Update:

Landry has a cozy home in the NICU.  We cannot determine the length of her stay in the hospital, but her circumstances lead us into thinking we will most likely be here, at the very least, a few weeks.  Here's an abbreviated attempt at filling you in:

- Her pulmonary arteries are enlarged.  Normal arteries are 5-7 mm in diameter.  Her's are measuring around 13mm.  Essentially, what is happening is, these arteries are squeezing her air ways, pinching (for lack of a better term) them down to 1mm clearance.  Without getting too technical, this means she will need to have surgery to reduce the size of the arteries, thus releiving the restriction on her airways, which will allow her lungs to suffiiciently operate.  The surgery date is contingent upon other factors, including, but not limited to...

- Her intestines.  The doctors are monitoring her intestinal tract, making sure they are adequately processing.  She has undergone a barium test, in which a dye was used to radiographically track her intestinal digestion rate.  We were pleased overjoyed to see a dirty diaper!!  This confirmed that her intestines were clear of any blockage.  Further testing may take place, but all in all, this was encouraging.

- Landry is anemic.  Her red blood cells were lacking oxygen, so a blood tranfusion was administered yesterday.  This was the first of perhaps many blood transfusions yet to come.

- Two days after birth, we were finally given the
opportunity to hold her!  "Kangaroo Care", as they call it, has become one of our favorite times of the day.

- Because of her GI (Gastro-Intestinal) issue, she has not yet been fed.  For now, her IV is providing sufficient nutrients/electrolytes.  Hopefully soon, she will be cleared to receive nutrient-rich milk from Momma.

- Kacee has been consistently producing milk, which has been safely kept in a designated milk bank.  She will continue to pump, stocking up for when Landry can finally receive oral feeding.

- Kacee has recovered well from her c-section.  She is up on her feet, walking around seemlessly.  Her wound is healing properly and her pain is easily remedied with ibuprofen.

- Kacee and I have been cleared to go home.  We look forward to sleeping in our comfy bed!  We will work towards gettting into a routine of a healthy balance of time spent at home and time spent with Landry in the NICU.  It is difficult to be away from our little June Bug, but we feel she is in good hands, and fully trust our nurses/doctors.

Thank you for your support!  We will be posting additional pictures as the days pass by.  Continue praying for us.  Overall, Landry is doing well.  Please pray for her continued strength and resilience.  Also pray for Kacee to fully recover from surgery and for us to courageously surrender our will to His.

Much Love,

Kacee & Kyle

"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way.  The Lord be with all of you."
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16