Our Blessing Named Jesse

Jesse Quintin was born September 26, 2007, the much-loved fifth son of Kristan and Chad. He was diagnosed shortly after birth with AV Canal Heart Defect and Down Syndrome. Thursday, January 10th, Jesse had surgery to repair his heart defect. Friday morning he suddenly went into cardiac arrest. After 45 min. of CPR he was attached to life support. By God's healing hand his heart started to beat again and he came off life support on January 13. We created this blog to keep everyone updated.





Monday, February 11, 2008

Maybe Thursday???

Today the doctors said we might be able to come home on Thursday. They are not doing a chest x-ray until tomorrow. Jesse's oxygen sats have been stable. They turned down the oxygen to 1/4 liter, so his sats are a little lower, but they just want to keep him above 90. They are discontinuing 1 of the 3 diuretics today, and maybe weaning back on the other 2 so they want to watch him for a couple days to see how he does on that. He has been eating and sleeping well, and rolling "all over". Last night while we all went to dinner the nurses weren't able to leave him in his crib because he rolled so much and takes out his oxygen. But I think they enjoyed getting the chance to hold him and had him out at the nurses station when we returned. I have enjoyed getting to know a few of the nurses pretty well and am more comfortable leaving for short periods of time.

Chad and the boys will be heading back home this afternoon, so hopefully the next trip here will be to pick us up for the trip home!

Love,
Kristan
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 12:53 PM

    Wonderful news Kristan. Hope to have you back in Crook soon. Give Jesse a kiss for me........Amee

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 2:08 PM

    Praise the Lord! We are rejoicing, and continue to pray that there will not be another bump in the road to keep you from coming back to us!
    Love, Twila

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 2:58 PM

    As much as I want to keep him here with me...I'm so glad he is doing well. It has been a pleasure to have Jesse as one of my patients-he's definitely a favorite!! Keep me updated!
    Love Colleen

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 5:19 PM

    To Kristan and Jesse

    How cool maybe on Valentine's Day. I hope we can come and see you when you come home. Love Morgan

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 7:56 PM

    Praise Him! Praise Him! We pray all goes well and you guys can once again be together as a family in one place! God does wonderful work!!

    The Dirks Family

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  6. KimFebruary 11, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    I keep praying for Valentine's Day. Like I love to say: God is a "that very day" God.

    Love you so much,
    Aunt Kim

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2008 at 9:40 PM

    That is awesome! Wish we could be with you for the trip home. Also wish we could be with you at the ranch to welcome you ... but I don't think Grandpa is up to the trip out there yet.

    See, here we are accepting this as real ... but we know things can change in a minute.

    Anyway, we are rejoicing in the moment of joy and anticipating your homecoming.

    Hugs & kisses!
    Grm Mari & Grp Emil

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2008 at 6:24 AM

    Praying for a Valentine miracle for Jesse. Praising God for His love to Jesse and his family. Love, Helen

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2008 at 9:45 AM

    Kristan, so glad to hear that Jesse is almost ready to come home!! We will pray that everything will work like it is suppose to. Love Judy

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM

    What wonderful news! We will keep praying you can come home this week. Praise the Lord for his perfect timing.

    Love, Terry

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