Since he was born, Kyler has been in the NICU at North Kansas City Hospital. Most of the time he's been in there, he's been receiving some help with his breathing in one form or another, but on Saturday morning, they took him off his nasal cannula for good (we'd assume). He is now doing well breathing on his own and keeping his oxygen saturation up without having to work too hard to breathe. Other than that, his heart rate has been unusually high, especially considering that they couldn't find a real reason why it would be high. After being carefully watched for two weeks and hoping that with time would come some change, the neonatologist ordered an EKG and then today had the cardiologist from Children's Mercy Hospital come see Kyler. Luckily, everything came back normal with his heart and the cardiologist said that he would be comfortable releasing Kyler! To help his heart along, the neonatologist wanted to do a blood transfusion which occurred this evening and seemed to go over well. Now we are just waiting and hoping that he'll be home soon (which we've been told could definitely be the case).
This whole situation has been very tough on both of us (and probably little Kyler too). I could never have imagined how hard it would be to have a baby in the NICU and I really would never wish this hardship on anyone. We really can't wait to have Kyler home so we'll actually have MORE time to do things. Commuting to and from the hospital as well as planning our days around these trips is not easy and it ends up taking up almost all of our free time.
Assuming everything goes according to plan, Kyler could very well be home before the end of this week, but we're trying not to get our hopes too high. Thank you again to those sending their thoughts and prayers - we will keep you updated!
