Stork's Nest

Miss Emry is being moved to the "Storks Nest" which means she will be moved to a new area where the room will have a bed, shower, and tv (makes things a LOT nicer/easier for Holly). She is now officially in the "just waiting to grow stage!!" Her nurse said she is "picture perfect!" Holly is on Cloud 9! She weighs 2 pounds 11 ounces and is doing wonderful! Way to go Emry!

Newest pictures and tonights "stats" for Emry

Emry is doing FANTASTIC!! She weighed in tonight at 1,000 grams or 2 lbs 3 ozs! Way to go baby girl! She had her first bottle of breastmilk tonight and ate 15 of 18 mils. Little chunky monkey :) We are so proud of you Emry!

Please don't forget that you can follow Emry's Prayer page on facebook by clicking on the tab at the upper left. Tonight we have posted a specific prayer request for the daughter of a friend; Gracyn. She is having extensive surgery in the morning and could use your prayers! So please go "like" Emry's page to read about this prayer request (you will also see a SWEET picture of Gracyn) and read updates and prayer requests as they come because I don't always have the time to post a blog at the moment Emry might need prayers. If that all makes sense? Thank you all for your love, support and prayers! It is overwhelming at times! -Jamie

Splish, Splash, I was takin a bath....

Miss Emry is still doing good! She now weighs 2 pounds 2 ounces! The nurse reported she "crawled" over to her port holes...trying to escape! Precious girl! And only 1 brady all day!! Thank you God!

X-Ray

X-Ray's were normal! Praise God!! They are doing another follow-up x-ray in the morning to check once more so keep praying but all looks GREAT for now!

Speaking of GREAT.............................take a look at this....................

If you can't read that it says TWO POUNDS!!! Good job Emry!!!

Another scare...

Emry had an x-ray this morning because her belly was a little bloated. On the x-ray they saw a little air so they just did another x-ray this afternoon to compare. We had this same "NEC" scare a few weeks back and it's scary! Please pray that there is nothing there and that this goes away!! Thank you!

Today....

and only ONE brady! Thank you Jesus!

Emry's Prayer and Benefit Page

Happy Easter Eve Everyone! :) I've added a "widget" to the left of the blog that you can click on to access Emry's facebook page. A few friends are going to have an online auction within the next couple of weeks and I will be posting urgent prayer requests and updates there as well. Sometimes it's easier for me to write a quick status update there rather than logging on here on the blog. I think more people will see it quicker on facebook as well! Please let the girls know if you are interested in donating items for the online benefit. You can email them at emrybenefit@gmail.com.

Please continue praying for the brady and apnea episodes to go away. Holly said she had a few today where they had to stimulate Emry. These episodes are mostly "normal" for preemies but still scary for all of us that have to watch!

Also, please pray for our area (Northwest Arkansas)...it's been raining like CRAZY and storming HORRIBLY! We are having flash floods, lots of lightning, tornadoes, etc..Very scary! Please pray for everyone to stay safe! Especially with all of the families heading to church tomorrow and to spend time with their families.

Thank you for all of the prayers, kind words, sweet stories and comments! Your love and support for Holly and Jeff mean more than you will ever know! We enjoy reading everything you send us, even if we don't get a chance to write back.

Have a blessed Easter!
~Jamie

Happy One Month, Emry!

Bye-Bye Brady's...perhaps, maybe, hopefully?!?!

Emry has been doing really well the past two days! Praise the Lord!! Over the course of 3 days, Emry has only had about 10 bradys!! So HOPEFULLY she is outgrowing them! Way to go Emmy!! Keep up the prayers!!

Other Emry updates and stats:

*PICC LINE was removed (WOO!)

*Her feedings have been spaced over an hour (compared to the 30 second feedings she was getting). This will help with any reflux and might possible be helping with the bradys as well.

*She is still on NO oxygen

*She is under the hood for humidity (to help with her nose drying out)

* She is getting 11.5 mls of breastmilk

*She weighs 1 lb 8 ozs.

* And last but not least the Dr's say she's a ROCKSTAR!!

Please keep the prayers coming. We believe in the power of prayer! They are definately helping! Today she has a ultrasound to check for bleeding on brain. So far they have checked her at day 3, week 1 and now week 4. This is routine but we'd still LOVE to have your prayers that everything will go great with this ultrasound like it has the past 2 times!

Thank you all! -Jamie

***CORRECTION: Just looked at Sweet Emry via webcam and seen this little note from the nurses! SO no oxygen hood right now!! YAY!***

What a difference three weeks can make!

Is this not amazing? Look at the difference in her size and skin! In only three weeks!! Blows me away how God can take a single cell and make a human body! The miracles that have to take place in the womb, the miracles that happen in each of our bodies! Just incredible!! Grow Emry Grow!! You are such a miracle!

First Day of Emry's life

3 weeks old

“The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command.” (Hebrews 1:3a, NLT)

Thank you, Jesus, for being the Sustainer of Life!

(more Emry updates to come soon! -Jamie)

Same ol' story :)





Well I'm sure you all are just dyin for an Emry update! She is doing about the same so I feel like I get on here just to repeat myself if I post everyday! I'm very thankful that she is doing so well that I don't have to get on here everyday to post prayer requests and new problems! Praise God for that! :)









Sleeping beauty







My family and I were finally well enough to take a trip to Little Rock yesterday to see Miss Emry (YAY!)..It was my husband's first time to meet her since he had been sick before. I think Uncle B fell in love instantly! He even placed his chair beside her bed and they "snoozed" together :)



Do you notice the bandaid on her knee? Holly said she is so strong that
she has been pulling up on her knees and pushing herself forward! Strong little girl!!
It was causing little rough spots on her knees so they put them on there to
protect her skin! I think she's just trying to escape that place! ha







Of course, she had to show-off, and had a few brady's while we were in there. I don't know how my sister or those nurses stay so calm! ha Everytime I'd see her heart rate go down my heart would start beating REALLY fast! At one point, her alarms started going off and her heart rate went lower and lower and the nurse was in there moving her stuff around and I just keep looking at Holly (who looked calm and collected) because Emry's heart rate showed a ZERO!! I'm trying not to panic (because Holly isn't) and finally Holly says "Is her heart beating at all? Is she ok????" And the nurse said, "Yeah, her monitors just fell off.." WHEW!! My sister sat down and said her legs were shaking so bad she couldn't move!! Poor thing! HA It's funny now but it scared us both pretty bad at the time!



Pretty girl with open eyes!





We had a great day with everyone (my parents and the Emitt family were there as well) The kids got to play outside a little-because there were tons of kids in the children's play area! And we all went and had breakfast for lunch at IHOP. Great day!!



Emry's big sister- Alli, Cade, Sadie and Laney(my 3) and Julie



Today Emry is still doing good! Still having several brady's (which we need to continue to pray for) and she is now up to 1 pound 8 ounces and he is 12.5 inches long! They also upped her feeding to 9.5 mils. AWESOME!! Speaking of feedings...My sister pumped all of this breastmilk in about 30 minutes!! WOW! I would have had 2 ounces in like an hour! ha She had about 16 ounces here!

And last but not least...does this girl not crack you up?? I caught her picking her nose and she thought it was SOOOO funny! :)

Have a great Monday!! ~Jamie

1 pound 8 ounces!

Good job Emmy girl!! Her brady's were better today too :) Keep the prayers up!

Rollercoaster Ride

Good news first! Emry has gained some weight she is now 640 grams or 1 pound 7 ounces!! GO EMMY my girls call her Emmy) !! :)

Thought it would be easier to just "copy and paste" conversations between my sister and I today instead of trying to explain all of it! HA My brain is tired and I can't think of how to put all of this into words tonight!


Received the following text from Holly this morning:


Talked to nurse. Upping her feeds. Haven't seen drs yet but she is still having bradys. she had more last night than usual and they had to bag her once but the nurse said it was prob from the mucus and that they haven't been suctioning her cause of the secretions in her throat. :(


I asked her what the secretions were caused from and she said:


From them suctioning the drainage. She had 3 bradys while I was in there and one she started turning blue. VERY SCARY!

SO with all of that being said...let's pray for Emry tonight! She needs our prayers. These episodes are "normal" for preemies like we've said before but still it's very discouraging and scary to actually witness them happening to your baby girl. As I told Holly tonight...Do not get discouraged! God's got it under control! It'll be a rollercoaster ride for a while but just hold on! Don't lose faith!! And we need to all agree and believe this together!

Things to pray for:
*For Emry to outgrow the bradycardia problems
*For healing in her nose/throat secretions. She had been doing a lot better with the bradycardia stuff until they stopped suctioning her as much because of the secretions. If those are healed, they can suction with no problems.
*Emry to keep growing and getting stronger!
*Health for our families!! Alli was sick this week which made it really hard for Holly and Jeff and making sure they protected Emry. My family has been battling horrible sickness too and we just all need to be well so we can help with Alli when needed.
*Encouragement and strength for Holly and Jeff and the rest of us too!

Thank you all!
Jamie

Updates

Just wanted to do a quick update on Emry. She is doing pretty much the same. Bradycardia episodes have decreased quite a bit! I think she had 8 or so today. My mom said that one night last week she had FORTY in one night! So big difference! Prayers are working!

They have put this plastic looking bubble over her bed to try and put some moisture in her environment. She has a lot of snot or mucous junk that they are having to suction about every 6 hours. The moisture is helping with the dryness and seems to be helping with the brady's too! She also weighs 1 pound 4 ounces now! She is a little trooper!!

My mom was able to stay the night with her last night and she said Emry had pulled her feeding tube out this morning and was squirming out of her little bed area! Little Stinker! :)

I was able to catch a few photos via Angel Eye webcam! Such a neat thing to be able to watch her 24/7 and still be 3 hours away! :)

PRAISING THE LORD!! :)

Her lights are off so its hard to see..

Sorry for the lack in updates...my little boy is still in the hospital! Hopefully, we'll get to go home tomorrow or the next day! Here is a picture of his sweet little face:



No plans this morning??

Then make plans to head to Emry's Benefit! Some of Holly's wonderful friends are hosting a BIG silent auction and bake sale where proceeds will benefit The Walker Family! Lots of donations from friends, family and people we don't even know including, train ride tickets, photography gift certificates, bows, pillowcase dresses,prayer magnets and bookmarks, tutus, etc etc etc! This event is from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. today at Trinity Fellowship Church (Building B), 1100 E. Rolling Hills Dr., Fayetteville, AR.

Can't make it but still want to help? No worries...they have also set up a Emry Walker Benefit Account with First Security. Please contact Stacey Moore at  stacey.moore@fsbancorp.com for more details!

All proceeds will help with housing and travelling costs, food, hospital bills, and anything they may need during their NICU stay.

We appreciate your help SO much!!

~Jamie

Doing good!

Emry continues to do well! They have started her feedings again and say the issues with her belly are gone! Praise the Lord! Holly said her brady's are still happening but they don't seem as frequent or as bad as they have been. What a little fighter!! We love you "Emmy"!! Keep up the prayers! God is answering them!


Also, please pray for Emry's 1 year old cousin, Cade (my son). He was just admitted to the hospital with some breathing problems and low oxygen..His problems seem so SMALL in comparison to what Emry is going through but I believe God cares about the "small" things too!

Thank you for all the prayers for our family!

Some new pics

Thought I would post a few new pics! Emry is still doing well today! Thank you for your prayers and comments! Please keep the prayers up! And you are more than welcome to share Emry with your friends,blogs,etc! I just recieved a picture text of Holly holding Emry-kangaroo care style! So sweet!

Enjoy!

More good news!

Brain ultrasound looked great!! Thank you for the prayers!! And thank you GOD for answering those prayers!
~Jamie

New Update!

Talked to my sister this morning. Emry's x-ray came back good this morning! PRAISE GOD! She still has some air in there but it is better. The nurse told them if she did have NEC that x-rays would have been a lot worse. So that is GREAT news!!

She is still having bradycardia episodes BUT she is coming out of them on her own quicker than she has been! Great news too!

They just performed a routine ultrasound on her brain (to check for bleeding) Please pray that we get a good report there too!

And THANK YOU ALL so much for the prayers and comments! It's overwhelming! Holly said she tries to get on her blog, facebook, and email but she can not read them very long because it makes her cry too much! She wanted me to let you know how much she appreciates all of the comments, prayers, calls, texts, emails and donations that are being given to Emry's benefit. She is overwhelmed and so very grateful to all of you. She asked me to print everything off for her so she could read and make a book for Emry. You guys are great! Keep praying! I came across this verse on facebook this morning and it was so fitting for us right now: Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.. John 16:24...LOVE it!
~Jamie

Urgent Prayer Request

Just got off the phone with Holly..Sweet baby Emry has had a semi-bad day...


First of all she is still having bradycardia episodes. They are pretty frequent. Thankfully, she usually comes out of them on her own but a few here and there requires stimulation to get her heart rate back up. Several of you have asked what bradycardia was..I am providing a link here: Bradycardia. The doctors aren't super worried about this, as it is fairly common in preemies (they even said ALL of us have these bradycardia/apnea episodes). They have talked to Holly and Jeff that they may have to intubate her to help her body not work as hard. If this happens Holly said she would have to be sedated during intubation. The doctor also said he was very surprised that she hadn't required this yet as small as she is.

Second prayer request: They had to suction some mucous last night and today and after doing it this morning, they noticed that her belly was a little blue. So, they sent her for x-rays and discontinued her feedings. X-rays show that she has some air in her stomach which is defintely not a good thing. Could be serious. They said it could be from the suctioning they had done but that it could be something called Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). I wasn't sure what that was so I looked it up and you can read about it here. They are going to do another x-ray in the morning and see if the air has went down..It is a VERY scary situation but we are just going to keep trusting and believing that it is NOT this condition.

Thirdly, please pray for my sister and Jeff. I know this is rough. Pray for peace, guidance and comfort for these highs and lows that comes with having a preemie.

Like, my Mom said, we can NOT give up praying for her. God is still working in her and for her. Our job is to pray and pray and pray! Everything happens for a reason and God will work this together for the good. He promises us. Please agree with us in prayer!

If any of you have experience with NEC and want to encourage us...PLEASE DO! I have been reading every comment and email and text to Holly. They help so much and I know she appreciates it but she just isn't able to respond right now.

Standing on this promise:
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20

Thank you all SO much!
Jamie