Preston, Elizabeth, Carson, and Kellen had many prayers
answered on their trip to St. Louis. Carson and Kellen both did extremely well
on the way to and from St. Louis. Particularly with Carson, it can be really
challenging to keep him happy and breathing well while he is in the car seat.
Carson had several doctor’s appointments. They all went well. They adjusted
some of his medications, looked at his trach, and got blood work. While they
were waiting for the neonatologist appointment, Elizabeth found another bump on
Carson that is different than the others. The dermatologist believes the other
three are hemangiomas. However, this one is near the surgical incision site and
is quite different. The doctors were more concerned about this one and decided
to get an ultrasound and further lab work to evaluate to make sure the mass was
not recurring. The ultrasound results were inconclusive. Dr. Cerny, the
neonatologist, feels confident it is not anything alarming. Dr. Yang, the
surgeon, was unable to see it while Carson was in St. Louis because of his
surgery schedule, but he is waiting to decide how to proceed until we get his
tumor markers back. It will take a few days for us to get the results. For
right now, none of us are too concerned and we will just keep right on
praying. Kellen is 14 lbs 6.5 oz
(little guy lost weight, but still is great on the growth charts). Carson is 15
lbs 14 oz and keeps growing like a weed in a flower garden ; ). Just recently, Kellen has started to
eat like a champ, so we fully expect him to close the gap soon as he doesn’t
like to be referred to as the little one : ) All in all, a wonderful week for
the Clarks. Continue to pray for Carson’s healing in God’s timing. I know
Preston and Elizabeth will be extremely excited to see all the medical
equipment go and the day when it is not anymore challenging than putting two
boys in a car seat and getting the diaper bag for a trip. Carson did get rid of
one of his machines after his appointment, which is the first and hopefully the
others will follow soon. It was his apnea monitor and we are all super
excited!! Almost to six months and we just pray the next six months bring many
improvements.
