Thank you to the staff and the students at Hawkins ISD! The goodie basket was incredible! Addison loved her box of treats and the snacks were just what we needed! The cards that the students made us were very thoughtful and sweet! Thank you to the staff at Gym Tyler, your goodie basket was also a delight to receive! The chocolate was surly put to use! :) Also a huge thank you to the Winona Youth Baseball league and to Vicki! The cash really will help us with gas and other monetary needs for Karter's stay here at Children's Hospital! We would also like to thank our family and friends who have donated their time, ears, prayers, and money....you are all wonderful! Jeremy and I could not have done this without all of you!
We would also like to thank the staff at Children's Hospital! They are all incredible angel's who have done more for us than we could ever thank them for in this lifetime!
Last but not least we would also like to thank the Ronald McDonald Foundation for providing us with meals and a place to stay! The staff and volunteers are truly amazing!
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND PRAYERS! PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE WONDERS!
Love,
The McHams
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Hi Tara!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter Keeley sent me a link to this blog as her brother my son Jacob was born with tetralogy of fallot in 98. (He had 5 heart defects..the almost complete opening between chambers and pulmonary stenosis are 2 that baby Karter has) He was what they use to call a blue baby. I just remember how scared I was when at first heard. It was all overwhelming . However we were living in Atascocita (north of Houston) at the time so Texas Childrens was not far away. He wasn't get the oxygenated blood in him like he should so he was a pale blue almost greyish white color and I remember thinking I was smothering him when I breast fed. I had worked in the NICU at Woman's Hospital of Texas before and at the beginning of my pregnancy til the doc told me no more on my feet like that . Looking back I could see how much that helped as I would see other mom's with panic on their faces if something went off and I was able to look at my husband and tell him yes it is a real alarm or no just misreading his oxygen intake. We were able to take Jacob home but had to follow up the next week with the cardiologist. At 8 weeks he had a little cold and I took him into the ER at TCH (we were at my parents having Keeley and Kirsten's bday) and I told my mom something isn't right. After hours of telling them no something is wrong.. they kept saying well his sats are good (but when they are out of the room he was dropping to 40% O2 and I knew it was a true reading having had my experience that I had) Sooo...think they admitted me to shut me up. The next morning during his echo he started falling fast from 80% O2 all the way down to the 40's. They had rushed out to get a doctor who rushed in and had a hard time finding a vein as he had been npo for hours waiting for procedure. Long story short he was admitted into the PICU... had we been at home they said we could of lost him. I tell you all this to tell you that through all of this always go with your motherly instinct..whether you feel silly or not.. and be strong and know that I can see many people are praying for baby Karter. The blessing in all this is they did catch it before you went home.. so now they can get that plan of action and move forward. Try not to read too much. Every case is different. I had Keeley who was 11 and Kirsten who had just turned 2 at home so I can relate to the missing the girls at home and feeling torn. Jake had to have a stint put in to help that pulmonary valve til he was big enough to have a complete repair. They had said a yr but he was about 9 mos old and they had to go ahead and repair. (the stint they did from behind ..an incision in his shoulder blade crease) and the repair .. well you can hardly see the scar now. He is 11 almost 12 and doing wonderful. They had told us he might need another in high school on the pulmonary artery as it tends to narrow as they grow... but we shall see. I have requested to follow your blog and wanted you to know if ever you need to just talk to someone who has gone down that road feel free to contact me. I will place her on my prayer list and get all my pray partners to add her as well. We will also keep you Jeremy and Addison in prayer as well because it is never easy to see your baby going through so much. She is a strong little girl ..and you are in an awesome hospital. God's speed in getting home .. I remember ..bless your heart. Again if there is anything I can do or you just have questions or want to talk feel free to contact me. God Bless all of you ... Kelly
Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. There is so much I feel that I do not know that I am going to need to know in the next few weeks, months, and years. I am very thankful that you are willing to be a resource for our family. We would appreciate any information we could receive from you. I am sure that I will have about a million questions to ask as soon as all of the initial chaos settles down. I will be keeping in touch! Thank you again!
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