Camdon Update #9

Ok, I just realized I haven't given a final Camdon report.

He is home and NO OXYGEN!!!! Thank you Jesus. I talked to Regina Saturday night and they hadn't been home long.

I know God touched him!!! It's everyones prayers that pulled him through adn we are thankful.

Camdon Update #8 Our Lubbock Weekend

Here are a few pics I took this weekend in Lubbock.

Regina and Camdon. Poor thing she's exhausted.

Camdon looking much better
Look at that blond hair, he is sleeping
Nana (my Aunt Brenda) and Camdon

Aunt "Winna" as Daylan calls Mom, LOL.

Tana (Me) and Camdon, he is so tiny. Makes your heart break that he is so sick.

Mom, Brenda and Regina in the Game Room at the Ronald McDonald House.

Ronald McDonald staff invited us to stay for dinner. A group had donated BBQ and Cobbler and it was wonderful. THANKS!!!

Kaleigh having some BBQ. YUM, she isn't quite sure what's going on with Dada, Momma and Camdon. She was NOT enthused about the drives.

Daylan and Myself at dinner. It was very good. He is so sweet and very concerned about his baby brother. He "likes road trips, they aren't scawree" LOL. He would watch out the window and say "Look I see the road trip". Too adorable.

One of the hallways in the Ronald McDonald House. There were quilts everywhere gave the place a homier feel.

This is on side of the kitchen at TRM House

The there side of the HUGE kitchen.

This is the pantry and freezers.

I forgot to take pictures at our hotel. LOL. Only me, I'm such a dweeb but how would you know? The biggest bar in town was attached to the hotel. LOL. It wasn't too bad though. We will always laugh about the fact. We drove around to the "front" and I was like "Oh dear this is a bar the hotel must have been the next buiding down there". I turned the corner and NOPE we were at the right place. There was no parking and I will always get teased. But at such a good rate, who cares, really!!!

Camdon Update #7

Camdon is doing good today. He's a miracle!!!

Camdon Update #6

More good news today. The doctors did another xray of Camdon's lungs, yesterday he had the huge mass of phlegm that would take awhile to go away. Well, we have a God that can. The doctor's said the mass was MIRACULOUSLY gone. That was great news. We know it is a result of all the prayers going up on Camdon's behalf. My God is an awesome God and He knows just how to get our attention and still show His goodness!!!!

We enjoyed dinner at the Ronald McDonald House today. I do know I will be donating to that Charity in the future it is an awesome organization that is a huge help to families from out of town. I plan to donate some of my time to help with chores and such. I learned tonight while watching the kids there that churches and people wanting to volunteer for a good cause donate their time and come in and do chores for certain rooms. Each room has chores to take care of each day and it gives them a break.

I plan on learning how to donate toys and books to them also. They had books and toys galore, but some where well used and kids videos, looked like everything ever put out. LOL. I was so impressed with them. The common rooms give the families a place to share and support each other. It is a great place.

Camdon Update #5

GREAT NEWS!!!! Camdon is ready for a regular room. There isn't one available right now but as soon as there is he will be there. We are all so excited. Brenda called and said she wanted to just jump up and down but didn't think she should. I said go ahead they will just look at her crazy. LOL. Thank everyone that is praying for Camdon he is doing better, not well by any means but so much better.

Camdon Update #4

So this isn't really an update.

Camdon has RSV. It is an upper respritory virus, it's the cold that doesn't go away that everyone around my town is passing around. Thankfully I didn't get it. It's not bad for healthy people but sickly people and small children it's serious and babies under 6 months it's critical and preemies it's fatal. In Camdon's case he has lots of phlegm in his lungs that has to come out before he will be better.

He also, I think, had a bronchial infection. I can't remember all that Brenda said about that. But basically his not breathing episodes were from the RSV. Babies don't breath out of habit their bodies think it through with each breath. That is why little babies sleep so much because their bodies work hard at breathing. Around six months old they start doing like us and breathing without thinking about it. When babies under six months get sick they are likely to get tired and stop breathing because they are tired. That is what is going on with Camdon. So he had the ventilator while they boosted his little body to be stronger.

They are giving him drugs like caffiene type stuff to give him energy and help him breath on his own. Last night the nurse tricked him into drinking his meds, LOL. She dipped a bottle nipple in sugar water and when he started sucking on it she started sending the meds in and he took them all. We were all cracking up, he got tricked BIG time.

I tell you what I respect and look up too those doctors and nurses. they have some stressful jobs. They deserve some big rewards. Well the nice ones like last night and not the mean ones. LOL.

Hope this answers the questions of what Camdon's illness is. Feel free to ask about it.

One other thing. Last night we were talking to a family with a 11 month old baby in the hospital and we were telling Cammies story and how we have people praying and we believe that is why he is doing better already. The man asked that we pray for I think the name was Draken. It's amazing how times like this in a Children's hospital people are reaching out to anyone to anywhere for help. With small kids like this they feel helpless. It's sad to see all the babies on IV's.

Well, it's breakfast time almost here so I'm headed out.

Camdon Update #3

Camdon is awake Awww, Chris and Camdon talking

Ok, this is funny Mom and Brenda's maiden names are Cone, this whatever it is said Cone. Hilarious part is Brenda was born in Tulia which is just north of this thing. My real grandfather was born in Wichita Falls and had family in Tulia so we wondered and discussed the fact, what if that was family. Hmmm, we know nothing about the Cone's except that Richard Cone was George Luther Cone when he was born. So that was kind of cool.

Well, we are sitting in the hotel I reserved for us. LOL. It had good rates and looked Ok, LOL. We got here and it has the BIGGEST bar in the whole city of Lubbock. People are partying. Very interesting. One thing you don't have to be all quiet. LOL. It's not a bad place though. Our window looks out onto the inside courtyard and it's nice.

Camdon is doing much better. He is off the ventilator for now and off the feeding tube. He is awake and looking around. They did xrays today and he has a large mass of phlegm in his right lung. He still has a while to stay in the hospital. I got to see him tonight and he looks so much better but it's so sad because he is so little. But there is a baby in the Critical Care that is smaller and it also has RSV. That stuff is bad on little ones.

One family said RSV is a 2 1/2 month stay. We are hoping Camdon will beat the odds and get out sooner.

Tomorrow we are going to get to see the Ronald McDonald House where Regina and Chris are staying.

I got to go in and see Camdon tonight when we got into town. He looks so much better. But watching his little body working so hard to breath is heartbreaking. He is off the ventilator for now and no feeding tube

Camdon Update #2

They gave Camdon a breathing treatment this morning and he is alert now. They removed his arm restraints and he is trying to sit up so things are looking positive right now. They will start trying to remove the ventilator this afternoon but said it could take several tries to get him totally off of it.

We are so thankful for the good news. I know it's all the prayers that are going up for Camdon.

Camdon Update #1

Camdon is taking some breaths on his own. The ventilator is "helping" when he is too weak. That is good news. We are heading out tomorrow for the weekend. I'll being posting updates on here when I'm at the hotel.

He had a mean nurse, boy was she rude, but that is OK, she messed up and got in big trouble in front of my cousin. Hehe, what goes around will come around. She had the babies doses too high and stuff. She needs to go!!

There are so many people inquiring on how he is doing. Rather than type the same message in all the different places, I'm going to put updates here and you can read and comment on them.

Regina and Chris were very thankful for all the prayers going up for Camdon.

Taniss

Camdon Hopkins

I'm holding Camdon at Christmas Almost a month later, he's sick :-(

Chris' bother and sister in law had twins 3 months early and one passed away so they went to Plainview to be with them and for the funeral. The first day they were there Camdon got real sick and ended up stopping breathing. They rushed his to the ER and he was limp and blue. The nurses grabbed him and ran, his oxygen level was 2. Not good. We jumped in my car at 11:30 at night and flew out to Lubbock as fast as I could drive. We got there at 4:30 in the morning and got to go in and see Camdon. He looked better and seemed to be breathing OK as long as he didn't wake up and cry. So after being there for a while we headed to Chris adn Gina's hotel room and got a couple hours sleep. Chris brought Daylan and Kaleigh to the room and we hung out, packed all their stuff up and checked them out of the room since they wouldn't be needing it. Then we went to the hospital and they were doing the "surgery" to put him on the ventilator and the feeding tube. That took all day, once they could see him they went back and did that and Mom went back and prayed for him. Then we headed back home with the kiddos.

Today I got a call this morning and he wasn't breathing on his own at all. We were all worried but then this afternoon Brenda called and when they turned down the ventilator (or however that works) he took a breath but couldn't finish it. The doctors said that was VERY good news.

If you are a praying person please pray for my aunt and her family and even our extended family. We are all hopeful but still worried about little Camdon. I believe they said he was a month old today. So happy one month old birthday today.

We love Camdon and we are rooting for him. We know he will pull through our God is AWESOME. So many people are praying and we are so very thankful.