Another Aubrey Update

Aubrey now weighs 4 lbs. 5 oz. We thought that she might get to home last Sunday, but her heart rate dropped during the night Saturday. Then she was coming home Tuesday and her heart rate dropped again Monday night. The doctor said that they aren't going to tell her that she's getting to go home Friday so that maybe she will behave. When I left the hospital this afternoon, I told her to be a good girl so we could bring her home tomorrow. Besides that, she's doing great!

On another note, please keep Micah in your prayers. He had a rough night at work this past Tuesday. He made a traffic stop and ended up shooting and killing a known drug dealer. He is on leave for a while and will have to go through counseling.

Please keep all of us in your prayers as we go through this and bringing Aubrey home, etc. Thank you in advance!

Update on Aubrey

Aubrey is doing great! She now weighs 3lbs. 15 oz. She's really packing it on! She has been moved to an open bed and is getting fed by bottle or nursing at least 4 times a day. One nurse said that she might get to come home this weekend, but we are trying to not get our hopes up. She also got to start wearing clothes last night. The kids have also gotten to hold her a few times. Aubrey seems to keep improving, but we are still taking it day by day. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!

Aubrey Ann Sexson

For those of you who haven't already heard, the newest edition to our family came a little bit earlier than expected. Aubrey Ann Sexson was born on Friday, August 7 at 11:54 p.m. She weighed in at a whopping 3 lbs. 10 oz. and was 17 1/2 inches long.

As I had mentioned in my previous post, my blood pressure had been creeping up but not too high. Well, two weekends ago it started getting really high so I put myself on complete bedrest at home and said that I was going to call the doctor on Monday. Monday comes and I call and then of course it goes down. But by Tuesday night, it had gone back up and I was feeling terrible so Micah drove me to the hospial just a little before midnight. When the nurse at the hospital checked it, it was 222 over 114. She said that earned me a stay in the hospital. I was hoping to just continue to be on bedrest in the hospital, but they could not get my blood pressure to stay down so they decided Friday to induce me. I was magnesium, some other blood pressure iv, and something to kinda sedate me because they were afraid that labor would make it go even higher. Needless to say, it was a rough few days.

However, it was all worth it because now we have a healthy baby girl. A tiny baby girl, but a healthy one. Aubrey is in the NICU but she is doing really well. She hasn't had to be on oxygen at all. She does have a feeding tube, but I'm also getting to try to nurse her at times. She just has to put weight before being sent home.

All of the kids are excited about the baby sister. They have asked tons of questions ranging from "How are babies born?" to "Is that Sprite in your iv?" and of course, "What's that bag hanging from your bed with yellow stuff in it?" Although we've gotten to hold Aubrey, I haven't trusted the kids to yet. Not with how small she is and all of the wires that are hooked up to her. They do get to stick their hands in her bed and "pet" her with two fingers just like they got to pet the lizard at the library.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has been praying for us. I know that there are a lot of you out there. Please continue to keep Aubrey in your prayers. The next few months may be long ones.