The Unexpected

They always say to expect the unexpected. Not really liking this advice I chose to prepare myself for anything I could think of for the birth of our beautiful Kaylee.

Here are some things that I never could plan on

I never expected
To get a migraine the day I delivered
Michael Jackson would die a few hours before I gave birth
To go in for a planned C-section only to have contractions 5 mins apart
To get a nurse who has migraines and did all her paper work in the dark for me.
How fast everything went .
To be rolled into the operating room only to hear Michael Jackson’s music being played from a boom box
To be somewhat comforted by Michael Jackson’s music being played in the O.R. because the absurdity of it made me laugh and took my mind off of how nervous I was.
How odd of a feeling not to be able to feel anything from the chest down
Just how cute my husband would look in his scrubs and how only being able to see his eyes brought me back to the first time I ever starred into them.
My daughter to come into the world to Michael Jackson’s “You are not alone”
How long a second feels when you’re waiting to hear your child cry for the first time.
The Dr saying, “ You know Kelly, she doesn’t look that bad.”
The nurse saying the 10.5 pound baby they told me I would have was only 7.6 18 inches (the smallest of all three of my children)
How nice it felt just to put my cheek next to hers.
To be told the baby looked great and would not go to the NICU
That I was the one who set the ball in motion to get an ultrasound done as soon as possible
The ultrasound showed a mass
The CT showed no kidney only tumor
To be told that my child may have cancer
The pediatrician to tell me that God is the ultimate healer. Do not let a Dr. tell you otherwise. Believe in the power of prayer.
How nauseas a piece of paper would make me. (Her ct report)
How much she’s changed my life already
How long a battle this may be
How God has given us the strength.
To get to go home as “normal” with my little one.
How quickly some things came right back , while other times I feel like I’m doing this for the first time again.
My BIG baby would wear preemie clothes.
How long a minute or short a day can be when you’re the mother of a newborn.
How God (and Beth and Maria) could move HMO Mountains to get us to see an Out of Network Dr. within a day!
How anxious I would be to see the specialist
How nervous I would be when he walked into the room.
The specialist to tell us he doesn’t believe it’s a tumor
How giddy we would be to find out it was “just” a multi-cystic kidney and she would still need surgery
That a Dr would give me his home phone number
How many people have been praying for us
How absolutely perfect she looks
How much I miss Jonah and Abby
How I can’t wait for them to hold their little sister
How well she’s thriving
How many times she “shapoopies” in one day!!
How much she looks just like Abby and behaves just like Jonah did.
How many times I called her Abby, even when I was making her Dr. Appointment!
How much I would enjoy the “stillness” in the middle of the night, when it’s just her and I.
How she has changed our lives in 5 days!
Just how honored Kenny and I feel that God chose US to be her parents!! Hope we make him proud!

The plan is to go to Children's Hospital next Tuesday to get another ultrasound. The Dr. saw some growth from the Ultrasound to the CT which were only a day apart, so he suspects it is still getting bigger. If this is the case she will have the surgery sooner rather than later. Not sure exatly what that means.
The hard thing is most of my family has gotten sick. Including little Luke who is in the hospital with Pneumonia (pray for him too!!) SO, we are kinda hiding out to not expose Kaylee to anything expecially if surgery is in the near future. This means Jonah and Abby have had to stay at my parent's house since my parents are both sick and it looks like the kids are starting to get it too. They have only breifly seen the baby but we do talk a bunch on the phone and instant messager. Jonah has requested photos of her "poop." Which Kaylee was all to happy to oblige.

Thank you again to everyone who has prayed for us. We are so blessed.

Kenny Kelly Jonah Abby and ofcourse Kaylee