02/24/05 - Lexi is growing!

Her weigh in's at Transplant Clinic are showing that she is growing...just not as fast as the pros want, but she is growing, 7lb 1oz today She is holding her feeds down so much better these days She is taking bigger volumes of food each day The number of calories per kilo per day is still only about 85% of what the pros thinks she needs...hopefully she will continue to improve and catch up

1 Red Flag - Tuesday a few early heart beats showed up on EKG and ECHO Can't remember the technical term, but she is getting an early heart beat every now and then, say one every 20 or so? This can be an early sign of rejection Thursday EKG and ECHO looked better We are on alert to look for other signs of rejection, she has not shown any, and the early beats were less on Thursday Other then being on 'alert', there is not too much concern at this time Early beats every now and then may just be normal for Lexi's new heart

02/20/05 - Lexi is doing real good - no more feeding tube or oxygen

	Once again, we would like to say a heart felt thank you to everyone that has and continues to pray for Lexi, for the support you all have given us, for your time and all the wonderful gifts.  Thank you so very much
	Notice in the latest pictures, about 02/14 or so, the oxygen came off and she started to take full bottles by herself No Need to 'dump' food down her tube Bummer part of this is, that now Leah is getting up to bottle feed her in the middle of the night; while Phil used to just dump the 3am feed in the tube
	Little Princess Lexi seems more and more normal every day, starting to gain some weight, but she has a long ways to go
	She is on only 4 meds now - 2 are the anti-rejection
	MaMaw came out to visit Lexi and help out while Phil slipped out of town, THANKS!!!! (you can see her in some of the 02/19 pictures

02/16/05 - All is well, if she would just eat more...

	Lexi is pretty much off all oxygen, the docs want to keep it on at night
	She is eating better, but we still have to dump some food down the tube
	She is gaining weight, but it seems the professionals want her to gain it just a little bit faster
	Btw, she is lookin' cute!!!!

02/12/05 - Going good, no setbacks, and Lexi had a couple of Media Appearances Friday

	We added all the pictures from Lexi's busy week, there are 3 *NEW* picture links in the link list to the left
	Lexi was on Channel 4 and we told her story on Alice 105.9's Alice's 36 Hours For Kids - 2005 Radiothon
	We added a section (and link above) for anyone wanting to keep up with Lexi's "O Sister" Macenzie - click here we will try to keep it up to date, she is doing better - the prayers work

02/10/05 - Still going well, we'll be on KALC 105.9 Friday about 11am with Lexi

	Nothing new to report, Lexi is staying well, she may have a slight cold thanks to Luke and and her Dad
	Still on oxygen and has feeding tube, we had hoped to remove oxygen but her pulmonary pressures are still a bit high without it
	On Tuesday, Lexi went to the Get Acquainted Breakfast at the Donor Awareness Console, everyone got to meet her, it was her first time out and about Anyone interested in donor awareness should consider going to a 'GAB'
	We'll try to get recent pics up Friday afternoon
	*****Macenzie Update***** Doing better, prayers working for her She was on an ECHMO machine (heart & lung bypass), she is now off of it and her chest has been closed up

02/07/05 - Our precious little girl with her special gift is still doing well and growing stronger

	Lexi is now 7 lbs!!!!
	She is still on a whiff of oxygen, can't wait to get rid of that bottle
	One less med - one or two more may go in a week or so
	Her bottle feedings are getting better, the professionals increased her calorie/oz so she will get higher quality feedings
	She gets 2 ECHO's each week,  so far so good
	*****SPECIAL NOTE***** We have some special friends, we have referred to them as family of 'O Baby #2' that could use some extra prayers Baby MacKenzie, received her precious gift of life today, her new heart MacKenzie is very sick and is not doing real well after her surgery, everyone is concerned for her, we ask that anyone who has prayed for Lexi to please please say a prayer or two or three for MacKenzie

02/04/05 - Lexi is doing well

	She has been spitting up a but last couple of days
	Transplant clinic Thursday, no new problems, she is becoming quite the regular baby, with a feeding tube and a whiff of oxygen and a large bag of drugs
	She did loose about an ounce of weight since Monday, darn it
	ECHO  looked good, her heart function continues to improve, all parts seem to be adapting very well
	Got word from Channel 7 here in Denver, Lexi's full story will air on the news on 02/08/05 5pm slot, the full expanded version