primary daytime nurse on Saturday and she was hopeful that the arterial line would be out as soon as this weekend which means that mom, dad, and big brother can finally hold her! So I'm really excited and hopeful for that to happen. They are putting the blankets that we bought for her in the incubator with her so it's almost as pink as I'd like, but not quite. No other big news to report for Aven...

Isis got to spend all weekend with grandma and grandpa Dann playing outside, going to birthday parties, and getting plain old dirty. When we arrived to pick him up he was outside with Grandpa playing swords with sticks. It's amazing how a stick can be a sword, gun, laser, and 50 other things to a two year old. He got to launch his Estes rocket this weekend too which is always fun for him but for some reason he is scared to actually push the launch button himself. Other than that there isn't really anything else for the big man.

Brandy and I are hanging in there from day to day just trying to cope with not having baby here, but we are really excited and anxious to have her. I am trying to finish of school with this being my finals week. My professors have been very understanding and have given me the opportunity to do some make-up work and re-schedule some tests. I couldn't ask for more from work either. My bosses are telling me to take all the time I need and to take care of my family. It's tough not coming home to see the baby girl but I am trying to be patient and just take it one day at a time. Thank you again for everybody that has kept us in your thoughts and prayers.

Doing so very much better..

So as of yesterday at 1:00 pm Aven was doing so much better. When we called at 8:00 am to check on her they stated that earlier that morning they were able to take her completly off her epie drip and that her dopamine is down to about a .14. She was at a .5 the day of the scare. Her anti-biotics are working well and she is needing a litte less help to fight it. WOO HOO. We will head down tonight to spend the weekend with her. Isis will stay with Grandpa and Grandma, and get to be spoiled and go to a birthday party for his cousin Noah. What a fun weekend.