Wednesday, August 27, 2008

BABY KINA - a day at the hospital

Today, my mom, Tali, Malia and I spent the day at the hospital. Little Kina is doing great - as soon as we got there our nurse told us her bowels are completely reduced and the doctors are planning her surgery to close her abdomen tomorrow! I can't believe it! At the beginning they said it would be 7 - 10 days for her bowels to fit back into her little body, but she surprised all of us by being ahead of schedule. The doctors are very pleased. She was slightly uncomfortable today because of her reduced bowels and she cried a little, but after she received a little pain medication she was able to relax.



Wednesday is Parents Day at Primarys. They serve all the parents lunch, have a parent discussion (kind of like a support group), give an informative seminar (todays was on financial resources), and give away free baby stuff. It was very nice to meet and talk to other mothers going through the same thing we are.

While I visited Kina and attended the Parents Day, Malia had fun at the Forever Young Zone. It's this huge room that was donated by Steve Young to the hospital full of toys, books, videos etc. for kids. She LOVED it!


It was a fun day at the hospital. Vai and Tevita and the little girls are heading down tonight to see Kina before her surgery tommorow. We pray it all goes well!

8 comments:

Line said...

Yep, I knew it. Baby Kina is a fighter. :) I love that Malia is pushing the little toy stroller. Practicing for when she gets to push her little sis in a stroller maybe? :)

P.S. Go Steve Young! CooougARS! Lol

jill langston kaufusi said...

Hi Mary- I saw the link to your blog from Line's. I'm so happy to see that everything is going well. We've been thinking about you guys.
This is great news!And Kina is so pretty. Take care.
-Jill&Vili Kaufusi

Ku'uipo Photography said...

GOOOOO BABY KINA!!! that's so great to hear that she is doing better and the surgery is today. She is such a great example, we all need to be strong like her...u are in our prayers :)!

Lavi said...

Mary!!! Girl you look like didn't just have ur 2nd child!!! :) Baby Kina is beautiful just like her Mama and big sis :) can't wait to steal her in relief society... :)

sarana said...

wow! what a blessing. such exciting news. hopefully she'll get to go home sooner than expected also!
mary, she's so precious and she doesn't look 4pounds in the pictures at all.
your family & the attending hospital staff are in our prayers.

P&C Dickson said...

AAAA! i didn't know you had a blog! CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby!! So precious. i'm so happy for you guys.. and i haven't seen you in WAY too long. Tell Wayne good luck with football starting and need to see you guys soon (and your cute little girls)!

Melissa said...

Baby Kina is so so so adorable. I did not know you had a blog, I came across it on someone else's blog. We have so much to catch up on. We have a blog too. It is jeffandmelissadickson.blogspot.com. It is private though...so just send me your address and I can add it. (oh yeah my email address is missysue85@gmail.com). What an amazing month you guys have been through.

The Guirola-Uyema's said...

Mary! When I heard baby Kina's size... I instantly thought of Carlos. He weighed 4lbs 11oz. It's amazing how little they are at birth, but just look how fast they grow!
We don't want to come visit at the hospital, because I know how strict it is at the NICU and with all of the germs and stuff. I can remember being excited to see people, but a bit concerned about others being around my baby. So... we won't go to hospital, but I'd love to do anything for you if you need it. George and I want to visit sometime when you're home. Let me know when you will be accepting company (we're down the street).
Take care and I'm sure that everything will progress quickly and safely. How exciting, that she's a celebrity already! Comes with the name, I guess... it's a Latu thing :) Great name, great baby, great mommy :)