Morgan Update 1/20/2011

We woke up this mornig to many nurses standing around Morgan's bed which usually scares us, but it was shift change and they were all admiring our fighter and the progress she had made through the night.
We are still not off the oscillator but we are getting close.
She hasn't had a paralytic since around 8am, she is still on sedation but is waking up and wiggling around every so often.
BIG brother came to visit her today, he took everything great but not many worries for a five yr old. Jill and I got to spend some much needed time with him as well.
We again thank you for all the prayers that are being lifted up for everyone here in the PICU

~ Cody

From Cody & Jill: Morgan Update 1-19-2011 5pm

So far so good, she has been steadily improving over the past 24 hours, she is still on the oscillator, but the doctors continue to dial it down.

It is probably going to be a a couple more days before they can move her to a conventional ventilator

Today's goal was to increase her feeding to 15 mL by 7 pm this is up from 5 mL.

We can't thank everyone enough for all of your thoughts, prayers and blessings. One thing we would like to ask of you is that while we all continue to pray for Morgon's recovery, please include the many other children that are our neighbors here in the PICU. We are so blessed to have such an awesome support system and we realize that many of these children near us are not as fortunate as we are. Thank you for that!

We love yall and can't wait to post more improvements as they come! May God bless each of you.

(Update from Jill) 1pm 1/18/2011

Today's goal is much the same as yesterday...."To not have any excitement", per the Doctors words. She is steadily doing better, but they do not want to push her to hard, too soon. I so greatly appreciate all the wonderful doctors and nurses that have been working so hard for Morgan's best interest. I love the fact they none of them ever settle for ordinary. They check and double check things and are constantly running ideas off of each other in hopes of finding a new lead or idea of what caused this infection. They had another doctor come earlier and do an overall question and answer session with us, in hopes of seeing something they may have missed. This really impresses me! As one of the doctors says repeatedly, "This is a marathon, not a sprint", we will continue to wait patiently as they work fervently to rule out each and every illness they can. Thank you again for your continued prayers. Her fighting spirit shows out daily in her numbers and her little wiggles. May God bless each of you like he has us.

                                                           Miss Morgan & her Bears
                                                           11/17/11 @ 11:30 pm

Update 11pm 1/17/2011 from Jill: She did just what the doctors told her...she didn't do anything too exciting today! That is a good thing! However, her wonderful night Nurse, Cassidy, did put on some relaxation music for her and she started wiggling around! She let her dance(wiggle) a little before having to give her some more paralytic so that she wouldn't get too excited and drop her stats. They just now suctioned her lungs to remove some unwanted mucus that was affecting her oxygenation. Nurse Cassidy said, "She was a Rock Star!" during the procedure!! That is good news. She has great color today and is looking so much better. Goodnight and much love to you all. ~Love, Cody, Jill and Baby Morgan

Please Pray for Morgan...

This blog has been created to update friends and family about sweet Baby Morgan Lawson. Morgan was born on October 8, 2010 and is currently in the PICU at Cooks Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.
Morgan has been at Cook Children's Hospital since Sunday, January 9th. Please pray for sweet Morgan and her parents Cody & Jill Lawson and her big brother Wyatt. This blog has been set up by friends of the family. 
We are asking for PRAYERS for Miss Morgan and that GOD watch over this little angel. We will be setting up a PayPal account for the family in the next couple of days. Donations can be made through the blog and will help the family with medical bills, food, rooming expenses, etc....