The Canfields

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Well, I was finally released from the hospital on March 5th. I was in there for a whole week. I am doin much better, and on the road to recovery. Still extremely sore, and moving slow, but my blood levels are back to normal for now. We are definitely pleased about that. Getting better one day at a time. Thank you all for all of your prayers. I wouldn't have made it without them. This was definitely in God's hands.
Caden is doing great. He is up to 9 lbs. 5 oz. He has battled with a few formulas due to pretty bad spit ups, but I think we have found one that works. He hasn't been sick for 2 days now. He is getting so big. You can tell when his little tummy isn't doin well b/c it's the only time he cries. He is such a quiet, and sweet baby.
Skyler seems to be getting use to her brother. She now has a little baby doll that she likes to swaddle, feed, and change. She is very gentle with Caden now b/c of this. We still try to give her as much as attention as we can b/c we know she loves it :) She's not spoiled or anything...ha.
We have had great support from our church, neighbors, friends, and family. I just want to be sure to thank everyone for all the prayers, food, and gifts that you all have provided. It truely has been a blessing. I hope one day I can do the same for all of you.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Feelin' Better.....

Well, Crystal is starting to make some really good progress. This afternoon she moved from ICU to Maternity's High Risk room. Still having some pain but her vitals are good and hemoglomins are still on the rise. She's 'spruced up', with the help of her mom. Right now we're hanging out with Caden in her room. We're waiting on Skyler to come so she can finally see her mommy!!
Here are a couple of new pictures of Caden.

We are so thankful to have such a good support group of friends and family. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Introducing Caden Michael Canfield

Hello everyone! It's been a while since we last updated the blog, my how things have changed. On Feburary 26, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Caden Michael Canfield was born. Weighing in at 8lbs 6oz, 20.5 inches long and a head size of 14.5 inches. Our handsome baby boy is doing extremely well; eating, pooping and sleeping with no concerns.

Crystal on the other hand has had quite the trying time since delivery. There were three dermoid cists removed one as large as a baseball. A few hours after her C-section delivery she was losing a large amount of blood, so the Dr.'s and nursing staff acted quickly to get her back into surgery to diagnose what was going on. After cleaning up the concern initially, she ended up needing a historectomy. Following surgery her vitals stabalized for about 2hours and then bleeding started again. So they decided to take her to Interventional Radiology to do a dye test and see where things were coming from. She had a small amount of bleeding from one side of her utarian valve, in which they used a foam gell to try and plug on the other side (right) she had a little more bleeding so they use the foam gell and a coil to help plug. This procedure helped for about 12hours. Then they started seeing the same symptoms as before. So the Dr.'s decided to try the same procedure again to diagnose. Turns out the left side foam gell did not take and they went ahead and placed a coil and foam gell last night at alil' after 9PM.

Since then Crystal seems to be getting better by the hour. We have about a 48hour window. Once she's went that long without any complications we should be in the clear, so to speak.

I'll do my best to keep everyone up to date. Here are some pictures of Crystal before delivery and Caden after delivery.
We are very thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayer's during this troubling time.