Hey Family,

I came home this morning to try to get a few things done. Wanted to give a quick update on everything, since I haven't had a chance to call everyone.
Megan and Michael are slowly improving. They finally determined that Megan had HELLP syndrome. She has really been sick but is finally beginning to feel better. Her platelet count got really low, should be at least 100,000 and hers was down to 24,000. Anyway as of yesterday it had begun to rise and was up to 37,000 last night. She only got to move to a room yesterday. Michael is slowly improving as well. He has an infection in both of his lungs, low blood pressure and had to have a tube to breathe. The tube has now been removed and he is breathing good on his own. The blood pressure medication was weaned off and completely taken off yesterday and so now he is on an antibiotic for the lung infection. He will probably remain in the NICU unit though for several more days. We were not even allow to touch him for the first two days. Now we can touch him and talk to him but still have not got to hold him. This has been especially hard for Megan. She has been really down the past couple of days. But we are so thankful that the problems that he had are all curable. There are so many babies in the NICU unit that will probably have lifelong problems. He just is having a slow start, but should recover completely. Thank God!! He is a beautiful baby (and I am not just saying that..haha). He weighed 5 lb and 6 oz and was 18 inches long. He has a TON of black hair....He really is a beautiful baby and I cannot wait to get my hands on him.
Boy, when it rains it pours.....Lynnie started her chemo treatments again this week, so I pray that they go better this round. She has really been sick. Mother had a severe kidney infection earlier this week and is recovering from that. Maggie had to take Madelynn to the doctor yesterday and she had an ear infection. I just feel pulled in a million different directions. I hope that everyone reading this is well and keep us in your prayers.....
love,
kittie