Tests, tests, and more tests.

Well we found out that Gavin has a heart murmur:( They are going to keep an eye on it and hope he will grow out of it and close on it own. They are running a test on his as we speak, don't know the "big" word for it but basically they stick a tube down his throat for 12 hours and check the Ph in him and check for how much acid reflux he has. It seems to be a simple procedure but anything on my little guy worries me. He is still 5lbs 8 oz today and is now 19 inches long. He is however doing much better on not having his little "episodes" as much, well of course not for anyone but Mommy. They did change his blender(oxygen) and every since they did that, he seems to be on the up hill again. They also ordered another head ultrasound to see if his head is still growing the way it should. Our little guy is still growing so good and we are so proud of him and can't wait to bring him home. Although i will miss the nurses and the "safety" I feel having while he is in there I am ready to have him home and start our crazy life again.

Chris and I are going to Wendover for the night tomorrow just for a quick getaway before Gavin comes home because we know it will be a LONG time before we get to do that again. We are taking off after our CPR class tomorrow. I al excited to get away for a bit but I will miss my babies like crazy. Thanks to my Mother-in-law for taking the girls. I may not have time to update tomorrow but I will when we get back.

Oh Daddy!!

Daddy went up this morning to feed Gavin and guess what happened?????
NOTHING!!! I think he knows when his Momma is feeding him cause he likes to FREAK me out. Little turd. Speaking of turd, while I was changing his bum yesterday apparently some of his turd wanted to attack my thumb. Luckily I noticed it before it went in my mouth. That's happened before!! I tried to nurse him yesterday... tried is the key word. Well it was our first attempt, he tried. He is still 5 lbs 8oz. They are going to order some test, they think he might have a heart murmur. They are also going to de an ultrasound on his head to see if it is still progressing they way it should. How much is all this going to cost us!! Oh well don't care, he is WELL worth it.

Update.

Gavin is 5 lbs 8 oz today and doing a tiny bit better. All of his feeding except his 930 one were not the best. He is still desating and they are having to up his o2 flow and put the little mask on his face to get him breathing again. They did do some suctioning on him last night and his airway was clear of "boogies", so it was not that. They were able to talk to the doctor and he is not to concerned, considering that Gavin is still only 34.5 weeks and typically babies don't really start feeding like he has till about 36 weeks, so they of course are keeping a good eye on him. He still is loosing color but they are there to help him out of it and I guess it is helping me learn what to watch for, I can see his numbers dropping but now I know when his color is not good and what to do. We are required to take a CPR class before we can take him home. I will be glad to know CPR just hope I never have to use it on any of my babies. My momma went up with me on his feedings so she was able to see what he was doing. She held him and as soon as the machine went off, she was ready to throw him back at me. He scared his Grandma. I'm so glad to have my Mom and Mother-in-law so close to me and grateful that they are wanting and willing to take the CPR class as well. I love my family and I am still so thankful to them for all they have done and are still willing to do for us. Love you all.

Lots of Posts and pictures. Update on Gavin.

Look at how cute he is!! Oh I just LOVE him.

What are these things??

He kept trying to pull out his 02

Samurai Gavin, Hi Ya!!

Gavin is not doing so well on his feedings, he was for a while but it may have all caught up to him. Yesterday they pulled his Ng tube(feeding) and he was doing fine all up until today at his 530 and 930 feedings. He is now waking up and telling the nurses he is hungary, so about every 4 hours. My mom went up to his 1100 feeding and he did good. Daddy went up to his 200 feeding and that's when they told him they had changed his feeding to when he wants to feed, which is the last step in the feeding process. So assuming that he kept doing so good on his feeding that he would probably be hime by this weekend. OMG!!(gosh) So soon. Well that was until Mommy showed up for his 530 feeding, he decided to put on a show and scare the crap put of me. He started crying for his bottle so i gave it to him and he started scarfing it down and forgetting to breath, usually he can pull himself out of these episodes but not this time. He kept destating and loosing color, he got to 69 and starting looking a little blue to me, so his nurse grabbed him from me and started shaking him to repsond, it took him a minute but he eventually came out of it. SCARY!!! Becky his nurse says,"Well if he keeps this up it looks like he will be here a bit longer." So I came back up for his 930 feeding just to make sure that his episode earlier was just a one time thing, nope he kept destating, little stinker, so they are going to order a few labs and tests to be ran in the morning. It could be as little as dried boogers in his airway to having another blood transfusion. So lets hope for the Boogers!! Those are easy to suck out. I will update as soon as we know more.

Random Pictures.

Silly Madalyn.

Madalyn and her cousin Parker

Gavin

Olivia

Aunt Sara got to hold Gavin for the first time on Saturday.

It was finally warm enough to fill up this little pool and let the girls play outside. They were so excited to be out.

My girls!

No NG tube

Looking at my Daddy.

Daddy feeding me for the frist time without my NG tube(feeding tube). They took it out yesterday. Look at how cute his little face is. One more tube out. Yeah!! There is always a possibility that would have to put it back in, but let's hope not.

Mommy changing me and I peed all over. I think she forgets I have a sprinkling system and it works good.

First bottle

Here are pictures from Gavin's first feeding. One of his favorite nurses Jan is in the background. We love her, she takes such good care of me.

Look at me and my first bottle!

1 month old.

Our little boy is doing remarkably well. He is now 5 lbs 5.5 oz. Today Gavin is a month old and for his month birthday he decided that he wanted to get his feeding tube out and be able to bottle feed every feeding, so guess what, he got what he wanted!! They took out his feeding tube at around 2 today and he is bottle feeding every 3 hours. His next step is to wake up on his own and let the nurses know he is hungary, and then if he does all this very well they can't see why he won't be home in about a week for sure no more than 2 weeks. Babies have done so well so fast and relapsed and we are so hoping that will not be him. I really would love to have my boy home by Mother's day. I have taken pictures of him bottle feeding and a few with him with out his feeding tube, so I will post those soon. As for other news in the fam.

Olivia is recovering good from her stitches and has a nice scab over it. She did however decide to pull a figurine on top of it and re-cut it open as well as slice her nose, luckily no stitches were needed for that. Madalyn is still wondering when her brother is going to come home and when she can hold him and feed him. She is almost done with preschool and I know she is excited for that. I think she needs a summer break. She is excited to have a dance recital coming up so she can wear her tinkerbell costume.

My brother Adam proposed to his girlfriend on Thursday and that was an exciting shocker. None of us had a clue. We are so excited for her to officially be a Spicer.
My Sister Saralyn is graduating on May 4th with her Masters, she has worked extremely hard on this and I am so proud of her.

Scentsy Open House

I have decided to do a Scentsy Open House on Wednesday April 29th at my house. If you do not know where I live let me know and I will send you my address. You can come smell the scents, eat and chat. It will be from 6:30-9:00. If you are not able to make it, but would like to order just leave a comment or call me. I hope most of you can make it, this will really help me make my quota before my 3 months is up. Plus, to get orders by Mother's Day they have to be in by the 30th, so if you need gifts for your Mamma's they will be here just in time.

Gavin

Gavin is doing so good. He is still out of the isolet and is now on every other feeding with a bottle, this is huge since he just started on the bottle on Tuesday. He was 5lb as of last night. He is getting so big. I think he will be a good size by the time he gets to come home. I'm really hoping by Mother's Day if not by my Birthday, which is the 31st of May.

Scentsy.

I have decided to sell Scentsy. I have needed something a little more to help out with the finances so things are not so stressful for my hubby. We made this decision before we knew what was going to happen with Gavin and I. I had planned on getting the word out and doing some parties before Gavin came but I guess he had other plans. I'm really excited but really overwhelmed because right now things are crazy at my house and I don't feel I have the time or the strengh to cart around all my stuff. They require you to sell a certin amount in 3 months or you will not be allowed to continue selling and I know the clock is ticking. So im asking all my friends and family to put the word out and if you or anyone you know need scentsy, please give them my number(if you don't have it, shame on you)hehe! I am also thinking about doing an open house at my house to show those of you that are not familiar with Scentsy what it's all about, and if you already know about then you can just come to see me. Let know what you think? I am hoping to start doing parties by June so If you want to schedule a party let me know as well. Also I am going to try to place an order by the 30th of April, so if you are wanting to order for Mother's Day, your orders will be here. Thanks again to all of you.

Big Boy!!!

Gavin had hos first bottle feeding last night and did not do so well. He was able to get 14cc down, which is good they said for his first time, but he just kept forgetting to breath. So after the 3rd time of his D-sating the nurse decided that he was not ready for it. So today I was not sure if they were going to let him try but when I got up there for him 11 am feeding they decided to let him try. He started off sucking fast and I was worried that he would forget to breath again but he did, he slowly caught his breath and finished the entire 47cc. Since he did so good this morning they would let him try again at his 8 pm feeding and yet again he gulped down the entire bottle and still remembered to breath. Yeah!!! As of tonight he weighed 4 ls 15 oz. They were going to weigh him after his feeding so I'm hoping he has made it to 5 lbs.

And I guess if anyone still cares about me.(just kidding he he!) I am doing much better, i still have people telling me I look pale but I feel like I'm doing so much better. I am going to start doing hair again this week. My Dr. wants me to start slow still because it has only been 4 weeks and my body will still take alot more time to recover.

One more step.

Gavin is trying to be a big boy and hold his pacifier on his own. We are going to try and bottle feed him tonight because he is doing good sucking and as long as he remembers to breathe when he is feeding they will continue and eventually he will be off his feeding tube, this process may take a few weeks but this is a good step in the right direction. Yeah!!! Also they moved him back into a regular crib again and as long as his temp is good he should stay there. Yeah again!!! Our little guy is still as stinky as ever, and Daddy got to change it for the first time today.

Gavin had to have a blood transfusion yesterday, They did his blood work and found that his red blood cells were low and that he was anemic so they decided that a transfusion was best. They also said that it will help with his temp and that that may be the reason he is so cold all the time. He had to have 2 units of blood, they each took 3 hours to do. The nurse had to put the iv back in his head to do it, usually that is the best place to find a good vein on babies. Poor guy. It went really well and they said his levels were back to where they should be so it looks like it has helped. He may have to have another one before he goes home, but we will see.

Here is a picture of the iv and you can see the blood in the back of the isolet. He was trying to pull on it all the time, not sure if he liked it or not.

Update

Gavin is 4 lbs 11 oz and 17.75 in today. He is still in the isolet and still stops breathing when he is feeding. His heart rate and oxygen levels have dropped drastically over the past few days when I or Chris are holding him. He gets too comfortable in our arms and forgets to breath. He is still stinky as ever and the nurses love it!! he he. I've told him to get all of that stink out now, cause I won't be able to handle two price boys in the house. They upped his feeding to 39cc, which is 1 oz and 9cc. They also had to start him on caffine because of his heart rate dropping, I guess it stimulates him and gets his heart rate to beat like it is supposed to. You can tell he likes it, in some of these pictures he was wide awake. Maybe he will like Diet coke like his mama. In the picture above my finger is as long as his head, just so you can imagine how little.

Mommy getting me back to sleep before she leaves.

Look at me, I like Caffine.

Hi my Daddy.

Gavin "stinky" Price

The nurses have given our little guy the nickname of stinky, Anyone guess why? Yup that's right he has the stinkiest number 2 out of all the babies on his side. Today when we went up to see him you could smell him a mile away. Chris said it was so strong he could almost taste it, yuck!!. I on the other hand must be used to stink because I did not smell it as bad as everyone else. When I opened up his isolet that is when i caught a good wiff. Poor thing has to live in his stink. When I was holding him for his feeding they had to let it air out. Like father, like son, right??. Gavin was 4 lbs 9 oz today. He is growing so good. We still have to work on alot of other things but he is doing awesome. He is still in the isolet, and we hope for not too much longer, little stinker can't stay warm. Madalyn and Olivia get to go up and see him again throught the window tomorrow, and they told us that his little cousins could come and peek at him too. I pray my Gavin can be home for Mother's day, but we will have to see, It is all up to him and how well he is doing and how fast he is tolerating things. I am doing much better, still have my weak days and my painful days but I think I am on the up and up. Thanks again to everyone for their prayer, those who made dinners for us, those who have watched the girls and of course a HUGE thanks to all my family for pulling us through this. I know we still have a long road ahead but I am just glad I get to be here for the ride. I love you all. I have to wish Papa Jim a Happy birthday too. We love you.

Gavin

Gavin is 4 lbs 6.5 oz today. He is still doing good.

Back in the isolet

Madalyn says brother is cute and loves him

Daddy and Gavin

I got a new hat today!!