Tomorrow!!!!

Ok so tomorrow our lives are going to change forever and we both cannot wait!  Although we have some worries and fears we know that God gave us this little baby at the perfect time in our lives and we can’t wait to be his parents!  Everyone seems to like trying to freak you out about how hard it is to be a parent, but we are ready for the challenging times because we know the rewarding times will far outnumber the tough ones.   I have always dreamed of being a mommy and tomorrow that dream will come true and I have the best man in the world at my side to lead, protect, and love our little family.

We have to be at the hospital by 5:00 am for them to start inducing me.  We’re not sure where we will be updating more but check back here and my Facebook page and we will keep everyone posted throughout the day.  We love you all and can’t wait to introduce Liam Scout Broadway to you tomorrow!

Now for an update on Denise.  She was responding better as of last Friday, but on Saturday her lungs started filling with fluid.  They had to put her back on intubation and another medically induced coma to try and fix the lung problem.  They are still not sure why this happened.  The latest we heard today is all her scans and x-rays are looking better and they hope to take her back off the intubation again soon!   

Love you all and we will do the best to keep updating as we bring home our little bundle of joy!         

Friday Update

Here’s a quick update on Denise!  A couple of days ago they took her of intubation and put in a trach tube.  Since then her responses have been better and better.  We heard today that David walked into her room and she opened her eyes, looked at him, smiled and waved.  She seemed to know who he was which is super super encouraging!!!   Thank you all so much for your prayers and support through all of this and we hope that she just keeps recovering! 

We are also anxiously waiting on Liam! My Mom is convinced he is going to come tomorrow so we will just have to wait and see!!! I have a full weekend planed of house cleaning and final baby preparations so we are ready for our little man! It is so crazy and yet so exciting to think this is last weekend that it will just be the 2 of us!  We love you all and will keep you posted as to whether or not my mom’s predictions comes true!

Where we are at now...

Ok everyone sorry for the lack of updates, but as we have learned this week this is going to be a really long and slow process.  They told us it could be 6 months to a year till we really know how well Denise is going to recover. 

This past Saturday Broadway’s Aunt Brenda and Cousin Mindy and her husband Corbin drove from Waxahachie up to Paris.  Mindy and Corbin stayed with me because we decided it was just too close to Liam time for me to make the trip to Dallas again.  Broadway drove down with his Aunt Brenda and got to spend the day with his mom and other family members.  They came back that night and then they all went back to Waxahachie.  It was so awesome for them to stay with me because I know they did a lot of driving that day, but B was scared to leave me alone! 

Ethan came and stayed with us later that night so we could take him to church in the morning.  Since Monday was MLK day Broadway had the day off from work and Ethan from school.  They decided to go back up to Dallas to see Denise again and hopefully get to talk to a doctor since those are hard to come by on the weekends!  They got up there and did get to talk to a doctor.  They learned again about how slow of a process this is going to be.  But there was some encouraging news.  Denise is now opening here eyes some.  She is not responding to voices really but she is off most of her meds and they are talking about starting to take out some of her tubes.  The biggest thing she needs prayer for now is that she will start responding better.  They did warn us that her brain spasm could get worse at any time so we are not out of the woods yet, so continued prayers would be very appreciated!

Ok on to Liam!

We had another doctor’s appointment today and he checked me again.  I was dilated to a 2, he was in a -1, position and I was 50% effaced!  Being as this is my first time I guess that was all a very good sign.  At the end of the appointment we decided with everything crazy going on in our lives to set a date to induce me!  So unless our little man decides to make an early entrance into the world he will be here on Thursday January 27^th!!!!  We are so excited to know that we will be holding him within 9 days!  We really wish Denise was wake for all of this, but we just pray she will wake up and get to meet here grandson.  Thank you all for your prayers and support through all of this, it really makes a difference! We love you guys!!!             

Friday Update

WARNING
I AM NOT GOOD AT SPELLING OR GRAMMAR NOR AM I A DOCTOR SO IF ANYTHING THAT I SAY SOUNDS WRONG THERE’S A CHANCE IT MAY BE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry it has been a few days guys, life’s been busy!!!

Mom

Mom is in a different room that is a little bigger and quieter which is nice.
After the angiogram on Monday the doctors were hoping for mom to have more response by Tuesday morning but there was not as much as they would have liked.  She is however opening her eyes a little and I have herd that she wiggled her toes. I think Wednesday morning they decided to go back into her brain because she was having some spasm (what is that?) well it's when the blood vessels spasms or clench temporarily stopping the blood flow. So what they did is clean out more of her brain where before they were focused on the point of injury this time they looked all over. It was a very long surgery starting around 11:30 and going till 4:30.  Again they were hopping for a better response the next morning  (Thursday) but it has stayed the same all the way till now (Friday) this is NOT necessarily a bad thing it may take some time for everything to heal properly.  The Doctors have now told us that there is no more surgery to be done it is just a waiting game and we are praying that the spasm will stop and she will begin to heal.

Kimmy

She is back to 100% or 150% if you count Liam!!!!! She does think she is having some small contraction and as most women this far along she is very ready for Liam to be here and not in her belly any more!!!

Liam

We had our 37-week doctor appointment on Thursday which was good, and all is well.  He did not check her but will next time, which is on Tuesday, and if all is just right we may set an official date (doing the happy dance)!!!  Right now we have 20 days to go and we will be in the teens tomorrow!

Update

First I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. They are all welcomed and appreciated.
 

MOM
Sorry it’s been a couple of days.  Yesterday (Monday) all the doctors were back from the weekend which is good because we may get more answers this way!! Well Monday morning mom was not responding as much as she had been and that had the Doctor concerned so he performed another angiogram (I think that’s what it’s called).  In the process he cleaned up some blood vessels and look around to make sure everything is working the way it is suppose to.  The doctor said that it all went well and that he felt that mom’s should start responding better.
 

KIMMY
Kim is feeling a lot better, but whatever she had is now going around.  So far Ethan, Suzannne, and Angle have gotten it that I know of.  I hope they recover fast!!
 

LIAM
We have our 37 week doctor’s appointment on Thursday and we will update you more on him then!!!!!

Today’s update

All right this update is thankfully coming from my own bed at home. Here’s how the rest of yesterday went down. I think it was about the 4th round of nausea medicine that finally seemed to work. By about 7:00 pm last night I was able to eat a couple of crackers and keep down a little water. They had already given me 2 bags of fluids, which also made me feel better. They think that I had a bad virus, but my blood tests showed nothing really unusual. At about 10:30 pm last night they decided I was able to keep enough down and they discharged me. We decided to go ahead and drive home which I’m really glad we did because it is raining/sleeting/snowing out and I’m super glad to be safe at home. Through all of this Liam has been perfect. All his stats were right where they needed to be the whole time we were in the hospital. I am so very glad to feel better today and thank you guys so much for your thought and prayers.

Denise

The biggest update that we got about Denise today is that she is running a fever. She also has had a few times of opening her eyes, which is encouraging. Other than that things seem to be the same as they were yesterday.

Ok mayhem continues!!!!

So the latest! Kimmy and I left the hospitable last night about 11:30 pm and headed over to Aunt Suzannne’s to get some sleep. Well Kimmy woke up this morning  (on the 8^th) about 4:30 am with extreme nausea but we knew that may be coming in the 3^rd trimester.  So we called the OB on call in Paris and she called in a prescription for her. After that didn’t work she look over to me and said (this is different) so Ethan and I packed us up and we headed to the ER at Baylor, the same hospital Mom is at. We arrived at 8:51 but because she is 36 week along they sent us straight to the labor and delivery wing. (Don’t worry there’s no Liam yet) So they admitted us and ask a lot of questions this whole time Kim is still having extreme nausea. They gave her some Med’s but it was having no effect, finally after the 3^rd set of med’s and an IV for liquids she fell asleep. She has been up a few times but she is still not feeling well I hope and pray that the rest and med’s will help. The doctors say Liam is a healthy baby so he is doing good!! They have taken some blood and are checking to see if Kim has anything that may cause this, but no word yet on that.

MOM

David said that Mom was awake this morning and alert some.  The nurse told him that they where going to take her for a CT and a ultrasound just to check that every thing is staying in order. No word back on them yet.      

P.S. I know that I am BAD at spelling and Grammar Kim usually check’s it for me.   BUT deal with it!!!!!

Latest Update!

Ok so today they have actually been waking Denise up for a few seconds at a time and letting us talk to her and then gauging her response.  They said everything that they saw was very promising.   The most encouraging news of the day was at one point she reached over and grabbed a nurse’s hand.  The nurse asked her if she was in pain and she nodded her head yes.  They said that was very encouraging because it showed she had some good brain function.  After that they increased her drugs to help with the pain and she has not woken up since.  They do keep reminding us that this is going to be a long and slow process so we just need be patient and keep praying.  We did just find out that she has staff in her nose, but they said it should not affect her adversely.  Here are the pictures of what we are calling “The Blob”. 

This one is showing what angle each of the two pictures below are.  The first is straight on (you can see her eyes).  The bottom is from the side (like looking at her ear) The top and bottom one in the pictures below are the same angle.

This is before you can see The Blob.  

This is immediately after surgery, no more Blob!!!   

Please just keep Denise and all of us in your prayers!

Prayers Please!!!

We have finally gotten a chance to sit down and let everyone know what has gone on in our lives in the past 48 hours. About 2 weeks ago Broadway’s mom was having some severe neck, back, and arm pain. She went to the hospital and they did some scans and found she had a bulging disk in her neck between her C6 and C7 vertebras. She went in and had a spinal fusion done the Tuesday before New Years. That surgery went well and she was healing fine. She had to wear a full neck brace for about 4 weeks, which was uncomfortable but manageable. 

Well Sunday night (the 2nd) late she started getting what she thought was a migraine. This continued on through Monday, but on Tuesday she thought she was starting to feel better. Wednesday she woke up with the “migraine” again. She made an appointment with her regular doctor for 10:00 that morning. During this appointment her regular doctor thought it would be a good idea for her to get a CT scan of her head done and scheduled one for 2:00 that afternoon (Wednesday, Jan 5th). Because of her previous surgery and required neck brace, her father Poppa Broadway, was driving her around. They went home to grab a bite to eat for lunch in-between appointments. I guess while they were at home Denise was just standing in the living room and passed out, she didn’t hit her head or anything just crumpled to the floor. Poppa was able to get her into a chair where she passed out again. He called David (Broadway’s Step-Dad), 911, and Broadway’s Aunt Renee. David beat the ambulance out to their house from his work and was able to be with Denise as they loaded her into the ambulance. 

I got a call at 1:45 from Broadway who said that his aunt had called him and they were taking his mom to the hospital. He really didn’t know what was going on, but was leaving work and would swing by and pick me up from work. We headed downtown to the south hospital and had a heck of a time trying to find her! Finally she came wheeling past us. They were taking her back to get a CT scan and David was sitting down to check her in. David was still really not sure what was going on, but said she was a little more coherent now than she was when he first got to the house. After finishing checking her in they came back by to take her back to a room in the ER. We went back and they were starting IV’s and getting her settled. We were only back there about 10 minuets before the doctor came in and dropped the bomb. Up until this point we had no idea what was going on, all Denise keep saying was her head hurt. We thought it might just be a really bad headache, some of her meds reacting to each other, or even a late side affect of her previous surgery. Nope. The doctor said she had bleeding in her brain from a ruptured aneurism. He also said that it was more than likely not even related to her previous surgery. He said they were not equipped for this type of emergency and they would have to Care Flight her to a hospital in Dallas. 

At this point we all went into survival mode. B and I flew out of the hospital up to North Lamar High School to get his brother. Ethan is 15, and at this point had no idea what was going on. After the briefest explanation of what was going on, we didn’t want to freak him out, we were headed back to the hospital. When we got back probably one of the scariest moments of this whole ordeal so far was happening. Denise had a seizure and was coding. Thankfully we were not back there when this happened, and double thankful Ethan was not. Shortly after this they told us she was stable and we all got to go back and see her. She was talking again which was really encouraging. This was the first time I think Ethan really realized the severity of what was going on. They told us the closest Air Ambulance was in Mount Pleasant and would be here in 30 minuets or so. They also said that Baylor in Dallas had room for her and would be equipped to handle the bleed in her brain. It felt like it took forever, but finally the Air Ambulance showed up and they had her on her way to Dallas. 

At his point Ethan left with his dad to run home and get a few things and we did the same then we were on our way to Dallas. Denise has a sister who lives in Waxahachie Texas, which is about an hour from Dallas. We called her as the helicopter was taking off and they were already on the road. They actually beat the helicopter to the hospital, which was really nice because we were about 2 hours away when the helicopter left. In midst of all this the one thing that I thought spoke so strongly about the woman that Denise is was all the people that showed up at the hospital. At one point we were taking up a whole section of the emergency room waiting area. There were her sisters, nieces, nephews, friends, and pastors. Some of the people I didn’t even know, but Denise had touched them in some way. 

Again when we got there it felt like we sat waiting for news forever. Finally they came out and said that they were going to do another CT Scan because, typical of Paris, they had forgot to send her old scans. When we got the results they said their plan of action was to put a shunt in her brain right then to relieve some of the pressure on her brain, and they would do surgery in the morning when all the doctors and nurses would be the most rested. This was at like 9:00 PM maybe when they decided this. They said that when she came out of that procedure she would go into the ICU so we were finally able to move out of ER waiting room. We were not able to go back in to see her in the ICU until 2:30 Thursday morning. She was being kept unconscious at this point because she was intubated and they didn’t want her to pull any of her tubes out. It is so hard to see someone like that with tubes and wires everywhere but at least she was resting peacefully. 

At this point, David, Ethan, B and I were able to go lay down and rest for a few hours in a very small hotel room in the hospital. After a few very restless hours of sleep we were up and back down in the ICU waiting room. It was shift change so we were unable to see her. 

I had had my 36-week baby appointment scheduled for 10:15 that morning so B had called our good friend Aubrie to take me. The good news that came out of that appointment is that I’m dilated to a one!!!!!! So maybe baby Liam will be a January baby. 

While I was gone I was getting updates from B. At about 9:00 they took her back to surgery. They were going in through her veins in her leg all the way up to her head. The best option they found while they were in her head was to put a metal mesh hose thing in the bleeding vein. She came out of the surgery as well as could be expected, and now the waiting game really begins. They said she could be in the medically induced coma (or whatever it’s called) for up to a week while the pressure in her brain goes down. And then she still will have a road of recovery in front of her. 

The reports as of this morning are that everything is looking as good as can be expected. We are just so thankful that she had made it this far, and are so thankful for all the prayers and support from family and friends. This last 48 hours have felt like a week, so I’m sorry if any of this doesn’t make since or spelling and grammar is off ☺ We love you all so much and thank you for your continued prayers!!!

Memories!

So Kim was going through old stuff on the external hard-drive doing some cleaning and found this, it’s from our wedding stuff and one of my friends helped write it for us.  It brings back many happy memories about how our life together started!

 THE DAY BEFORE

Well it all starts the night before when Broadway and Kimmy where going to pick up their bestest friend in the world up from the air port Barrett Bogan. It was a dark and dreary night, full of lots of snow and wind.  The plane was supposed to land at 8:00 but it did not. Broadway was thinking that it would be easy but it wasn’t.  The plane didn’t land until 12:04 and they didn’t leave until 2:00AM due to baggage claim taking for dumb ever.  And we didn’t get home until 4:00…ish. This was not fun for Broadway because he needed to get an early start and he had arranged for Kimmy to work the next morning.  Broadway had been planning this for sometime but there was still a lot to do……


SO THE DAY BEGINS

As soon as Kimmy leaves work, she comes home to an empty house.  There was nothing in the living room; it was bare with just a table in the middle of the room.  She was thinking what the…  Then she sees a computer on the table and walks up to it ever so carefully and sees a sign that says play me so she pushes the space bar and there is a DVD of a letter being read to her.  It tells her to go to the first place that she and Broadway had begun to date… Pulpit Rock.   She also has a bag that she can’t open and warm clothing with one hour to get ready and at exactly two o’clock, a surprise chauffeur would show up.  So at exactly 2:00 there was a knock on the door.   So Kimmy runs to see who it is and a close and dear friend of theirs was at the door, Melody Catarisano.  So she tells Kim to finish up because time was important in this whole thing. They left for the first stop @ P Rock.  So they hike up to the top and find a locked box.  Once she finally figures out how to open it she finds a voice recorder telling her how much Broadway wished he was there but she needed to go to Fox Run gazebo.  There she finds a letter that tells her to go to the rooftop of a certain address downtown where she finds a treasure map the last stop, but first she gets to open the bag.  In it was a beautiful outfit that Broadway had picked out for her.  She follows the map on foot, which leads her to a small old-timey theater.  Once inside she is told by the chauffeur that she can go no farther.  Kimmy must enter alone.  She looks into the dark theater… nothing but candle light down the aisle.  So she walks down and on to the candle-lit stage.  Once center stage all the lights flood on and she finds out that she is surround by art.  The theater stage was transformed into an art gallery full of Broadway’s work.  And here he comes walking out from backstage.  They walk and they talk and Broadway is as nervous as can be.   They talk about art and everything but marriage.  Then he starts talking about Christmas and that he had gotten here something that was very special.  Aaaaaand queue the knee drop.  Kimmy says, “You’re crazy.”  Broadway says,”no you’re crazy.”  Then he asks her to, well… you know the rest :) 

Can't wait!

I just got back from the Little's after bringing them dinner.  I got to hold their precious baby Kate for a while and it made me even more anxious for Liam to get here.  Drew and Tandi are amazing parents already and I can't wait to see what we will be like as parents to little Liam! I have not been feeling so great today and think I might be feeling my first contractions, maybe little Liam will make his debut this month!!! It's just so crazy, exciting, and nerve-racking all at the same time!  We go to the doctor on Thursday and he will let us know then if I have started to dilate at all.  I have no idea what to expect but I’m excited to go! From then on out we will be going every week which will be nice because we will have something to look forward too!

Christmas Video!

I made this on my iphone!! It's our Christmas Video for 2010

Here we go!

We are sitting here in bed trying to figure all this out! Our idea for this blog is to be able to record the daily happenings of our lives as well as big events! .... like Liam's impending birth!!!!  We really aren't sure that we will be very good bloggers but we thought we would give it a shot! So obviously the latest happenings in our life are surrounded around our coming baby boy! Here is a picture B took of me yesterday 

and here is one the tripod took!

And last night we went and rang in the New Year with our friends the Kent's, Aubrie, and meet a new friend Thomas!  We had a blast playing games and eating yummy food! I will say though I am done taking long trips till AFTER Liam is born! Here we all are waiting for the fireworks last night! 

 

Well I think that's it for now wish us luck on keeping up with this!!!