Well, the endoscopy gave us few answers. For the most part, everything was normal. Keegan does have a "pancreatic rest" at the base of his stomach. This is basically a birth defect where the pancreas doesn't separate properly from the stomach tissue;...
I'm sorry it's been awhile between posts. Keegan has been home but not doing so well since he was discharged from the hospital. He was having a lot of diarrhea, has been vomitting, and has been in a lot of pain lately. ...
Keegan was discharged from the hospital late Friday night, and he's been doing well since we got home. He made sure to stop by the CVICU on his way out to say hi to some of his friends, like Marilee and Brian. He...
Another busy day at the hospital. It looked like we were going to go home early in the morning, just needed to check his blood counts one more time. Then at about noon, Keegan developed a terrible rash and welts all over his...
Not much news to report here. Sounds like we definitely won't be going home until tomorrow, but Keegan is already starting to respond to the antibiotics and IV fluids. So far, the remaining blood cultures are still negative, but it hasn't been 24...
Ok, so we're still here. Keegan had a pretty rough night. He felt a little better after getting the blood transfusion, but he was having some terrible bowel issues and was in alot of pain. This morning, we woke up bright and...
We are at Children's for Keegan's annual and biopsy. We were here at 7am to get him ready for cath. He was in a good mood, even though he was hungry. The plan was to go to cath for his biopsy and...
Well, here we are – one whole year post-transplant and officially out of the most critical period. The mom of one of our ICU friends, Karis, has been documenting her birth/heart story on her blog the last few days, and it inspired me to write...
We had Keegan's first birthday party last Saturday, even though it was rainy and windy as Hurricane Ike passed by. He had a bug-themed party at his Mamie and Big Daddy's house. It was such an awesome party, and he was very blessed...
Wow, can you believe Keegan is ONE YEAR OLD TODAY??!?! Neither can we! I can't tell you how hard and long I prayed that this day would actually come, and here we are! And Keegan is well and happy. What more...