Latest update on Nina is available at her Care Page at the link below. Eventually I’ll be incorporating those entries here into the blog.
Back to the Kunze visit, for now…
We spent some time outside on the 16th… Our neighbor happened to scoop a pile of snow off of his driveway, and across his lawn for more places to park his vehicles, and it made an excellent ramp once the vehicles were gone. Connor was a regular daredevil when it came to this particular run. From where I was standing, he’d flip up and over the hill, and disappear with a quiet thud, followed by “AWESOME!” or “DO IT AGAIN!” See this image larger.
His attempts to break the sound barrier were met with failure, but not by much! See this image larger.
And so does Ian! Halfway down the hill for the little ones, of course, it would be crazy to let them go down the full hill, am I right? See this image larger.
Ok… so… Ian asked me to help him climb to the top of the hill. Aaaand then we talked about how to get down. Now I know you’re probably about ready to send these pictures to child protective services, but believe me when I tell you, we had this all figured out. Unlike the orange sled, which has a small, long contact area… the lid from the turtle sandbox and has a wide, textured undercarriage, resulting in a slower, smoother ride. And unlike the orange sled, where my weight would have just made it go faster, I could tell this just sank down deeper. Regardless, he faced it bravely, and he went ALL…. See this image larger.
….WAY!! And this is probably a good thing, too, as I’m not sure how many more times we’ll be able to sled on this hill as we’ll probably end up moving. If you’re wondering… we came nowhere close to falling out of the sled, and made a perfectly safe run. See this image larger.
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If you’d like to get the latest details of Nina’s battle with RSV you can check out Nina’s Care Page. A care page is simply a page in which you can go to see how she’s doing and even sign up to get the updates sent to YOU via email, whenever they are fresh off of Melissa’s laptop keyboard, at the hospital.
This should technically make everybody’s life easier during this time, as you’ll know when an update has arrived, and we, in turn, can focus on updating things in one spot… although I might actually copy/paste the care page entries from the care page to here as well.
If you’d like a little more incentive to check out the Nina’s Care Page, Melissa has put recent pictures of Nina on there that haven’t made it to the blog yet!!!
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Saturday night, or technically Sunday morning, Nina ended up being admitted to Devos Children’s Hospital because she was running a high temperature and showing signs of a cold. It is turning out to be “RSV” which is a highly contagious virus that most adults, children, and some toddlers can handle with ease… however Nina is just seven weeks old, with lungs that have not fully developed. (Just like any 7 week old.) Unlike most 7 week old’s she also has her heart to contend with.
In all likelihood she was gifted this from Ian. Not his fault, really — like I said, it is almost indistinguishable from another head cold… and he probably picked that up from day-care, of course.
Melissa is in a unique scenario, yet again. Because Nina is on breast-milk at this point, she pretty much has to be at the hospital with Nina at all times. I’m trying to lend support where I can, but I’m also trying to keep working on a project that must go through in the coming month or two — and I’m already behind from the events that have happened in late December and early January after Nina was born.
Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia had planned to show up on Valentine’s Day to let Melissa and I have a nice dinner out on our own… but now they’re here again in more of an emergency capacity. Thank you both for stepping up to the plate yet again!
Since Nina ended up in the hospital she’s been sick but seemingly getting better. It took time to diagnose which virus it was, and throughout that time, again, she seemed to be doing better. She had some sleep apnea (sp?) happen last night to where she didn’t seem to be drawing a breath. At first these were far and few between, but they started happening more often, and so she was put on oxygen.
The latest news is that this morning she woke up weaker this morning. She could be in the hospital a week or a bunch of weeks. I’ll try to keep you all informed.
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Kunzes Ahoy, Part II
Latest update on Nina is available at her Care Page at the link below. Eventually I’ll be incorporating those entries here into the blog.
Back to the Kunze visit, for now…
Nina’s Care Page
If you’d like to get the latest details of Nina’s battle with RSV you can check out Nina’s Care Page. A care page is simply a page in which you can go to see how she’s doing and even sign up to get the updates sent to YOU via email, whenever they are fresh off of Melissa’s laptop keyboard, at the hospital.
This should technically make everybody’s life easier during this time, as you’ll know when an update has arrived, and we, in turn, can focus on updating things in one spot… although I might actually copy/paste the care page entries from the care page to here as well.
Anyways, here’s the link, you should be able to just click on it.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/208207/invitations/920069/312cc29313370d56f2852bba0e57c8d00aa7ee4b?client_code=devos&ipc=miv
If you’d like a little more incentive to check out the Nina’s Care Page, Melissa has put recent pictures of Nina on there that haven’t made it to the blog yet!!!
Nina Back in the Hospital
Saturday night, or technically Sunday morning, Nina ended up being admitted to Devos Children’s Hospital because she was running a high temperature and showing signs of a cold. It is turning out to be “RSV” which is a highly contagious virus that most adults, children, and some toddlers can handle with ease… however Nina is just seven weeks old, with lungs that have not fully developed. (Just like any 7 week old.) Unlike most 7 week old’s she also has her heart to contend with.
In all likelihood she was gifted this from Ian. Not his fault, really — like I said, it is almost indistinguishable from another head cold… and he probably picked that up from day-care, of course.
Melissa is in a unique scenario, yet again. Because Nina is on breast-milk at this point, she pretty much has to be at the hospital with Nina at all times. I’m trying to lend support where I can, but I’m also trying to keep working on a project that must go through in the coming month or two — and I’m already behind from the events that have happened in late December and early January after Nina was born.
Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia had planned to show up on Valentine’s Day to let Melissa and I have a nice dinner out on our own… but now they’re here again in more of an emergency capacity. Thank you both for stepping up to the plate yet again!
Since Nina ended up in the hospital she’s been sick but seemingly getting better. It took time to diagnose which virus it was, and throughout that time, again, she seemed to be doing better. She had some sleep apnea (sp?) happen last night to where she didn’t seem to be drawing a breath. At first these were far and few between, but they started happening more often, and so she was put on oxygen.
The latest news is that this morning she woke up weaker this morning. She could be in the hospital a week or a bunch of weeks. I’ll try to keep you all informed.