The K Spot

new pics

2009-09-11T07:27:00.000-07:00

Evie's First Birthday at home

2009-07-28T19:12:00.001-07:00

Evie

2009-07-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

Evie has officially been diagnosed as having Chronic Benign Neutropenia in Infancy. Here is a link you can go and read about her illness. www.emedicine.medscape.com/article/954781-overview She will still have level drops, we just do not know when they will occur. We go every Monday now and get her blood drawn to see what her level is and every Thursday I have to give her a shot. The shot is medicine called Neupogen, which will boost the white blood cells to help keep her level around 1500, which is normal. She received her first shot on June 23 and her level was 100 then. Today I gave her a shot for the first time and her level was 300. So, already the shot has helped her!! We will continue this until her level is above 1500 and climbing. We do not know how long the doctors will want to stay on this medicine. The good news is that all this will not lead or develop into leukemia. Also she is expected to grow out of this by the age of 5. Praise God for that. She is doing well, she is walking all over the place almost running at times and into everything. She turned ONE today, she could not go anywhere because of her level nor could we have a party. But, that will all come in due time. We will have a party when the doctor gives us the green light and we will celebrate for her like we have never celebrated!! I did however get her a smash cake for her to tear up tonight I cannot wait to see it, pics will be posted soon. Thank you all for your love and support and all your thoughts and prayers we could not have made it through all of this without you all. You are all our angels. We love you.
As Always Go Hogs,
Brittany

Evie update

2009-07-08T06:21:00.000-07:00

We came home from the hospital July 3!!! The goal was to be home was to be home by the fourth and we did it! The hematologist/oncologist (blood and cancer) doctor said on Wednesday the 2nd that if her levels were in the 500 range it may be safe for her to go home. So, on Thursday morning they drew blood and her level was 532! The hem. doc said it would be safer for Evie to be at home, less chance for her to catch infection than in the hospital. She said she could go home and we started packing as fast as a flea jumps on a dog. We were out of there by 2:30 and in our house by three. I can honestly say it has never felt so good to sleep in my own bed.

The doctors said that even though she is at home, she still has to pretty much live like she is at the hospital until her level get into the 1500's. Which means no visitors and she cannot go into crowds. She will have to continue to get her levels drawn once a week for the next two months. We went the on the fourth, that was the longest two days it seemed to find out what her level was. It was 500. It dropped 32 counts since she had been home. we went again on Monday and it was 720!!! She is starting to get better. I am praying so much that whatever this is neutropenia/virus whatever will go away and never come back. It isd the hardest thing in the world to have to go take your baby who cannot tell you whats wrong, and watch them put needles in her little tiny arms. God give me strength.

So, even though it was the 4th and Evie could not participate. Even if she could her attention span would have lasted for like 2 seconds anyway, but just the fact she could not go outside and see it, her daddy brought it to her. Shane is so great. He went to a fireworks stand and bought like six 3 feet tall sparklers, and stuck them in the ground so Evie could watch them from her room. The high school down the road puts on a huge fireworks show every 4th so we watched it from her bedroom, as well as the 3 ft. tall sparklers. By the way the sparklers only lasted for about 2 secs cause after she saw it lit she looked at it then went and destroyed all her drawers and pulled out all of her clothes onto the floor. That was way more exciting to her she thought.

You would have never even thought Evie had even been in the hospital for 7 days if you had seen her. She is so full of life. Hurricane Evie has definitely struck at least twice since we have been home. Her knew thing is climbing into the fireplace and taking a log out and bringing it to us. It now has plexi glass in front of it. She is talking up a storm, she says momma, da da, ki ki (kitty) na na(noni), O and O boy, and Nummi. She also give kisses they maybe open mouth but they are the best kisses you will ever get. She has a favorite show. Its the only show she will sit and watch, well she dances to it too. Its called Super Why on PBS its great. She is growing up so fast.

I will continue to update on her health, please keep praying for her and for Shane and I. We love you all! As always Go hogs!
Britt

The Beach

2009-07-01T15:03:00.001-07:00

Evie

2009-07-01T12:26:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know what has been happening with Evie. It all started the week of our 3 year anniversary. The 17th of June is our wedding anniversary and that whole day she had been tugging at her right ear. I did not think anything of it, because she had her 7th tooth coming in. Normally she just has the runny nose and diarrhea. That night Shane and I went to dinner and this wonderful couple in our neighborhood watched Evie for us, and when we picked her up they mentioned she had been tugging at the ear as well. So I called first thing the next morning. I now have an appointment for Friday the 19. We go the doc looks and says the ear look fine just some clear fluid. By the way this is not her regular ped. she is seeing. This doctor does not put her on antibiotics. She says if the ear is still bothering her come back Monday. Its fathers day weekend now. Of course the Ear is still bothering her. So I call Monday, we cannot get in.
Its Tuesday the 23 and Lindy is here to visit. Evie woke up at 3:30 a.m. so I thought for a bottle but she was burning up with 103.4 fever. So we rushed to the emergency room and she had a double ear infection. Thanks to the doc not putting her on the antibiotics. So I was alternating Motrin and Tylenol every 3 hours. The fever however never went away. It just kept climbimg. During the day it would go down to like 102.1 that would be the lowest but at night it would get to 104.4 so back to the er we went. Its now Thursday the 24th at 1:45 in the a.m and Lindy has traveled back to Arkansas and she is running 104.6 and we are headed to the er.
We arrive in the ER and I had given her infants Motrin before we left the house and by the time we had arrived at the hospital it had only dropped to 103.1. So we waited for 2 hours until they put us in a room. Once we finally got in a room we saw the same ER doctor who saw her on Tuesday (which is good she knew us). She looked Evie over and decided to do some blood work, and do a catheter to check and see if she had a UTI and get a sample of her mucus. The results showed dehydration and viral pneumonia. So she admitted us for the dehydration. She said that was her main concern. It was now early Friday morning at this point.
So, it is now Friday the 25th, and we have been admitted for dehydration. She was hooked up to and IV for fluids. Saturday morning they drew her blood to see if she was still dehydrated and she was not. however the blood work showed she was neutropenic. Which means, her white blood cell(wbc) count had dropped below 500. Her white blood cell count was 380 on Saturday. So they put her on Rocephin antibiotic and that made her so sick. So they came back Sunday to check her wbc and it was 250 they stopped the Rocephin and started a new antibiotic called 4 taz specifically for neutrapenia. Monday her wbc level was 90 so they drew more blood and sent it off to Utah to see what the cause may be. As of Monday they know it is a virus, they do not know what kind of virus. Tuesday was a good day her levels were 264!!! A baby or an adults wbc levels are anywhere from 1500-3000 a cancer patient is 0. Today is Wednesday Jul 1 and her wbc is 48. She is now scheduled for a bone marrow test tomorrow at 8 a.m. to find out more information. The white blood cells are made in the bone marrow so this will help out tremendously. We are praying this is still a virus and not anything worse and that it can be cured. Please help us pray.

I will continue to keep posting updates as much as I can. Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. God is god.
we love you all,
Brittany and Shane

9 month pics

2009-05-21T09:41:00.001-07:00

new pics

2009-05-11T12:05:00.000-07:00

First Word

2009-02-28T11:57:00.000-08:00

Well our precious little girl has said her first word "Momma"! She also has a bottom tooth as well! She is growing like a weed and is trying to walk. We are trying to get her to crawl but she is wanting to walk instead. She is so amazing, she does something unique everyday! It is so hard to believe she is 7 months already, it seems like yesterday I didn't think I was ever going to go into labor. Now she has already said her first word. Pretty soon we will be planning her first birthday.
Evie had a wonderful first christmas back home in Arkansas. We thank everyone so much for all the wonderful gifts you gave her. We don't know what we would do without you all. We are so greatful! Its so nice to be able to be home for the holidays, we wish we could be there all the time. One day we will, and Evie will be able to see you all anytime she wants. That would be so wonderful! We miss you all more than you will ever know. See you all very soon, as always Go Hogs
love Britt

baby dedication

2009-02-27T14:11:00.000-08:00

Christmas Pics

2009-02-26T21:10:00.000-08:00

4 months

2008-12-13T12:37:00.000-08:00

I never thought I could be so happy in life, then I was blessed with this beautiful bundle of life! She is the most precious gift! It is so hard to believe she is 4 and half months. She has already rolled over December 1!!! That was a great day! She is trying to sit up, she will maybe stay up for about a minute then topple! She is so talkative now, I think she gets that from her daddy. lol (yeah right) Who by the way has become soft hearted now!! He said at the beginning of the pregnancy no sleeping with the baby in the bed, guess who slept with her first in the bed, yep daddy. He is so good with her, and she loves him to death. You can say Evie do you love your daddy, and she will grin from ear to ear! Its so cute.
We are so excited about coming home, however this will be our last Christmas in little rock. We are going to start making traditions for Evie. Shane wants to play Santa and we want her to open presents at her house not 50 bazillion houses. Its whats best for her. We will be coming home for Thanksgiving though, which is better he can hunt and we can eat and Shop!! We have yet to spend a thanksgiving with our families since we have been married. This will be Evie's first trip to Little Rock its even more special because its Christmas! Also Shane will be 31 on the 28 and that same day Evie is being dedicated. Its happening at Oak Park Baptist (where we were married) at the beginning of the church service that Sunday morning. Hope you all can make it.
Evie's health is doing good she is eating rice and apple cereal from a spoon now, so the fiber in the apples are helping her go! She has not had the laxative in about a week!!!! I am so thankful for that! Shane hates the diapers. He found out just how bad they were the other night. I just pray it will keep on working. The doctor says she can start solid food every three days at five and half months!!!! I am so excited, I gave her a little taste of mashed potatoes the other night and her little face lit up! Food is going to be so much fun! She is so messy with the cereal I can only imagine how fun and messy she will be with food!! She figured out how to blow bubbles and that is a site to see. She is something else. Also she has slept in her bed all the way through the night without having to feed. However I stayed up and made a pallet on the floor of her room. I am trying to wean myself. Its hard y'all. She is to dang sweet. You'll see when we get home. Well this about sums everything up. O- I have made a wish list on the babies r us web site and Shane and i are updating it until her first birthday. So if you ever want to know what she needs just go there and click the wish list link. We Love you all and as always Go hogs
Britt

New Pics

2008-12-13T12:25:00.001-08:00

2008-12-05T18:02:00.000-08:00

2008-11-16T20:16:00.000-08:00

2008-11-02T11:41:00.001-08:00

New Pics

2008-10-24T11:00:00.001-07:00

Little Swimmer

2008-10-07T14:22:00.000-07:00

Birth Announcement

2008-10-07T13:40:00.000-07:00

2 month check up

2008-09-29T15:50:00.000-07:00

Well today Evie went for her two month check up, thats right she is already two months old. I know I can't believe it either. She is 12lbs and 2oz and 23 inchs long I know it sounds big but she is in the 80th percentile for her age which is great! She is a very healthy baby! She is still on the miralax to help her stay regular. She will continue to be on it until she is four months. Not to much longer, it just sounds like a long time. She recieved her first set of shots today. Two in the left thigh and one in the right. I believe it was harder on mommy than her.
Evie is now starting to hold her head up very well and laughing and sleeping all the way threw the night! YAY!!! She is such a wonderful baby we are so blessed! She is really starting to notice who we are now, it is the greatest feeling in the world when she wakes up and see's me and smiles at me! There is absolutely nothing in like that feeling.
She has already grown out of her newborn clothes, I had to pack them away last week. That was so hard, I cried doing that too. She has already outgrown the whale for her bathtub. She is only on the wedge now. She is growing so fast it is so amazing how much she changes all the time. Before we know it she will be starting preschool. I will loose it I just know it. Good thing I have Shane. That's pretty much whats been going on in our world. We love and miss you all tremendously. God Bless you all. As always Go Hogs-Brittany

The Bet

2008-09-21T18:38:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you make bets. Shane made a bet that if we beat Bama saturday that the Bama fans had to take pics in Hog Gear and if they won we did. He failed to tell me about this bet. I found out at half time. Needless to say we were going to be wearing Bama gear, they spanked us pretty hard, however we are recooping this year. So, we took this pic in front of this stinkin elephant that they snuck in our yard by they way. It was great fun Saturday we have lots of wonderful friends here in Alabama (even though we hate the football team)! :o) Evie pretty much slept through the whole game she was so cute though in her hog attire! She is for sure a future Razorback! WOOO PIG Looks like we have started a tradtion now Hog games at the Katilius'! Even if it means making bets! We love you all! As always GO HOGS!

Hog Game

2008-09-21T18:37:00.000-07:00

Trying to be photographers

2008-09-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

New Pics

2008-09-10T16:24:00.001-07:00

play mat

2008-09-10T14:59:00.000-07:00

Evie's First time on her play mat! SHe had a ball! Enjoy the video! Brittany

2008-08-30T15:51:00.000-07:00

welcome

2008-08-30T14:33:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, Welcome to the K-Spot or Evie's website. This going to be our new family ablum to keep you all up to date on everything! I will try and keep it as current as possible! We thank God for our wonderful blessing everyday! We hope that You enjoy our website. Love to all, The Katilius'

2008-08-30T12:22:00.000-07:00