Saturday, September 13, 2008
Dear Friends and Family,
Thank you very much for all of your thoughts prayers and other support. Little baby Eva did absolutely fantastic for about the first week and then we had a small setback of which we are working our way through now. At birth her atrial flutter corrected itself and her heartbeat and all of the cardiac stuff pretty much cleared itself up. Now at 2 weeks old we are facing a problem called Necroptic Endo Colitus, (please forgive my spelling and following definition everyone who is in the medical profession) basically that is when her little heart was beating under duress (anyones heart for that matter) the heart starts sending more blood to the critical survival organs and muscles, and does not really concern itself with the guts. So as a result in a premature baby where the GI tract is not fully developed, the naturally occuring bacteria in her intestines kind of attack/attach to the weak parts of the GI tract causing this kind of wierd infection. In a nutshell, In a best case scenerio its treated with a course of anti-biotics over 14 days and in a worst case scenerio it would require surgery to correct. The Immunologist said the first 48 hours are the most critical and we are officially through that now. He said we can take a small breath now then after 72 hours we can take a bigger breath. She remains sedated and is resting comfortably all while receiving the best care available in our great state. The doctor told me today that he is very pleased with her progress also. Renea is slowly but steadily getting over her surgery, and was told not to drive for 6 weeks, which turned into 6 hours when she had to ride in a car that I was driving. She says that I am a jerky nervous driver, kind of like Pepa... just kidding dad! (but not really...lol) none the less she continues to rehabilitate here at home and spends most of her time at the hospital sitting with our little angel. Attached are a few new pictures so you all will have an idea of how beautiful she is.... Thank you all again for all of your support. We love you all!
Love
Clay and Renea
P.S. Please forgive me if you are not in our email list. We made it under a little duress of our own. Also please feel free to forward this to anyone who you may feel might be curious... you will actually be helping us out...
Thank you very much for all of your thoughts prayers and other support. Little baby Eva did absolutely fantastic for about the first week and then we had a small setback of which we are working our way through now. At birth her atrial flutter corrected itself and her heartbeat and all of the cardiac stuff pretty much cleared itself up. Now at 2 weeks old we are facing a problem called Necroptic Endo Colitus, (please forgive my spelling and following definition everyone who is in the medical profession) basically that is when her little heart was beating under duress (anyones heart for that matter) the heart starts sending more blood to the critical survival organs and muscles, and does not really concern itself with the guts. So as a result in a premature baby where the GI tract is not fully developed, the naturally occuring bacteria in her intestines kind of attack/attach to the weak parts of the GI tract causing this kind of wierd infection. In a nutshell, In a best case scenerio its treated with a course of anti-biotics over 14 days and in a worst case scenerio it would require surgery to correct. The Immunologist said the first 48 hours are the most critical and we are officially through that now. He said we can take a small breath now then after 72 hours we can take a bigger breath. She remains sedated and is resting comfortably all while receiving the best care available in our great state. The doctor told me today that he is very pleased with her progress also. Renea is slowly but steadily getting over her surgery, and was told not to drive for 6 weeks, which turned into 6 hours when she had to ride in a car that I was driving. She says that I am a jerky nervous driver, kind of like Pepa... just kidding dad! (but not really...lol) none the less she continues to rehabilitate here at home and spends most of her time at the hospital sitting with our little angel. Attached are a few new pictures so you all will have an idea of how beautiful she is.... Thank you all again for all of your support. We love you all!
Love
Clay and Renea
P.S. Please forgive me if you are not in our email list. We made it under a little duress of our own. Also please feel free to forward this to anyone who you may feel might be curious... you will actually be helping us out...
Friday, August 29, 2008
Eva update
Little miss Eva is now a little over a week old and doing great. She is still in the RNICU at UAB and will be for about 3 weeks. She has lost a little weight but its nothing she can't gain back. The reason for the early delivery was due to her very high heart rate and Renea's very high blood pressure (that is the short version of a scary 3 weeks). However, soon after delivery they both went back to normal. She was placed on a ventilator for a couple of days, but is back on room air. She pulled both of her IVs out and they do not think they will put them back in. She is definitely a trooper and living up to her name.
There will be new pics of baby Eva to come. Please keep her in your prayers. She is tough, but she is still a premie.
We will be hosting a shower for Renea as soon as possible. However, if you would like to go ahead a help out by sending a gift Renea is registered at Babies R Us.
Renea Giles- mom Clay Giles- Dad
There will be new pics of baby Eva to come. Please keep her in your prayers. She is tough, but she is still a premie.
We will be hosting a shower for Renea as soon as possible. However, if you would like to go ahead a help out by sending a gift Renea is registered at Babies R Us.
Renea Giles- mom Clay Giles- Dad
Eva Elizabeth Giles
We are proud to announce the unexpected and premature arrival of Eva Elizabeth Giles. She was born around 10:30pm Thursday August 21st 2008 and weighed in at a whopping 4 lbs and 12 ounces. She was born premature at 31 weeks (9 weeks short of full term) .
Both mother and baby are doing well. Renea came through the procedure like a real trooper only dry heaving a few times....lol... and that little 4 lb angel was squealing with delight....
Both mother and baby are doing well. Renea came through the procedure like a real trooper only dry heaving a few times....lol... and that little 4 lb angel was squealing with delight....
I love this picture of us
This was taken at his one year shoot. He was all upset after eating his cake and wanted me to hold him. I didn't know Kim took this until I got them back.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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