The kidney saga continues

I took Zachary to the kidney specialist a little over a week ago. He basically said there wasn't anything we could do but wait and see. Right now Zachary's kidney function is around 50%. He said that won't kill him but if it gets worse, we may be facing some tough decisions regarding dialysis and life expectancy. Please pray for healing for Zachary's kidneys. We won't be checking weekly labs now but monthly. I pray that we start to see some improvements soon. He worries me so much.

Baby Boo

So I've decided to call the baby "boo". Don't ask me why, maybe I've been watching too much Monsters Inc with Christian. Thats his favorite movie of all time. Anyway, had a dr appt today and they did an u/s since we hadn't done one for 3 weeks since the miscarriage. The twins sack is still there so that must be why I still have some spotting. But baby boo was dancing and squirming and wiggling around. Its so amazing that at almost 11 weeks, there is such life in there. Everything looks good for now! Here is boo at 10w5d and my belly at 10w2d.

Happy 7th Anniversary!

7 years ago today, Cam and I were married in Nashville. The weather that day was absolutely gorgeous and in the 70's. Today's weather was exactly the same. Happy Anniversary honey!!

Oh baby!

There is soon to be a new addition to the Beachley household and thats another baby due in October. We found out we were expecting on January 31st but I decided to keep it quiet until I saw the heartbeat. We found out a couple of weeks later that there were twins, however, sadly I lost one of the twins about a week ago. On March 1st, I saw our baby's heartbeat and everything was measuring right on schedule. I will be 9 weeks on Wednesday and the sickness started a few days ago. I am nauseas about all day long! Here is the u/s of our wee one taken at 7w5d. His/her heartrate was 154. Almost identical to both brothers at that stage.

Picture of the Day.....

My little Christian is a riot. He is also getting into things and making messes like you wouldn't believe. Today he brought me into my bathroom and with great joy and glee said "Look Mommy! Stickers!". He was SO proud of himself for this art work!

Sweet Zachary....

I tell you, sweet little Zachary can never catch a break. If its not one thing, its about 10 others with him. His cardiologist called about his lab work. His triglycerides came back at 684!!!! Obviously, the increased dose of fish oil  hasn't helped at all so we are doubling it again to 4,000 mg a day. We will do labs again in 2-3 months to see where we are. If things don't improve, he wants to add in a medication. He also said that Zachary's particle size was about twice what it should be. Normal for his age is around 75, his was 138. Now if we could just get his lipids and his kidneys in check we might be on a roll.

The kidney saga......

Zachary and his kidneys just can't seem to get on the same page. Its been almost 3 months and he still isn't within normal range. This past week's blood draw his BUN was 39 and creatinine 1.4.  Granted, thats better than the 50 and 1.7 he had a month ago. Its just a slow process and I really want everything to get back to normal for the sweet boy! I am wondering if the lasix is adding to the trouble but afraid to stop it because he will get fluid on his lungs and need to go back into the picu. Hopefully, we keep seeing small baby steps of improvement. His follow up with the kidney doctor is coming up so maybe he has some tricks up his sleeve. When the pediatrician talked with him a few weeks ago, he wanted us to hold course as we were for a while longer. Is this not the sweetest face on the planet?!?! He loves to snuggle with mommy in his new bed!

Christian, bless his heart, is king of writing on the walls. I have confiscated every single marker, pen, chalk, crayon, pencil in this house and he STILL finds one somewhere to write on something! Red sharpie on white trim doesn't  look real good! He has wrote all over furniture and Zachary's equipment with black sharpie. I'm telling you, you gotta stay on him ALL the time. Just yesterday he decided to add some Mr. Bubbles to his fish tank. Needless to say, Elmo the fish did not survive that one. Seriously, I only went to the bathroom for a couple mins! He also has a sweet side though. He LOVES to have his back rubbed. He is definitely a mothers child. I used to lay on my mamaws lap for hours getting rubbed when I was little and I know he will soon follow in mamaw's lap for rubs! He is quick to apologize too. He almost always says please and thank you and he loves his big brother with all his heart. 

As you can see, Elmo got a major bubble bath!

And I'll close with a picture of my sweet boys snuggling in Zachary's bed. PRECIOUS!