Our story

Late June 2008, my husband and I found out we were expecting triplets! We were thrilled and began to dream instantly how our lives would unfold with our growing family. Unfortunately, the pregnancy was a very hard pregnancy and I was put on bedrest almost immediately. I carried our babies until November 2008. I delivered two beautiful boys and a girl. Our daughter, Paige, left us on the day of her birth to join her maker, and our son, Patrick, followed two days later. Our hearts ached and still ache beyond comprehension, but we have a miracle, Peyton that endured an extensive NICU stay and is now home and doing wonderful. I created this blog to share Peyton's journey.

Peyton's Delicate Beginning

Peyton's Delicate Beginning

The Earlier "wire" days

Praying for Peyton

My husband, John, works at a local TV station where Ken Malloy, a week night anchor and friend, wrote of Peyton's story. During the initial days of shock and disbelief, Ken delicately wrote our story. The fist time we read his blog, we cried as we relived all that we just endured. His recollection of all the events was very therapuetic and embraced Peyton's miraculous strength and progress. The link below was the first part pf Peyton's story.
http://community.cbs47.tv/blogs/kenmalloy/archive/2008/12/08/3614291.aspx

Peyton's Homecoming

After an almost four month stay in the NICU at Children's Hospital of Central California, Peyton came home. Channel 47 followed Peyton home.
http://www.cbs47.tv/news/local/story/Peyton-Goes-Home/F96vb1KOs0mvnAVuwrj4mw.cspx

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Going Home




After a more than three week stay at Childrens, we are going home! Peyton had surgery for a g-tube and fundo 4 days ago and is recovering great. We have been learning all the in and outs of a g-tube and feeding pump. Nothing too hard, but such a lifesaver for our little guy. Eating had really become something we were not looking forward to since Peyton would reflux and choke so often. It got to the point that feeding him was like setting him up to be tortured by his refluxing and aspirating tendencies shortly after every meal. Now, we "fill up his gas tank" as Colby says, as he happily sucks on his binki!
After surgery, Peyton went back on Oxygen for a few days, but has now been off for 24 hours. He has dipped a few times in his saturation, but nothing too bad. He just has to keep us on our toes! ha ha I personally think Peyton decided if Grandma and Papa were going to be out of town for the month, he was going to add his own excitment for July!
Here are a few pictures I took during our stay. My favorite is the one in which he is holding on to John's finger. This was taken when we got to our room after surgery and Peyton was still pretty out of it, but knew that Daddy was standing right beside him.
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  1. Rebecca JacksonJuly 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    Congratulations!!! I know Peyton will love his g-tube and fundo as much as Noah does. You'll be surprised at how fast he will pack on the pounds and how happy he will be after feeding. Coming home from Children's is always the best feeling!

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