Monday, April 12, 2010
New blog new web address.
Ok we have extra blog fun at http://finchfamily4.shutterfly.com/ and that is where I am currently uploading pictures you will need to email me for a password as I am trying to keep my children safe from perverts and crazies. I will be attempting to keep this blog full of goodies from my photo shoots, craft projects and crazy decorating adventures. I hope you enjoy and are inspired to do more crafting.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thankful
I can hardly believe how quickly this year has gone by and how Blessed we have been. A year ago this week Isaac was conceived and the blessings and miracles started. My mother-in-law had a diabetic stroke and we are all healthier for it. After all the problems in February then being put on bed rest in March off and on till Isaac was born in April we had so much help from our church family and they were life savers the four months he was in the hospital helping out with the older children I don't know what we would have done without them. We are so thankful for all the prayers from everyone all over the world God has truly answered them and we will shout from the mountain tops his glory and all he has done for us. this will be a wonderful Thanksgiving even if it is just a small group of our family that is still in town. Thanks and Glory be to God we are truly blessed to have such Christlike friends.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Ok wow its been a while
Well after the barrage of Dr's appointments we have all survived without getting flu of any kind thankfully.
Isaac has been dubbed a healthy flirt weighing in at 10 lbs 6 oz and 21 1/2" long he is in the 50%tile for
his adjusted age and doing the things a 4 month old would be doing. He can roll over from tummy to back
but hasn't quite figured out how to get back on his tummy without screaming till one of his siblings does it
for him. The pediatrician has declared he is ready to try using the bumbo to help him strengthen his core
muscles and help him sit up and possibly even get rid of his little hernia. We have also been told to put him
in the johnny jump thing and it look squite funny because he is so small his toes barely touch the floor and
he falls over to one side but through all that he really does enjoy it he spins himself around chasing his
brother and bounces then giggles. he is turnign into a little flirt with his chunky cheeks that get dimples
when he gives you his toothless grin. We are trying to find another eye Dr that won't mistreat us and abuse
poor Isaac so please be praying that we find a great Dr that fits what we need. sorry there won't be any
more pictures here just can't figure it out so if you have facebook there will always be some on there if not
you can email or leave a comment with your email and I Will try to get you some updated pictures. Well until
we know more or have something interesting to share with everyone then this is good night and have a great
day tomorrow.
Isaac has been dubbed a healthy flirt weighing in at 10 lbs 6 oz and 21 1/2" long he is in the 50%tile for
his adjusted age and doing the things a 4 month old would be doing. He can roll over from tummy to back
but hasn't quite figured out how to get back on his tummy without screaming till one of his siblings does it
for him. The pediatrician has declared he is ready to try using the bumbo to help him strengthen his core
muscles and help him sit up and possibly even get rid of his little hernia. We have also been told to put him
in the johnny jump thing and it look squite funny because he is so small his toes barely touch the floor and
he falls over to one side but through all that he really does enjoy it he spins himself around chasing his
brother and bounces then giggles. he is turnign into a little flirt with his chunky cheeks that get dimples
when he gives you his toothless grin. We are trying to find another eye Dr that won't mistreat us and abuse
poor Isaac so please be praying that we find a great Dr that fits what we need. sorry there won't be any
more pictures here just can't figure it out so if you have facebook there will always be some on there if not
you can email or leave a comment with your email and I Will try to get you some updated pictures. Well until
we know more or have something interesting to share with everyone then this is good night and have a great
day tomorrow.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Update
After a month of one doctor visit after another we are trying to rest and stay well.
Isaac's growing fast he is now 9 lb 10 oz and 19 3/4" long . His eyes are doing much
better and he is on track developmentally. He rolls over and even sucks his thumb but
only when it suits him of course. Here are his newest pictures
I hope you enjoy them and we will be getting family pictures done pretty soon to try and send out.
We are still needing prayers that Isaac doesn't get sick because his lungs are very vulnerable
and he has to get strong enough for a surgery in February that prayerfully will be the last.
Isaac's growing fast he is now 9 lb 10 oz and 19 3/4" long . His eyes are doing much
better and he is on track developmentally. He rolls over and even sucks his thumb but
only when it suits him of course. Here are his newest pictures
I hope you enjoy them and we will be getting family pictures done pretty soon to try and send out.
We are still needing prayers that Isaac doesn't get sick because his lungs are very vulnerable
and he has to get strong enough for a surgery in February that prayerfully will be the last.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nightmare Friday
Wow I know its taken me a long time to post this our internet has been very flaky and I
would do this from my phone but it just won't let me log in.
Anywho
Well Isaac was scheduled to have "treatment" on his right eye Friday morning at 7am so
as not to interfere with his feedings. So we feed him at his regular 3am and proceed to
pack everything up and get it in the car, so we can be at the hospital by 5:30.
we get to the hospital right before 6am and having to find the right building and then
proceed to the 7th floor proved a tad bit difficult. We finally find the NICU where we were
told we could just sign in and they would prep him for surgery only to find out there is no
record of him on their computers for surgery that day a nurse finds a lone sticky note in the
back and after several nurses calling around franticly we are told to go back downstairs and
given directions to the registration office it is now 6:30am. So we sit and we wait and we both
have time to find and use the bathrooms in the time they figure out that the surgeons office
never sent over the proper paperwork so they have to call the surgeon whom is just coming
out of another surgery to make sure we were approved for surgery that day. I was like um do you
really think I would drag my family out at this early morning if we weren't suppose to be here.
After all getting squared away and signing our lives away we head back upstairs its about 9am now
and they tell us the swabs they took at 6:30 to make sure Isaac didn't have RSV or the flu could
now be sent to the lab and it would be about an hour I was livid by this point, Why had we even
bothered? After a barrage of people asking lots of questions that I had already answered when I
filled out the registration forms, could none of them read I will never know, they started prepping
him and I was very glad Nate had bought some toquitos and an energy drink on our way to the
hospital that morning. About 11:30 they told us to go scrub and bring Isaac back to where they
would be doing the surgery. On the way in a nurse gave us fits about bringing in our stroller that
had Isaac and his oxygen and monitor and all our personal information she wanted us to just carry
him in and leave purse and all out in the hallway where anyone could take it. Finally another nurse
stepped in and had us put the stroller in supply corner because she could see what was in it the first
nurse later apologized.
So prepped and ready we leave them to do their thing and I go to the bathroom and get back in enough
time to get comfy and the surgeon comes out and sits next to us and says the right eye was done and
went beautifully, but he didn't remember the left eye looking this bad on Monday when he did his original
examination. I was so angry at this point I couldn't look at him, He went on to ask if he could go ahead
and do the surgery on the left eye and Nate and I agreed better today than have to come back in a couple
weeks. The issue I had with the whole thing was that on the monday before both eyes were healing and
doing good, but the right eye that we knew was worse than the left wasn't healing as quickly so he wanted
to do the surgery. My opinion he just wanted the money because I was told by the first second opinion Dr.
that there wasn't any reason in her opinion to have surgery, So now onto the second second opinion that the
original eye Dr wanted not us and suddenly we are talking surgery even though the eyes are healing. big
confusion and not enough explanation to satisfy me and no one has up to date drawings of the previous Dr's
findings.
Isaac made it through the surgery on both eyes but looks freakishly dead because of all the sedation they gave
him miraculously he is breathing on his own though. Nate and I decide to go get lunch now that it is pushing 2pm.
We got back from lunch in time for the 3pm feeding he has now missed two meals and I know he should be
starving so I ask them to warm up the bottle while I change his diaper and get him waking up because they were
going to feed him through a tube since he didn't wake on his own. I got him awake enough to suck vigorously on
a passie but they wouldn't let me try and nurse him at this point for fear he might choke. So time for the 6pm
feeding and I insist on nursing him so they go along with it and he eats about 4 ounces and burps we let him
rest because they want to observe him for another feeding just to make sure he is on and all drugs are out of
his system. We come back for the next feeding and what do you know they put him on oxygen and have the Dr
waiting to "talk" with us and try and convince us that he needs to stay overnight because he stopped breathing
on his own. Nate and I are two perfectly capable adults of taking care of our child whom was already released
from one hospital on oxygen what makes them think that we wouldn't be able to take care of him this time
oh wait! it might be too scary to do CPR is their explanation, or we might not hear the blaring alarm that goes off
if he hiccups let alone stops breathing. Come to find out Isaac stopped breathing again while I was feeding him
and the Dr and nurses were freaking out guess what! HE WAS POOPING of course its stressful when a tiny baby
poops that happend all the time at the other hospital especially when you feed him straight formula when he's
use to breastmilk. How much do these geniuses get paid!
Anyway we were released around 11:20 but the printer was messing up and they couldn't get the discharge
paperwork to print we were on our way home by 12:15.
Hope everyone had a great Rosh Hashannah!
would do this from my phone but it just won't let me log in.
Anywho
Well Isaac was scheduled to have "treatment" on his right eye Friday morning at 7am so
as not to interfere with his feedings. So we feed him at his regular 3am and proceed to
pack everything up and get it in the car, so we can be at the hospital by 5:30.
we get to the hospital right before 6am and having to find the right building and then
proceed to the 7th floor proved a tad bit difficult. We finally find the NICU where we were
told we could just sign in and they would prep him for surgery only to find out there is no
record of him on their computers for surgery that day a nurse finds a lone sticky note in the
back and after several nurses calling around franticly we are told to go back downstairs and
given directions to the registration office it is now 6:30am. So we sit and we wait and we both
have time to find and use the bathrooms in the time they figure out that the surgeons office
never sent over the proper paperwork so they have to call the surgeon whom is just coming
out of another surgery to make sure we were approved for surgery that day. I was like um do you
really think I would drag my family out at this early morning if we weren't suppose to be here.
After all getting squared away and signing our lives away we head back upstairs its about 9am now
and they tell us the swabs they took at 6:30 to make sure Isaac didn't have RSV or the flu could
now be sent to the lab and it would be about an hour I was livid by this point, Why had we even
bothered? After a barrage of people asking lots of questions that I had already answered when I
filled out the registration forms, could none of them read I will never know, they started prepping
him and I was very glad Nate had bought some toquitos and an energy drink on our way to the
hospital that morning. About 11:30 they told us to go scrub and bring Isaac back to where they
would be doing the surgery. On the way in a nurse gave us fits about bringing in our stroller that
had Isaac and his oxygen and monitor and all our personal information she wanted us to just carry
him in and leave purse and all out in the hallway where anyone could take it. Finally another nurse
stepped in and had us put the stroller in supply corner because she could see what was in it the first
nurse later apologized.
So prepped and ready we leave them to do their thing and I go to the bathroom and get back in enough
time to get comfy and the surgeon comes out and sits next to us and says the right eye was done and
went beautifully, but he didn't remember the left eye looking this bad on Monday when he did his original
examination. I was so angry at this point I couldn't look at him, He went on to ask if he could go ahead
and do the surgery on the left eye and Nate and I agreed better today than have to come back in a couple
weeks. The issue I had with the whole thing was that on the monday before both eyes were healing and
doing good, but the right eye that we knew was worse than the left wasn't healing as quickly so he wanted
to do the surgery. My opinion he just wanted the money because I was told by the first second opinion Dr.
that there wasn't any reason in her opinion to have surgery, So now onto the second second opinion that the
original eye Dr wanted not us and suddenly we are talking surgery even though the eyes are healing. big
confusion and not enough explanation to satisfy me and no one has up to date drawings of the previous Dr's
findings.
Isaac made it through the surgery on both eyes but looks freakishly dead because of all the sedation they gave
him miraculously he is breathing on his own though. Nate and I decide to go get lunch now that it is pushing 2pm.
We got back from lunch in time for the 3pm feeding he has now missed two meals and I know he should be
starving so I ask them to warm up the bottle while I change his diaper and get him waking up because they were
going to feed him through a tube since he didn't wake on his own. I got him awake enough to suck vigorously on
a passie but they wouldn't let me try and nurse him at this point for fear he might choke. So time for the 6pm
feeding and I insist on nursing him so they go along with it and he eats about 4 ounces and burps we let him
rest because they want to observe him for another feeding just to make sure he is on and all drugs are out of
his system. We come back for the next feeding and what do you know they put him on oxygen and have the Dr
waiting to "talk" with us and try and convince us that he needs to stay overnight because he stopped breathing
on his own. Nate and I are two perfectly capable adults of taking care of our child whom was already released
from one hospital on oxygen what makes them think that we wouldn't be able to take care of him this time
oh wait! it might be too scary to do CPR is their explanation, or we might not hear the blaring alarm that goes off
if he hiccups let alone stops breathing. Come to find out Isaac stopped breathing again while I was feeding him
and the Dr and nurses were freaking out guess what! HE WAS POOPING of course its stressful when a tiny baby
poops that happend all the time at the other hospital especially when you feed him straight formula when he's
use to breastmilk. How much do these geniuses get paid!
Anyway we were released around 11:20 but the printer was messing up and they couldn't get the discharge
paperwork to print we were on our way home by 12:15.
Hope everyone had a great Rosh Hashannah!
Monday, September 14, 2009
its Monday what more can I say!
well the shower was a blast and we got lots of great things.
We had to take Isaac all the way to Dallas today for an eye exam at 8 am so we left the house at 6am
and guess what they still didn't get us in and see us till 9 and that was just to answer my questions so we had to wait even longer for them to actually do the exam. so it is now 12 and we just got home, and it was raining the whole time. What I am writing all this about if you make it through my complaining is to say that Isaac is going to have surgery(treatment in their words) on his right eye on Friday morning so if you could all pray we would really appreciate it they decided to go ahead and do surgery on the one eye because the left eye is regressing and doing good but the right eye is just being so they are going to help it along. This is all very stressful for us and I know it is in God's hands so we are going to do the best we can.
We had to take Isaac all the way to Dallas today for an eye exam at 8 am so we left the house at 6am
and guess what they still didn't get us in and see us till 9 and that was just to answer my questions so we had to wait even longer for them to actually do the exam. so it is now 12 and we just got home, and it was raining the whole time. What I am writing all this about if you make it through my complaining is to say that Isaac is going to have surgery(treatment in their words) on his right eye on Friday morning so if you could all pray we would really appreciate it they decided to go ahead and do surgery on the one eye because the left eye is regressing and doing good but the right eye is just being so they are going to help it along. This is all very stressful for us and I know it is in God's hands so we are going to do the best we can.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Home at last!!!!!!!!
What a crazy and wonderful day yesterday was Isaac got to come home it was a good friends
birthday and to my great surprise another close friend had her baby and it was a girl! We made
it through our first night although the monitor almost got thrown out the window a couple times.
Isaac is doing wonderful he has a pediatrician appointment on Thursday and an eye checkup
thursday afternoon so please continue to pray that he won't have to have the corrective surgery.
So for now He is happy and healthy and we are crazy busy so if you don't hear from us its good
news.
birthday and to my great surprise another close friend had her baby and it was a girl! We made
it through our first night although the monitor almost got thrown out the window a couple times.
Isaac is doing wonderful he has a pediatrician appointment on Thursday and an eye checkup
thursday afternoon so please continue to pray that he won't have to have the corrective surgery.
So for now He is happy and healthy and we are crazy busy so if you don't hear from us its good
news.
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