UPDATED.....#31 prayers and good thoughts would be appreciated..

[Stepharoonie!]

Some friends of ours just had their first child, a girl, on Friday morning. Caitlyn was taken to another hospital from the one she was in a few hours after her birth because she was having seziures and not acting "normally". Apparently, she was turning blue-ish purple, smacking her lips a lot, flailing her arms around, and a lot of cooing instead of crying. She had also apparently swallowed meconium right before she was born.

A CT scan was done, and it appears that her brain has some areas where it is "smooth"...the doctors told her parents that this was not normal, and they are not sure what it is.

She has to stay in the NICU for at least 7-10 days. The doctors still do not know what is wrong. Our friends, while appearing very strong, are understandably upset. Nothing showed wrong during the pregnancy, other than the mother was getting extremely swollen at the end, and she had very high blood pressure.

Please, any good thoughts or prayers for Caitlyn would be very much appreciated. She is such a gorgeous little thing...the chubbiest cheeks you've even seen.

Thank you.


ETA....the hospital she was born in does not have a NICU...this is why she was transported to another hospital. The one she is in now only allows the parents very limited time with her. They didn't see her at all on Saturday, and only an hour today.

 

[twoprincesses]

I will definitely keep the parents and the new baby in my prayers! I hope all goes well!

 

[joshsmom]

How scary for them. I completely understand what they are going through. They, and Caitlyn, will be in our prayers.

 

[ugadog99]

Sending good thoughts and prayers to your friends and their baby.

Melanie

 

[ktink]

Caitlyn will be in my prayers tonight as well as her parents. They are very lucky to have a friend like you.

 

[golfgal]

Prayers! Our twins had seizures after they were born but fortunately for us all their tests came back normal and they are now 11 and just fine. It is VERY scary. It's too bad that hospital has such a rotten policy, could they transfer her to another hospital? We spent a lot of time with our twins when they were in the ICU. They looked kind of funny in there though because the were so big and the rest of the babies were SO small.

 

[smilingmouse]

Prayers and PD to your friends and their little one!

 

[4nana]

Bless Caitlyn's heart and may God protect and keep her in His care.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Good thoughts for Caitlyn.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

Bless Caitlyn's heart and may God protect and keep her in His care.

beatifully said.

I will be thinking amd praying for her

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

I'm hoping a little sprinkle of pixie dust will go a long way to keep her healthy. I said a prayer for her and her brave parents. Good luck.

 

[slo]

I feel so bad for your friends Having your baby seperated from you would be an absolute nightmare I will absolutly keep them and little Caitlyn in my thoughts and prayers and hopefully you'll post and update that little Caitlyn is starting to get better.

Take care and keep us updated!!!

 

[kaylajr]

 

[MsDisney23]

Saying a Special Prayer for the baby and her parent's!

 

[Nite0wl71]

Sending good thoughts and prayers to Caitlyn and her family

 

[mickeyboat]

Some friends of ours just had their first child, a girl, on Friday morning. Caitlyn was taken to another hospital from the one she was in a few hours after her birth because she was having seziures and not acting "normally". Apparently, she was turning blue-ish purple, smacking her lips a lot, flailing her arms around, and a lot of cooing instead of crying. She had also apparently swallowed meconium right before she was born.

A CT scan was done, and it appears that her brain has some areas where it is "smooth"...the doctors told her parents that this was not normal, and they are not sure what it is.

She has to stay in the NICU for at least 7-10 days. The doctors still do not know what is wrong. Our friends, while appearing very strong, are understandably upset. Nothing showed wrong during the pregnancy, other than the mother was getting extremely swollen at the end, and she had very high blood pressure.

Please, any good thoughts or prayers for Caitlyn would be very much appreciated. She is such a gorgeous little thing...the chubbiest cheeks you've even seen.

Thank you.


ETA....the hospital she was born in does not have a NICU...this is why she was transported to another hospital. The one she is in now only allows the parents very limited time with her. They didn't see her at all on Saturday, and only an hour today.

Poor Caitlyn and Mom and Dad. I sure hope thay can figure out what't wrong with her, and that there is a good resolution soon. So sad that her parents can't even be with her. I would be frantic.

Denae

 

[kimg826]

I will say a special prayer for that sweet baby.

kimg

 

[VanniGirl]

Prayers and good thoughts for Caitlyn.

 

[minnie56]

many heartfelt prayers and good thoughts that this is just a bump in the road and all will be well for this little baby...

 

[avdeane]

My thoughts and prayers are with Caitlyn and her parents.