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April 2001 Wow,
I went a long time without updating my big guys story didn't I?
Well needless to say a lot of things have happened during the
past year in the life of Hayden! Let's see I'll try to hit the
highlights at least without running on too long! Hayden started
the preschool 3 year old program this past fall at a local private
Christian school and he's come out of his shell so much during
the experience. He can do so many things now..like ride a bike,
speaking in complete sentences like an adult lol, feed himself,
say his alphabet AND recognize all the letters on sight, he can
count to 50, spell some simple words, and turn on the puter lol.
Oh and most importantly he's been potty trained for a year now! Hayden loves: trucks, tractors, riding his bike and four wheeler, and playing in his sandbox. Bob the Builder, Dora the Explorer, and Dragon Tales are his favorite television programs. His all time favorite meal of the moment is Chicken McNugget Happy Meals and spaghetti. Hayden doesn't like: getting his hair washed, staying inside, bugs, and bedtime! March 2000 Hayden has taken on the new year with a bang! He is healthy, growing, and more precious than ever. Seems that he's adding at least five new words to his vocabulary each and every day, but his favorite word remains "twactor"! He loves to ride on the tractor with his daddy or Paw Paw any chance that he gets! Just this week he got moved up to the "big boys room" at his daycare..along with his best buddy in the world "Trace". Those two together are quite the little bandits..always into mischief. I watch Hayden asserting his independance more each day and while one part of me finds myself missing the baby of yesterday..the other part has pride in the boy of tomorrow that I see emerging from within him. He's still my pride and my heart..as well as everyone else's that ever comes into contact with him. July 1999 Hayden had another fight against pneumonia earlier this month, we were at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta with him for 18 days. He is now at home still on IV antibiotics until the 21st of August and he seems so much better than I ever thought possible considering the extent of his illness. Children really are very resilient, it amazes me! This is the first "major" complication that we have had since 1997 and I feel very fortunate in that. We'll keep praying that God will keep our angel well! November 23-December 24, 1997 Thanksgiving came and Hayden grew weaker before my eyes. He had received transfusions of blood while in the neonatal unit of the hospital, but he still wasn't strong. I took him in for an emergency check up because his fever was raging and we went back into the hospital on November 24, 1997. He had a UTI and pneumonia~both very serious for such a small infant, but especially so to one that had already been through so much! I stayed with him 24-7, holding him and watching the staff inject and poke til I often wanted to scoop him up and run away! I tried to keep in mind that what they were doing was for his benefit~although when it is happening all you can think of is how much pain he is going through~Definitely a case of "the treatment is worse than the illness". We went home on a Thursday evening at the beginning of December, but were back in the ER the following Saturday morning. Finally Christmas Eve rolls around and I am very depressed about how I know he'll spend his very first Christmas. The doctor comes in and gives us the best gift we could have received~Hayden's white blood cell counts are close to normal and we go home! ~This is our last visit to the hospital so far~ We learned in the Spring of 1998 that Hayden has Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), here is the link if you want to learn more...CGD. October 15-20, 1997 Let me begin by telling you a little about my "angel baby" Hayden! He came into the world on October 15, 1997. His full name is William Hayden Prince~William after his father~Hayden after a little boy that I had as a student in my first job as a speech pathologist. Hayden is my heart and soul~as I watch him grow and learn new things I am truly amazed! Hayden is my miracle~after a few months of pregnancy my OB informed me that I had Placenta Previa and that we would deliver Hayden at least 4 wks early to avoid the possibility of my going into labor.I was told to stay in bed and get plenty of rest~easier said than done I can assure you! I could go on for days about the high blood pressure, water retention, and the grueling procedures that I had to undergo for my miracle, but it all seems so unimportant now that I have my little "gift"! I will however tell you about the delivery and the events which followed~mainly in hopes that if someone out there is going through anything similar that it will give you information and hope! I had an amniocentesis performed one week prior to Hayden's actual arrival, we learned that his lungs were not developed so we had to wait another LONG week to meet him! Well, the big day finally arrived and off to the operating room I went (with poor William in tow). It was supposed to be a very routine procedure~but it did not turn out that way! The doctor did not perform an ultrasound on me to determine "exactly"where Hayden was, he just began to cut where he believed was the right place. With Placenta Previa~the placenta covers the uterus making natural delivery almost impossible. The doctor cut right through the placenta, hence Hayden's lifeline, and we both lost A LOT of blood! They took Hayden off to neonatal ICU and I didn't get to see him until the following day. It was the most horrible night of my life, but I had no idea what I would face the following morning when I saw him for the first time. There he was in an incubator~the child that I had sang to, dreamed of, and loved while he was safe within me~with tubes and needles coming out of his tiny little body. The tears came fast and furious why was this happening to me? I now know it was God's plan~I feel he used this first obstacle to test my strength and I found a stronger person within me, one I never knew existed. I dried my eyes and stayed with Hayden as long as the staff would allow~loving him and praying,oh did I ever pray! Very much to our surprise and thanks to the prayers~we were able to take Hayden home on October 20, 1997~just one week after this ordeal! We have been so blessed by him that the trials and pain were all worth it!
Thanks
for taking the time to read about my special guy :) I'm so proud
of him!
Thanks
a lot for not taking my stuff off this page :)
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