Comments on: still almost 5 pounds

By: Jincy

Jincy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:09:15 +0000

I can not wait till she is able to come home……I am praying daily for your family and tell everyone about Brady.
Keep your strength up.

By: Christina Mills

Christina Mills — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:33:42 +0000

I stumbled upon this website from someone’s facebook a while back and have been keeping up fairly regular … I just wanted to say that ya’lls faith amazes me and the way God has worked in Brady’s favor is awesome! I wish your family nothing but the best and I will continue to pray that things go well and that hopefully after all she’s been through they will not have to do surgery!!

By: Jacqueline Micke

Jacqueline Micke — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:18:45 +0000

Hi Nikki and Eric Trust in your faith and most importantly remember what I said to you a few weeks ago, you and Erick are wonderful parents!! If surgery is necessary, I am postive you will know what is best for your precious little girl. God bless you both and we will continue to pray for little Brady!!

By: SILVIA SPILLIARDS

SILVIA SPILLIARDS — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:51:07 +0000

KEEP ON RESEARCHING, BRADY HAS BEEN THROUGH SOOOOOO MUCH AND YOU HATE THE THOUGHT OF SURGERY ON SUCH A TINY LITTLE ANGEL. WE ARE PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:34:53 +0000

Hey Nikkie. I just wanted to let you know, I’ve heard alot of good things about a thickening agent called Simply Thick (www.simplythick.com) from preemie moms on BabyCenter. Just a thought if you end up needing to use a thickening agent with Brady’s formula. Hope everything goes well with her test! Keep growing little one!

By: Mommy

Mommy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:13:27 +0000

Thanks for the input, but I can’t miss a point no one has expressed to us. Not once have we been told that she doesn’t have the stamina to eat. It has been nurses who have fed her that have mentioned they are surprised they haven’t thickened her formula. Also, the g-tube was mentioned to us about a week and a half prior to any mention on surgery to correct her reflux. I am really sorry if somehow we misunderstood what has been told to us, but the g-tube and corrective surgery for her reflux have been mentioned together only once. If Brady has stamina problems I would understand why they couldn’t thicken her formula, BUT someone needs to tell me that. It would irresponsible of my husband and I to not research and talk to people with experience and just not take something for face value. We aren’t saying we think the surgery is not necessary, just that we would like them to try non-surgical ways first. If that’s not possible then I am sure they will give us a good explanation as to why not, but they need to give it to us first.

I really do appreciate you comment and thank you for your input.

By: jean

jean — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:16:28 +0000

I think you missed the point, the surgery they are referring to requires a G tube for surgery repair recovery – not just for eating purposes, once the repair is healed babies usually advance on bottle feeds, also thickening formula is used when a child has the stamina to eat, it would be not be worth it to thicken formual when a baby is not able to eat the appropriate amount for growth.