Tom and Monica

Note: Be sure you’ve read two previous posts (Update on Katie Lynn and When It Rains..) before reading this post.

Katie Lynn was released from the hospital on Christmas Day. On our way home, we stopped by the NICU ward to donate the ostomy supplies we thankfully no longer needed. The Covenant NICU unit was amazing, and while we don’t even know if they could use the supplies, we knew that it was something to offer back.

To continue the trend of being in the hospital on holidays, we discover on New Year’s Eve that Katie Lynn needed another blood transfusion (she had two while she was in NICU). She was very anemic after her surgeries and actually needed two transfusions. She was only admitted for the one day (overnight) and was released on New Year’s Day.

Katie Lynn was taken off TPN on January 10th and has done exceptionally well with just her formula/breastmilk combination! We are transitioning to a 100% formula mix this week.

Early last week, we were attempting to flush her broviac with sterile saline but were met with 100% resistance; we couldn’t flush it. We called the surgeon, and he informed us that was normal and not to worry. He told us to call his office in the morning to set up an appointment to have it removed. The broviac was removed yesterday.

As Monica pointed out, we went from a potential 1825 days down to 50 days. If you include the time after her third surgery, that gets increased to roughly 80 days.

Katie Lynn’s resilience and strength has amazed us beyond belief. We are in awe of her and thank the good Lord for her speedy recovery.