Showing posts with label bradys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bradys. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2016

Reagan is 3 weeks old!

On Saturday, Reagan turned 3 weeks old (I would have been 35 weeks on Friday). Its crazy because it seems like I had her so long ago, yet I can't believe she is 3 weeks old already. Yesterday, they pulled out her nasal cannula and NG tube and it was the first time we got to see her cute little face without any tubes, wires or tape! Definitely a milestone that all nicu families look forward to. She has been all smiles lately and I try to get them all on camera.

Reagan is doing well. She is gaining weight and is now 4lbs 11oz so she has gained 1 pound in 3 weeks. She had her newborn hearing test and I am happy to say she passed in both ears. When Avery was in the nicu, she passed in her left ear and was referred for her right ear. The nurse said Reagan is doing really well. Her main issue right now is the random brady she is having here and there, otherwise she would be really close to coming home.

We took Avery up to the hospital the other day to visit her sister. Avery had been sick for awhile and there was no way we were going to take the chance and bring her to the nicu when she was coughing. Avery didn't have a nap that day and wanted nothing to do with her sister. I really, really wanted to get a picture of Avery sitting in the chair holding Reagan in her lap but Avery wasn't having it. Oh well, one day it will happen.

Reagan's nursery is getting close to being finished. We ended up getting a glider/rocker and I really like it.

Avery has another pre-op appointment this week since her surgery ended up getting rescheduled because she was sick. Hopefully she will stay healthy and end up getting her teeth fixed. Speaking of dental surgery, we just got a bill in the mail from University Hospital from Avery's last dental surgery for $32,000. Cleveland Clinic is denying it because UH is out of network. The only reason we went to UH was because at the time, Cleveland Clinic did not have any pediatric dentists so I had to go outside of Cleveland Clinic. Her secondary insurance, BCMH, won't pay if her primary flat out denies it. So now I have to write a letter to Cleveland Clinic disputing their decision to not pay and try to talk them into paying part of the bill. I believe even if Cleveland Clinic pays a small amount, then BCMH will pay.  What I don't understand is that we saw that dentist a month prior to her surgery for a routine visit and we NEVER got any kind of bill for it. Cleveland Clinic must of paid something for that visit so I will be mentioning that in my letter as well. Wish me luck because we don't really have a spare $32,000 laying around.



 Mommy and Reagan snuggling

Look how pretty our driveway is...Mommy says its great until its covered in snow and she can't drive up it.


 This was the day I didn't really want anything to do with Reagan

She is very cute though, must take after her older sister!

Mommy taking a family photo. Don't I look thrilled?


Reagan didn't get the memo that Halloween was last week.. She is trying to act like a pirate...ARRRRRR!

They put my school picture on the mantle. Doesn't it look great?!?

Reagan has no tubes or wires on her face!

Aunt Janet came to visit

Reagan makes cute faces like smiles...

..and kisses!

Aunt Lauren came to visit

Uncle Greg stopped by too!

So did Uncle Jimmy

and Aunt Laura!


My sister passed her hearing test. I am so proud of her.


More cute faces!



I don't think the money in my piggy bank would cover this bill...


Reagan's room is almost done. She will be sleeping right across the hall from me!



Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Happy Halloween!

We took Avery trick or treating on Monday. Our new house is on a somewhat busy street and our house is pushed way back so we decided to take Avery to my sister's neighborhood and go trick or treating with her cousins. We did this last year as well and she really seemed to enjoy it.

Avery was scared of Eddie's costume. He was the hulk and when he put his mask on, Avery did not want to stand by him. I couldn't get any pictures of them together because Avery was too scared. Also, Avery did not want to walk at all. Tim and I got tired carrying her very fast. We went to about 10 houses and told Avery that if she didn't walk up to the doors, that she wasn't getting anymore candy. The girl loves her candy but she must love being a diva more because she did not want to walk. We ended up going home after only going to about 10 houses but she still got a McDonald's Happy Meal pumpkin full of candy.

Reagan has been doing pretty well. They moved her to an open air crib on Sunday night. It was exciting going into her room on Monday and seeing her in open crib. It also makes it much easier to pick her up whenever we want.

I went to visit her today and got the bad news that she had 8 bradys last night..meaning her heart rate slowed down. They ended up putting a nasal cannula in her nose and are giving her room air through it to help her open her airways. She isn't getting any oxygen. Bradys can be caused by reflux and I definitely think she has reflux because she has spit up a lot in the past week. We don't want to have any bradys because in order to eventually come home, she cant have any bradys for around 3-5 days in a row (depending on how old she is).


My sister is now in an open crib. I can't wait to go and see her again. My mommy and daddy want to wait a few more days to make sure I am not still not sick.




Mommy and Reagan


 Scarlett was giving me kisses

Happy Halloween!




 Mommy got a picture of the 10 feet I walked during the whole night.

I was crabby because I didn't nap the whole day and I didn't want to walk

Did I ever tell you that I am a Daddy's girl?

Looking through my candy!











Little fingers

More smiles




 Trying to pull my tube out

Wearing my new Indians World Series shirt. Mommy wanted to show my shirt but I wanted to show my book


 Reagan now has the cannula in her nose




 Daddy put the new glider together.. we are watching the World series and Scarlett is watching me to make sure I don't drop any food