Our Sweet Baby

I read erin's quick blog and thought I might tell a little more about our sick baby, Kinsey. Kinsey is Kelli's 19 mo. Many of you know the story of her terrible rashes and illness's Kinsey has had since she got her 1 year old vaccinations. She has been sick a lot. It seems like she gets every sickness that comes along. The specialists say that she had a severe reaction to her year old vaccinations that has sent her immune system into overdrive and she hasn't been really healthy since before the shots 7 mo. ago. She had been sick off and on the last couple of weeks and then on Thurs. when she finally sort of woke up at 1:30 in the afternoon, Kelli could not keep her awake and she had a dry diaper from the night before. Kelli took her to the emergency room and after she had been there a few hours she called and said Mom, they are treating me like they did when they thought Kinsey had leukemia {on one of the many visits Kinsey had to the emerg. room]. I told her that I would go get Shawn and we would be there soon. I also called Erin and Brenna and they came too. The hematologist really downplayed how serious the situation was and said they would admit her for observation. Kinsey had 3 blood transfusions. That poor baby couldn't walk and she didn't talk unless someone was trying to get blood from her or touch her. then she would say No Mama no or STOP. What we didn't know that she did not have enough oxygen in her blood for her to be able to talk or walk. they told Kelli on Sat. that her low red blood cells was putting too much stress on her heart and that she had to have a transfusion. She ended up with 3. They do not know what caused this and were not sure about sending her home. The Dr. told Kelli to be extra vigilant watching for any sign of change and to bring her back immediately. She is to go to the blood clinic on Friday for more tests. She is still very weak and a very sick baby, so keep her in your prayers.