We are again inpatient....and impatient for that matter!

Ahhh, Dry Humor...U know you love it! (Title) (I have to love it in these times, it's the only way I get by sometimes.)


Veiyah has been very fussy for the last week. I, Ani, took her in to check for an ear infection and Dr. Rick found nothing but maybe sore gums from teething. On Tuesday night, V had quite the fit, ended up throwing up, and I hooked her up to the monitor and got her heart rate at 170 (Very high for V's heart) and her blood oxygen saturations at 67. V also turned blue during this time. She settled down and I knew she had a well check up the next day anyway, so left it alone. We got to our local pediatricians office to do some immunizations and V had another episode of turning blue, high heart rate and low o2 sats. V made Dr nervous so he called the University. So, no immunizations that day. They ordered her an EKG later that day at St Lukes w Heart specialist Dr Zittergruen, whom actually diagnosed V while in Utero. Then known as baby A. :) (Fun fact for the day) We arrived at St Lukes and Veiyah was fine. We went back to the room and V started coughing, crying, turning blue and then threw up. Her HR went up and her o2 sats dropped to 54. Dr. Called the U w/out even doing the EKG and U requested her be life flighted to Iowa City ASAP. No helicopters were available fast enough so they rushed her by Ambulance while on oxygen. I was able to ride along while Jer followed. V calmed down on the way there thx to the oxygen, and they were able to perform several tests including the EKG, Echo, and chest Xray in the ER. We were admitted while they watched V over night. She desatted 3 or 4 times in the night, but at 5am she had a full on episode. Drs now want to perform yet another (3rd in 1.5 months) cath procedure which will show her shunts much better than the echo can do. Tomorrow morning (Friday October 23, she will once again be put under general anesthesia and intubated first thing in the morning. Thought process is, is that this could be the early signs of outgrowing her shunts since she has now doubled in size since they were placed last February. If that is the case we have a few options that will be discussed. We will keep you updated as we are updated.

Thank you for your prayers as we continue to face these scary times with our baby girl. She is quite amazing and the Dr that first saw her when she was first born, Dr. Edens, made it clear of just that. As optimistic as he may be, he had lost hope for V long ago. It amazes him each time he sees her. Truth is, as cute and amazing as V is, she isn't the one amazing Dr Edens! Jesus is showing Himself through our daughter everyday she has breath.

All our love~

The Kargs

PS. I don't have my laptop here as I didn't intend on coming here. It is way out at my Mom's house which is even further than my own. So I have no pictures to show you as I am on the hospital computer and they won't let me save pictures to the computer to upload.

I HAVE to apologize for not getting out V's 1st year pics yet and also birthday party and Aderah's balloon ceremony video. It's been so hectic and honestly, just emotional. I promise to get things going here again soon. Just get me out of here, and I swear I'll get right on it!! ;)