updates on the munchkins!!

So ...much and nothing to update ;0)...

16th Kaytlinn ended up going back to the pediatrician...she was up coughing ALL night on the 15th and she could barely keep her breath. Let alone sleep all night. So of course...no sleep for mommy either. Not that you would change that for the world...its just tough when you are sleeping for two and not getting even enough sleep for one. Pediatrician said that she had a lot of junk in her lungs and wanted to do a breathing treatment in the office to see if it helped. It was AMAZING!! She was crying and coughing, and just miserable, and after the treatment the Dr even got a little smile! So it was settled...Kaytlinn now has strep and bronchitis. So he sent her home with a nebulizer*yeah another addition to the 5 year olds room that looks more and more like an PICU every day..* But hey its helping so I am not going to complain too much!Whatever makes her happy right now!! I hate seeing her SO miserable!!Plus her fever has gone back to normal, which is a GREAT thing!!

17th Continuing to do the meds and treatments needed for the little ones. Kaytlinn seems to be much happier even getting woken up every four hours for a treatment because she sounds horrible. She is happy to get them and sleep well for the next four hours! And me too!! Madisen has started coughing a lot more at night...but still doing well during the day. And other than the crankiness and coughing she is back on the mend and acting like a 2 year old again! So thank God for that!!

18th Both girls are doing well until the evening time *of course when the dr's are gone for the night * But they have both spiked a temp again....Madisens is back up to 101 and Kaytlinns is back up to 103.6 ...So its back to tylenol and ibproufen world!! And trying to get the girls into a pediatrician appointment tomorrow on Saturday. Which thankfully they have a clinic on that day at our kids dr's office, but they have VERY limited appointments. So they got in this morning which is the 19th and they did really well on that update. I guess that the amoxicillian can take up to a week to work fully, and the fact that the breathing treatments are helping is WONDERFUL!!! So we are waiting to see if the temperatures get better over the next few days. If not then the next step is to do a few more tests to make sure that the diagnosis is correct, or it hasnt gotten worse for them.

They want to be proactive but not over reactive. Which I totally understand!! Kaytlinn still dosent want to smile much, and its hard to not hear her giggle much either. But it seems anyways...that little by little they are getting back to their selves even if its taking a while. It was nice to see kaytlinn's one to one today at work. She said that all of the kids missed Kaytlinn at preschool, and keep on asking where she is. I didnt realize that she had missed so much school due to being sick this year. But she has only been there for 14 days, and the school year ends in April...WOW It has been an eventful year! We could do without another one of those!! Next year will be better for the bug!! No more of all of this keeping her out of school! She just has to be well enough to go !

Also ...while I am thinking about it ...I know I have contacted some of you about her. But we have a very dear friend named Barbara Galegher who is in ICU on life support fighting for her life right now. They are not sure how, but she actually has sepsis and is in septic shock right now...which OUCH hits WAY too close to home considering that is what happened to kaytlinn that caused all of this when she was just 14 months old...And Barbara is an adult...So suddenly it can affect anyone... But PLEASE pray for her and her family! They have to be some of the most warm hearted people that I know, and they could REALLY use them right now!

Jeff is doing better as well...he has had a week off of work because of an incident last week, which involved him almost getting killed because of some crazy man with a gun. But long story short. They took him off of his post for a while, and he is doing better. I wish that they would have given us a little more of a definitive answer a little sooner on work schedules....but oh well, at least he is safe! And he has gotten a break, and he has gotten to spend the days with the girls while I am at work :) So it all works out!!

The tree still isnt quite decorated...but we really are hoping to do it tomorrow night :) lol Maybe sometime before Christmas....maybe... I dunno! lol But its here and lighted at least! And its pretty, even if there are NO ornaments or garland...or anything else on it! :)

Well its getting late here...so I am going to hit the sack for the night...but SO nice to be on here!!! Our home computer took a crash landing into not even turning onville....so I think its going to be gone here pretty soon...but anyways...I am glad that we have gotten our laptop back, and Jeff's dad had it fixed for us YEAH!! So I have something to update everyone on :) But I will blog soon...Goodnite and God Bless!!

so we have lost a few days...

Well this week has been a little shal we say crazy for mommy... Both girls are sick...Fevers of 101-104 Kaytlinn's was with a fever about 4 days ago, but then it went away that day with tylenol and didnt come back until yesterday with a vengance!...Kaytlinn has a REALLY congested little nose, and she can barely breath without coughing at night time...During the day she was doing just fine until today when she became really really lethargic. So I decided it was time for a trip to the Dr.

Madisen isnt congested at all but its strange, when she starts to get a fever she gets really red and purple around the eyes, and they look super droopy. And she tells me her belly hurts. That was the only reason I even noticed that she felt warm. Because when she dosent have a fever she is totally normal for her. The only thing that is diffrent is that she dosent want to eat anything right now but peanut butter and jelly. And all she wants to drink is water. And if you know Madisen she is our child that dosent mess around with her food!! She grazes all day long...but not lately.

Kaytlinn had a temperature of 103 when we left for the appointment today to see the pediatrician. And so I gave her some tylenol and ibproufen, yeah I know both for her! If she has a fever it can cause really bad seizures so we DEFINATLY watch those and try to get them gone as quickly as possible whenever we see them! And even 45 minutes later when we were in the room with the dr her temp was the same still 103. So he decided that it would be a good idea to swab both girls for strep throat. Which I guess is going around in the schools right now. Madisen's temp was actually down at the appointment and of course she was acting totally normal for her ...which makes it hard for the dr to diagnose her...but they checked her anyways.

Strange enough Madisen was positive for strep throat. And Kaytlinn was negative...Now if you ask me I think the specimens got mixed up...but hey thats just my opinion. They are great dr's but also humans, and I think they got mixed. Now either way one of them has strep, and with the fluctuating temperatures its a good possibility that both do, and its just a false positive for the other kiddo. So the pediatrician put them both on amoxicillian, and also just to make sure since she has already just been SO sick, put Kaytlinn in addition to the ammoxicillian on tamaflu. Which is what they are using to treat the H1N1 virus. But he just wants to cover that just in case because of her exposure in school.

I didnt know that if you have been vaccinated that you can still get the h1n1 virus, it is just supposed to lower your chances, and it will make the strain of the virus less if you do get it...But it is still possible to get it if you have been vaccinated... hmmmm oh well. He is being proactive anyways, and we will be sure to get it early if it is something more than strep throat!! :) I love their pediatrician they are so awesome there!! They have always been so proactive, without being too overboard. And they answer calls after hours quickly. If your child is in the hospital being seen for something, they assume responsibility of their patient and actually come down and see your child while they are admitted. Its really neat to see a dr follow up with a patient when they are in the hosptial now days, most just dont do it. They leave it to the dr's that are there in the hospital to do it for them.

But anyways...we FINALLY just today got the tree that was laying against the window in the livingroom for 2 weeks now straightened up and with lights on it :) So i am super happy about that, and the girls are totally looking forward to decorating it tomorrow...well Madisen is Kaytlinn was sleeping on the couch when I asked them if they were excited..Poor baby...she just really dosent feel good. But we will wait for sissy anyways..there is NO way that we would decorate that tree without her!!That is for sure!! We are also going to be finishing our christmas presents so we can get them sent out thursday for Jeff's side of our family :) So they get there before Christmas! I really love looking at the lights on the tree! It makes me feel so happy and free.

The baby Keller is doing well also :) She is kicking up a storm now days...and it is cute to feel her more and more! It will be so neat having a new little one in our family! I think the girls are going to LOVE having a new little sister! :)

Sorry its been a few days...but as you can see its been nuts here!! lol...Plus on top of sick babies I have been working and trying not to get sick myself...so there is MUCH time spent in antibacterial lol... But I will update soon...God Bless goodnite!!

doing better :)

So yesterday was a better day for sweet Kaytlinn...I think that she just got herself all worked up when I told her that she was going to school for the day. Because she hasnt thrown up or acted sick since day before yesterday. The teacher said that she only had one seizure all day in school yesterday, and none today that she saw :)!! So that is wonderful! The fact that she can be that excited and not be having a ton of seizures is wonderful! Usually if someone with a seizure disorder gets over stimulated in any way it can cause a seizure flurry.

I have only been worried about her the last couple of mornings. It seems like the worst seizures are when she is first waking up for the morning. They are the ones that are causing her to have difficulty breathing and such. But its only happening first thing in the morning now, and not at night which is good. Well not that she is having them first thing in the morning...but that if she is having them its not all night still.

I didnt get a chance to go down to the department of education day before yesterday because of an appointment of my own, but I will be going on Monday...so I will let you all know how that goes. Kaytlinn has been super happy latly, and back to working SUPER hard with all of her therapies presented to her! I am SO very proud of her! I know its hard to get back into the swing of things when you have been sick for a while, but she is jumping back into everything like a champ! I cant wait to see her at Physical therapy next time. I hope they call back on Monday, cause I will have to call her if she dosent. They havnt returned my calls yet. But that will be neat to see :)

So the family is doing well for now :) And I hope it stays that way! But I will blog soon!

poor baby...whats goin on...?

So I went in to get Kaytlinn ready for preschool today, and she was awake and excited to see me like she always is first thing in the morning. And I said to her " okay now lets get you ready for school miss thang.." and she got all excited and started kicking, then she gagged and threw up. What the heck... So I continued to get her ready hoping that it was just excitement, and she threw up again...? Hmmm thats no good, I couldnt send her to school throwing up. So I let her settle down a little bit, still thinking that it was excitement because she is showing ZERO signs of being sick at all otherwise. And I hear her throw up again when I leave her room...So I put her on her side, and went out to the kitchen to do her medicines for the day, and came back in got her dressed and cleaned up again, and she threw up again....So now I am just praying that she isnt getting sick for some reason! We definatly dont need any of that!!

So that was our day today...the seizures have been better, but she is still having them pretty badly when she wakes up in the middle of the night. Like the ones where she is having some problems breathing and such. So I am a little concerned about them. The Dr called today and told us that we need to start the lemotrigine now. *that is the scary med* So I am reluctant to do it...but at this point the chance that she stops breathing from one of these is a LOT higher than a rash...so I am going to get it filled tomorrow morning, and start it tomorrow evening... :( I hate HATE starting new meds, especially ones with nasty side effect possibilites. But I cant sit here and watch my little girl suffer either. So tomorrow evening we are starting that, I will let you all know how she does! She will be on the monitor too...so dont worry about that.

I am also going down to the state department of education for special needs children in our school system...and I am not sure how this meeting is going to go... But the more I think about the way that all of Kaytlinn's kindergarten transititon stuff is being handled or lack there of it does make me kind of irritated. I almost feel like everyone is just leaving me to figure out what to do next, but its like they are strongly expressing that they dont care where she goes, but their school is no good for her...Hmmm...Maybe its just me reading into it like a mom or something...but its just a little offensive...Kaytlinn is just as wonderful as any of those other children in that school and it is starting to upset me that she is treated SOOO diffrently because she needs extra help...And its NOT the kids...its totally the staff. And not all of them, and if you are reading this its probably not you or you wouldnt have access to her webpage :O) . Not that I have ANY problems expressing how I feel about any of this to anyone...its just eating at me more and more as I think about it. And let me be clear her school is WONDERFUL! And its not just her school...I have been told this a few times now, by a few diffrent facilities.

And the fact that they view her as such a liability when there are children of all functioning levels in her school, and ANY child is a liability really...I dont send her to school if she is having ANY difficulty's that I should be taking care of at home EVER. And I just feel like she is treated so diffrently because of what has happened to her. It hurts and it makes me upset as a mom. I just want my little girl to get the same education as any other kid because she is like any other kid, but she needs more one on one help. And thats just how I feel!! *thanks for listening to me vent!* But truth be known honestly something has to happen SOON for this to be a good transistion next school year.

So anyways...I will update soon...have a good night...And God Bless :)

First day back to preschool...

Today was Kaytlinn's first day back to preschool. She did WONDERFUL! I was a little concerned about even sending her as when we were getting her ready for school today she had 5 seizures because she was SO excited to be going back. Well her one to one told me that she calmed down when she got there, and she only had one the whole day for them :) So I was super happy about that.

I guess they worked with her quite a bit, and she did really good with that too. Streching , and doing sensory stimulation kit stuff with her all day today while she was there. All of the kids were VERY excited to see her again and it was cute to see all of them yell her name, and come running over as soon as they saw her today. She certainly loves that school and all of her friends there! I am still kind of working on the kindergarten thing though...I dont know how that is going to go...I need to make some phone calls and some decisions here pretty darn quick. So we will see what happens.

Then she came home and about an hour after being home had her Occupational therapist come over to work with her. She did really good with that as well. I was so happy to see her interact with everything and everyone today. Especially after she was pushed so hard in preschool today,and to come home and do so well for the OT only an hour later. We did put her down for bed a little early tonight though. She was pooped!!

I am hoping tomorrow is as good as today was! We will see :)

Well its super late here ...so I will blog soon, and of course keep everyone updated on our life...goodnite!

WELL.....

ITS A GIRL!!! :)

The ultrasound went great...Everything looks wonderful, and we are super excited to announce that we will be expanding our family by one more little girl. She looks super healthy, we have a lot of ultrasound pix that I will put up on here as soon as possible :)

Many smiles had by all as we found out all of the good news! Jeff is a little dissapointed that he wont have his little boy, but God is good and we will be having a very healthy little girl ! So no complaints there! She is very cute and from what we could see has quite a bit of hair already! You will be able to see in the pix they gave us :) She was rubbing her face, we also got to see her drinking amniotic fluid which was pretty neat. And we got to see her wave to us :) Madisen got a little bored about 1/2 way through because well she is two...But it did take quite a while because it is a very detailed one that they do checking all of the parts inside and out. So now knowing that we are doing well is always a relief, and Jeff will digest the fact that he is going to have 3 little princesses to protect now. And all will be well :)

I am so happy and relieved as any mom is when they have this done I am sure. And of course pictures are on their way!! She is also 1/2 a pound now :) So looking forward to what the next few months hold before we get to have our newest edition in our arms. Its crazy to think that I am already 1/2 way done with this pregnancy...where did the time go?!? And yes I know that my ticker is a little off at the side and bottom of the page...But I dont know how to fix them :O) So you all just know that the baby is due in May but they are taking her in April probably second or third week of April. ~K!~

Lots of love...The kellers!

so much to do...

So there just seems to be another month come and gone, and there is so much to do before Christmas gets here and the baby. It just seems to fly when you have something important coming up right up until the actual event. Then it goes into slow motion...I am looking forward to finding out the health and sex of our baby to be tomorrow. :) Kaytlinn and Madisen will both be going with us tomorrow :) So they will be there to share in the joy of knowing as well ! This will also be the first appointment that Jeff has been able to attend as well because of his school schedule. So I am super excited about that as well. I still think it is a boy but hey thats just me.

Jeff wants a boy so bad he can taste it. I would be totally okay either way. Hey if its a girl we certainly dont need to buy very much, and if its a boy then great we get to experiance something totally new :) So I would be totally okay either way. I just want a healthy little one! Kaytlinn and Madisen seem pretty excited too about tomorrow. Both of them know that they will get to find out if it is a brother or sister tomorrow. So they are super excited and all smiles about it. I know that even if it is a girl he will be okay too. I just know he really wants a boy to pass his name to, and of course for the obvious reasons of almost every man wanting a little boy. But its kinda his call...so we will see tomorrow what we will be having :)

Kaytlinn will be getting to go back to school on Tuesday as well...so that is super exciting!! She is REALLY looking forward to that! I feel kind of bad not letting her go tomorrow...but I dont know that it is worth it to let her go for 2 hours, and pick her up early on her first day back in almost 7 weeks, and take her to the appointment. And since my appointment starts 45 minutes before she gets out of school...thats totally not going to work. Plus I really want the whole family to be there to find out and to see the baby together for this ultrasound :) Its just a special one.

Well I have talked to Jeff about it and we arent sure if we are going to wait or to tell everyone right away if it is a girl or boy...we may be waiting until Christmas to tell everyone as a surprise. Now I dont personally know if I can wait...but we may if we can, just cause it would be neat to be able to surprise all of our loved ones in this little way!But either way I will let everyone know how the baby is doing :)