Oxygen

Exciting day today!! Kayla had an over night oxygen test to see if she might be ready to get off oxygen. The test was on Monday night, the monitor did go off a couple of times but I knew sometimes it just wasn't reading right. I went in to check on Kayla when she was in a deep sleep and she was sating at 95 and later at 97. It seemed the only times the monitor would go off was when she moving around. So I really hoped that those situations didn't count in the overall results. But today we got the results back and....KAYLA IS OFF OXYGEN. Completely off, we thought she might just need to stay on it during the nights but she just doesn't need it at all. So Dr. Cordova is going to call Apria and have them come pick up all the stuff. So exciting, what a great birthday gift for tomorrow. :)
Over all results of the test were that she went below 88 about three times lasting more then 1 min. But the wave pattern they look for was off and wasn't giving them the best most accurate reading. Plus it only went below three times, and Dr. Cordova said they are more concerned if it goes off more then 5 to 6 times. So it's just the best news we could ask for, God is good.

4 month Dr. Apt

Kayla had another Dr appointment today. It was considered her 4 month apt so she was given her second set of shots. Dr. Cordova said she looked so good, Kayla weighs 8lbs 1oz, she is completely on breast feeds and we are able to start weening her off her reflex medicine. Kayla didn't like getting her shots and cried pretty hard but wasn't in any pain for the rest of the day. No Tylenol needed or anything. :) Dr said she is looking so good that we can look into getting her oxygen test done and hopefully get her off oxygen fully. But also that we don't need to come in until Kayla is 6 months old now, just like a normal baby. We don't have to go in again when she is 5 months which is what we would have done had she not had good weight gain, etc. So we are just thrilled to see Kayla thrive and the Dr is as well. YEA!!!

Papa's Birthay

Happy Birthday to Papa, Bob Fye his actual birthday is September 24th same day as Adam's. But we celebrated today with the Fye family over at our house for a BBQ. We still aren't taking Kayla out of the house much so we put up the volley ball net and got ready for some fun. The weather was wonderful outside and Bob enjoyed watching us play while he held Kayla.
Our nephews Aaron and Jason have also been waiting a long time for the chance to hold Kayla so Mike and I decided we would let them hold her today. It was so cute Jason just loved it, more than Aaron which surprised us a bit. But they did so well holding her and we got some good pics. :)

Kayla's First Night Out

Today is my younger brother Adam's 25th birthday as well as my father in-laws birthday and my cousins birthday. But we celebrated Adam's birthday tonight at Maggiano's Italian restaurant. It was not only exciting to celebrate his birthday but this was also going to be Kayla's first night out other than doctors appointments. We have been waiting as the doctors have told us because of new germs and Kayla's size. Kayla slept through the whole dinner but was then up and uncle Adam was able to hold her for his birthday, yeah!!! After we had our meal we went over to Uncle Mark's and Aunt Leslie's, Leslie was out of town but Mark was able to meet Kayla for the first time and hold her. It was so sweet, Kayla was a bit fussy because she was pretty tired but she did so well. We also got a nice surprise by getting to see cousin Mallory and cousin Madi that night as well. They were going out to the Denver clubs down town and came by to say hi. Mallory got to hold Kayla on her birthday too and just loved it. Great first night out, Kayla did wonderful, but it sure will be nice when we don't have to carry around her oxygen anymore.

Kayla is 8lbs!!

Grandma Time

My mom has been waiting for some Kayla time so she came over today all day. We enjoyed the day by taking Kayla out for her first walk since being home. It was super hot today so I had to take pictures of her summer outfit. I had picked it out for her while she was in NICU and couldn't wait till she could fit into it. It looked so adorable on her. We showed mom the Kayla way of drinking her bottle and just caught up on this new life as a mom and a new Grandma. Long, hot busy day of fun. :)

Kayla 3 months

First Dr Apt

Kayla had her first Dr appointment today, with Dr. Cordova. She is my obgyn's sister, so Dr. Becker delivered Kayla and Dr. Cordova (Becker's sister) is now her pediatrician. Kayla did very well meeting the Dr today she weighted 7lbs 1oz, she is still needing to be on oxygen but the Dr. said she can set up a pulsox test soon to see where her #s are at. She is also wanting Kayla to stay on her reflex medicine until we see her next. They are also wanting to set up RSV vaccines for Kayla because she was on a ventilator and had weaker lungs when born she may be more vulnerable to common colds that would hurt her more than an average baby because of her prematurity. So Kayla will start to get those beginning in November. But it was a great appointment no concerns or new news, so we will see the Dr again in a month.