Happy 30th Birthday, Nate! You're sure getting old, but we still love you just the same!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Beckham & Baby update
Sorry for the lack in "update" posts on our hospital stay. We are home now (yeah), but we do not have the internet hooked up yet in our new place, so I am trying to update on my phone. If there are spelling and grammar mistakes, please ignore them!
Beckham was released from the hospital shortly after his Sigmoidoscopy and Endoscopy. His Sigmoidoscopy looked great with nothing alarming standing out with the camera. Biopsy's were taken anyway, just to make sure there was nothing unseen that could be affecting him. His endoscopy, however, came back abnormal, with a few things that were slightly alarming. They included swelling in both the esophagus and the upper intestines, and strange line indentations also in the esophagus. There are a few theories as to why these are in this body, but nothing will be determined until all of his biopsy's have come back. We should hopefully know those results by next week, so I will keep you all posted.
After Beck's Tuesday hospital release, I headed back up to the U of I hospital for another appointment for our new little addition. I have had two in depth ultrasounds over the last 2 weeks to check for heart and other defects, and I am happy to report that both have showed a healthy normal baby, and a health normal baby GIRL at that! And we are thrilled (especially Gwen). I will have another in depth ultrasound at 28 weeks to look again for anything suspicious, especially since Beck's heart defect was not picked up at his ultrasound when I was pregnant with him. Cross your fingers!
Hopefully we will have internet access for our next post, but until then, let's hope for no further hospital stays!
-Beckham & Co.
Beckham was released from the hospital shortly after his Sigmoidoscopy and Endoscopy. His Sigmoidoscopy looked great with nothing alarming standing out with the camera. Biopsy's were taken anyway, just to make sure there was nothing unseen that could be affecting him. His endoscopy, however, came back abnormal, with a few things that were slightly alarming. They included swelling in both the esophagus and the upper intestines, and strange line indentations also in the esophagus. There are a few theories as to why these are in this body, but nothing will be determined until all of his biopsy's have come back. We should hopefully know those results by next week, so I will keep you all posted.
After Beck's Tuesday hospital release, I headed back up to the U of I hospital for another appointment for our new little addition. I have had two in depth ultrasounds over the last 2 weeks to check for heart and other defects, and I am happy to report that both have showed a healthy normal baby, and a health normal baby GIRL at that! And we are thrilled (especially Gwen). I will have another in depth ultrasound at 28 weeks to look again for anything suspicious, especially since Beck's heart defect was not picked up at his ultrasound when I was pregnant with him. Cross your fingers!
Hopefully we will have internet access for our next post, but until then, let's hope for no further hospital stays!
-Beckham & Co.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A really "crappy" hospital stay
Excuse my lame attempt at humor in the title of this post. But sometimes you just have to make light of a really poop filled situation!
After an incredible Transplant Games experience (more posts to follow regarding the Games), we made it home and back to reality....or, in our case, this meant that we were back to a whole slew of boxes because of our recent move to Iowa City (I'll try to get to a post about our move as well). Now, for the record, I am NOT a fan of unpacking, and I was looking for every excuse in the book to put off the inevitable, and, sadly, I guess that Beckham took it upon himself to make sure I did not get to unpacking by unloading a whole load of crap - 17 poop filled diapers in one day -, vomiting, and spiking a fever. So, to make a long story short, Beckham, Gwen, and myself had to make a trek to the ER, where Beck was admitted (on Saturday night), and where he is still at today.
Now you might be wondering why I had to take my little Gwen to the hospital as well, and the answer to that is that Nate was at work in Des Moines, which is two hours away from Iowa City, and because we live in a new town where I don't know anyone to call to help me out. Moving bites! Also, you might be wondering what it is like to take a 4 year old and a 3 year old to the ER, while carrying a baby in my stomach, and the answer to that is....well....I sure hope that I NEVER have to do that again!
Now, back to the poop (since that is the main reason for this post...awesome). As of now, Beckham, tests negative to pretty much everything - c-diff (which he had 3 weeks ago), rotavirus, CMV, infection, virus, and so forth- and he has great labs with platelets at 415 and hemoglobin at 12.5. The only tests that have not come back is for a possibly parasite, but the doctors are almost positive that that will come back negative as well.
The plan for today is to do an Endoscopy and a Sigmoidoscopy, to check for something fishy going on in his insides. Beck will be completely out for this procedure...which I am SO thankful for. He has had 2 previous Sigmoidoscopy's, and both were while he was awake, and both were AWFUL to watch! Let's hope today's procedure goes very smooth.
That's it for now. I just heard an explosion from across the room and I have to run and change yet another poopie diaper!
-Beckham & Co.
After an incredible Transplant Games experience (more posts to follow regarding the Games), we made it home and back to reality....or, in our case, this meant that we were back to a whole slew of boxes because of our recent move to Iowa City (I'll try to get to a post about our move as well). Now, for the record, I am NOT a fan of unpacking, and I was looking for every excuse in the book to put off the inevitable, and, sadly, I guess that Beckham took it upon himself to make sure I did not get to unpacking by unloading a whole load of crap - 17 poop filled diapers in one day -, vomiting, and spiking a fever. So, to make a long story short, Beckham, Gwen, and myself had to make a trek to the ER, where Beck was admitted (on Saturday night), and where he is still at today.
Now you might be wondering why I had to take my little Gwen to the hospital as well, and the answer to that is that Nate was at work in Des Moines, which is two hours away from Iowa City, and because we live in a new town where I don't know anyone to call to help me out. Moving bites! Also, you might be wondering what it is like to take a 4 year old and a 3 year old to the ER, while carrying a baby in my stomach, and the answer to that is....well....I sure hope that I NEVER have to do that again!
Now, back to the poop (since that is the main reason for this post...awesome). As of now, Beckham, tests negative to pretty much everything - c-diff (which he had 3 weeks ago), rotavirus, CMV, infection, virus, and so forth- and he has great labs with platelets at 415 and hemoglobin at 12.5. The only tests that have not come back is for a possibly parasite, but the doctors are almost positive that that will come back negative as well.
The plan for today is to do an Endoscopy and a Sigmoidoscopy, to check for something fishy going on in his insides. Beck will be completely out for this procedure...which I am SO thankful for. He has had 2 previous Sigmoidoscopy's, and both were while he was awake, and both were AWFUL to watch! Let's hope today's procedure goes very smooth.
That's it for now. I just heard an explosion from across the room and I have to run and change yet another poopie diaper!
-Beckham & Co.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Video and Print of our meeting with the donor family...
Once we have some time we will put some of this experience in our own words, but until then here is a news story with video that was done on our meeting with the Campbell's.
"2 Families United by 1 Heart"
"2 Families United by 1 Heart"
And here is some reading...
Odessa File
Today Beckham runs his race...we will definitely keep things updated as we can (busy few days here in Madison).
P.S - Please excuse my HUGE pregnant body on the video!
P.S - Please excuse my HUGE pregnant body on the video!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
First hug!
We're busy here at the Transplant Olympic Games, but I wanted to break away and give you all a sneak peak into our happenings!
Beck got his first hug from his incredible donor mom, Holly. It was priceless, perfect, and worth the wait (and talk about a tear jerker...I still can't look at this picture without bawling).
Happy Birthday to my incredibe miracle three year old, Beckham! What a perfect present for you to receive for your Birthday! We love you!
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