One more day in the PICU

Audrey continues to improve. She's sleeping pretty soundly in my arms right now. More to follow......

JB

Update! She's getting better.

Respiratory status improving.........she's on the upward glide.

JB

Little girl needs some help.

Audrey has been admitted to the PICU at Cape Fear Hospital. She developed some severe respiratory distress yesterday and just happened to have an appointment with the pulmanologist. She had a rough afternoon but did well through the night and this morning. Please pray for this little girl. She doesn't deserve this. Shannon and I are mentally and physically exhausted. I'm on emergency leave for the rest of the week, and Mrs. Craig is driving in today for reinforcements. I'll send more updates as they happen.

JB

Let's go for a ride!

Sooooooo Tired!

I couldn't resist from taking this pic of the twins. They just returned from a trip with their Daddy so I left them in place so I could get some stuff done. Later....

JB

The twin turf battles begin!


Hello everyone. Just checking in with more pictures and letting everyone know what's going on with us. We got some bad news earlier today with the passing of Shannon's grandmother, Mimi. She's at peace now and lived a full life, but it certainly doesn't make it any easier. Shannon will be traveling to Wilmington on Thursday for the funeral service. I'll have to ask off from work to watch the kids. Audrey had an Opthalmology appointment at Duke today. The doc told me that the anatomy of her eye looks great (optic nerve, pupil, etc.). Audrey was looking around in her office and the eye doctor stated that she is seeing things, but the nature of Audrey's injury is that when her brain cooperates everything is okay and when the transmission isn't received then she's visually impaired. The definition of what she has is cortical visual impairment in case you want to look it up. Anyway, she is definitely checking her surrounding out a lot more now than ever which is a great blessing. Macy had her first T-ball game on Saturday, and she did great. She smacked her first pitched ball down third base for a single and hit off the tee for her second bat and did great also. It was hot as blazes on the field. Shannon and I got sunburned and the twins were wiped out from the heat sitting in their stroller. I've included a lot of pictures on this post. If you get this posting by email you will have to check our main blog site out to view all the pictures. Keep the prayers coming for Audrey!!! Later.........

JB

The twins have their sun hats on and are ready to go! I've also included some pictures of Austin from this morning. He's doing a pretty good job of holding his bottle now. Pretty Boy!!!

JB

Hey guys. The week is over..........thank goodness. We had a Joint Commission inspection at our hospital this week..............it's time to drink a beer!!! The organization and our department did well so I'm pretty proud right now. Macy is having a sleep over with her cousin Bailey this weekend so we're down one crumb snatcher. We just found out that my first cousin is expecting twins this week which is pretty exciting. They better start storing up energy and savoring sleep as they know it now...........:))I'm including a recent picture of Grandfather Mountain as we we're traveling home awhile back. It's definitely a scenic drive home using the back roads. Talk to you soon.............

JB