Another Scary Update...and Nursery Pics for Fun!

Well it has been a pretty scary week! Both Madelyn and Preston have MRSA which is a Staph Infection. It is a really scary infection because it is extremely resistant to antibiotics and if it enters into the bloodstream it will probably be fatal. It is really upsetting because MRSA is not a bacteria the body just creates, it was actually given to them by someone or something. Also, baby Madelyn is fighting pneumonia as well along with Dahlia and Parker! Amazingly, the babies are all doing so well on their ventilator settings and seem to be relatively unaffected by these mean bacterias!

Preston's kidney function hasnt been to well but it is getting better. This morning they did an ultrasound on his kidneys to make sure they looked OK, and they did. The only thing they saw wrong was a narrowing of a vein going into the kidney so they were going to do another scan to check on that!

The doctors are hoping to be able to wean them off of the ventilators in the next couple of weeks. Their heart murmurs have been coming and going which could mean their PDAs are still there (where a valve in the heart isnt completely closed). The doctors dont seem too concerned at this point.

Please keep us in your prayers. Especially so that this MSRA does not spread into the blood stream! We love you all!

Sorry some of these pics are so blurry and dark!

Baby Madelyn

Baby Preston

Baby Parker

Baby Dahlia

Mommy and Daddy

Dahlia and Madelyn's Room

Preston and Parker's Room

Surprise!

Walking into our surprise party
Singing Happy Birthday to Trever

The cake

Eva the Diva

Parker

Preston

Dahlia

Madelyn

Our little quadruplet munchkins are almost 3 weeks old already! I cannot believe how fast time has gone by. I want them to be home so bad so that I can love on them and take care of them! It has been good for my body to heal though. I feel almost 100%! I am able to cook, clean, and be the mommy and wife I have not been able to be for the last 4 months. Bedrest is tough let me tell ya. Allthough I have a feeling in just a little while I will be longing for it again lol!!

Well overall the babies are doing well! Madelyn's incident is almost completely better now. All of the babies are growing quickly! You wont believe this but we actually have a little blondie! Yes it is true! I cannot believe it either. Trever always said we would have a blonde haired baby and I thought that was completely ridiculous! Well little Preston, daddy's clone, has blonde eyelashes and extremely golden light brown hair! He is gorgeous! Madelyn is mommy's little clone. She has dark dark hair and lots of it!!! Dahlia used to look like Parker but now she is starting to resemble Preston more. Probably because they are about the same size! I have a feeling she is going to be my snuggle bug. She just loves when mommy is near. Parker is my honey. He is still pretty small and always looks so sweet!

Well both Dahlia and Parker have pneumonia. It sounds really scary, and is, but the doctor's say it is a very mild case and they have caught it early enough so that it has not really affected them too much. Right now they have an infection control doctor that has implemented some precautions so that we do not give this extremely contagious condition to Preston and Madelyn. We know alot of you want to come visit the babies but we hope everyone understands that we are limiting the amount of people visiting so that we eliminate any chance of spreading this condition.

Eva has done so well! We try to see the babies during her nap and when she goes to bed so that she wont feel like we are always leaving her.. She definetly knows things have changed especially since mommy doesnt have her "ball" any more! I just love that pic above of her! So cute!

Let me just say we have some of the most amazing friends in the whole world! Tuesday night some of our friends threw us a surprise congratulations party for the babies/ birthday party for Trever! Everyone brought diapers and wipes! It really has been so so so wonderful to have so many caring people around us! I cannot believe how many great people there are out in this world!!! We love you all and thank you to everyone who has helped us! It means so much!

The babies current weights are:

Preston- 2 pounds 7 ounces

Dahlia- 2 pounds 2 ounces

Parker- 1 pound 15 ounces

Madelyn- 1 pound 12 ounces

They are all 12 inches!

To close, I wanted to give a special shout out to Amy- Jo Sather and her husband! I wanted Amy-Jo to know that she is doing so well and I am so proud of her! Keep baking those babies!

We had a scare but all is well now....

Big Sister Eva

Daddy Kangaroo Caring Parker

Mommy Kangaroo caring Dahlia

The other night we had quite a scare with Madelyn! We were picking up my mom from the airport and we were going to visit the babies after that. We were on the way to the hospital and Dr. Reddy (the babies' doctor) called my phone. She told me that Madelyn had a pretty bad episode. There were some triplets being born and Dr. Reddy got a call from Madelyn's nurse to come immediately. Madelyn's heart rate dropped into the 50's and she had blood pooling in the back of her throat! We didnt know if it was from her lungs but that was the doctor's guess. I was freaking out!!! We arrived at the hospital pretty much right at the point when the doctor was done telling me what happened. We rushed up to the NICU to find Madelyn not doing so hot. She was on 100% oxygen and the doctor was at her bedside. She explained the situation and Trever and I were losing it. Dr. Reddy told us that she might die. So we stayed at the hospital for a long time that night. While we were there, Madelyn became stable and went all the way down to 30% oxygen. She started looking better but right before we left her blood came back positive for an infection! We were devastated. We wouldnt know the results of what kind of infection it was for 2 more days. We were exhausted both physically and emotionally. We went home and slept with all of our phones within arms reach. Needless to say we didnt get much sleep that night!

That was Wednesday and since then things have been going alot better! The results from Madelyn's blood test came back negative for any infection so that was really really great! The doctors have decided that there was probably some skin that had attatched to her oxygen tube and while the nurse was changing her diaper, it probably made it bleed. That was the best case scenario! We are so relieved that it looks minor!

Everyone else is doing well. All the children had a PDA (patent ductis arteriosis). This is pretty common in micro preemies. It is where the valve that connects the two chambers of the heart doesnt fully close. (It usually closes a couple of hours after birth in full term babies) So Dahlia, Parker and Preston were taking Indocin ( a medication to close this valve). It closed in all of the babies so we are really glad the medication did the trick and they didnt have to go into surgery!

All of the babies have been gaining weight and Preston has now surpassed 2 pounds!!! Most of the babies are on antibiotics because their white blood cell counts are high. Sometimes this can be indicative of an infection so we are being extra careful....

They all can open their eyes and they love to do so when we are there! We got to kangaroo care Parker and Dahlia the other day for an hour. This is where we get to hold the babies skin to skin on our chest for an hour (at least). It was really amazing and both of the babies loved it! We are hoping to be able to do this with the other two very very soon!

Well I think that is the update for now! Thanks again for all of the prayers!!!

NO BRAIN BLEEDS!!! HOORAY!

Just a quick update to let everyone know that all of our and your prayers have been answered! All of the babies had an ultrasound that showed negative for brain bleeds! We are so very happy! The babies now share a pod with 25 weekers so they have not gotten their PICC lines yet. Nothing else to report right now! All of the babies are looking great!

Almost 1 Week Old!

Baby Dahlia

Baby Madelyn

Baby Preston

Baby Parker

Mommy and Dahlia

Mommy and Madelyn
Mommy and Parker

Mommy and Preston

Daddy and Preston

Daddy and Parker

Daddy and Madelyn
Daddy and Dahlia

This past week has been so amazing! All four of the babies are amazing the doctors at how well they are doing! All 4 babies are doing great for their age but Parker has had the hardest time of them all. I had a special feeling about him while I was pregnant and I kinda knew he would have a little bit of a rough time. He is still doing really well!

They are all off of their biliruben lights for jaundice, off of their Dopamine for blood pressure and most are breathing room air on their ventilators. All 4 of them can open their eyes now (they stay fused until about the 25th week.) They are all gaining weight and they already look so much healthier than when they were first born.

Preston is definetly a momma,s boy. He loves when I talk to him and holds on so tight. We think Dahlia is gonna be like Eva. Madelyn is a little sweety pie, she is the smallest of the bunch but is doing the best! Parker is also a mommas boy, he has been fighting so hard and I am so proud of him.

The next 48 hours are going to be huge! They will all be getting ultrasounds tomorrow morning to test for brain bleeds. The doctors all feel confident that they do not have any bleeds because they are not showing any symptoms. Also, tonight we will find out if the babies will need to go into surgery or not to have their PICC lines placed. We are very scared, but with all of the prayers we know everything will be OK!

Last night was the most amazing night ever! The nurses let us kiss our babies for the first time! I had not even got to smell their scent before last night... It was wonderful! We are so in love! We went and got pictures done to go inside their isolettes of Eva and then one of the 3 of us.

I am feeling great and I am so glad to be off of the bedrest! Even though my labor was really scary, my hospital experience after that was great! L&D was so wonderful to me! I got to stay in the same room I delivered Eva in, and one of my nurses was even the same nurse I had with Eva! Trever and I both know that the Lord meant for the babies to come when they did. I am at peace that there was no stopping my body from going into labor and everything will work out OK.

We want to give a special thanks to all of our friends that came and visited us! We really appreciate it so much!

One Week Old Tomorrow!

First Pics!

Here are pictures of our beautiful babies!!!

Parker Elden

Preston Wayne

Madelyn Lila

Dahlia Colleen