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Doesn't she look like "Mini Me" in this last photo...."Whooo-oo Haa-a-a-a-a!!" Today was such a beautiful day! We had a meeting about Kayleigh and her new plan of action. Make sure you are sitting down. Are you ready....? The plan of action has been confirmed for Kayleigh to go home very soon. We are looking about a month or six weeks out, maybe even less depending on how well she does with the upcoming tasks. There is not a whole lot left to do, but she can't have anymore setbacks along the way. The next task ahead is for the doctors to insert a G-tube straight in to Kayleigh's belly. She has been trying to take a bottle and has not been too successful yet. They know it will take time, but they don't want to interrupt any developmental issues, so they are going to take out the last tube that is in her nose and put in the G-tube instead. The other tube in her nose was removed the other day for good since she no longer has any air on her belly that ne...

For all of our faithful follower and those who are new, this is a reminder to the Donation/Giveaway program that is coming up next Tuesday, March 3rd. If you want a chance to win some AWESOME prizes like the week long FREE vacation at an Ocean Front Beach Condo , stay tuned. If you didn't read the post about the program, please CLICK HERE Thanks, Aubrey Hey everyone, We have a meeting with Kayleigh's doctor here in a little while to discuss her future plans, so we are really excited about what is in store. We will be sure to update you along with some awesome new photos of Kayleigh. She put on a smile yesterday, so hopefully we can catch her in action today. Thank you all so much for your support and thank you Aubrey for putting on this program for us. You are a blessing to our family. God Bless,

Here are both clips in case you didn't catch them today. The first one was on MSNBC (National) and the second was on our Local NBC Station (WCNC). If you happened to miss the other NBC interview from last week, we put that one on her for you too. MSNBC -This was recorded off the TV as there was not a link for the video, so forgive me as the audio is not as clear. WCNC - We recorded this right after the live MCNBS interview. WXII - Interview we did last week at the hospital with the NBC News Crew from Winston-Salem. God Bless,

This has been on very exciting week for the Freeman family and we are happy to share our second "Thoughtful Thursdays" event with you. We will be doing this every week and we would love for everyone to join in and do something nice for someone out there. Last week, Julie Pizzitola is in our spotlight for her "Thoughtful Thursdays" kind gesture. Read was she did here: The Pizzitola Family Okay, here is how our "Thoughtful Thursdays" works. You all are going to go out in to this crazy world and do something EXTRA nice for someone else. You can do something nice for someone you love, someone you don't love, or someone you you have never had the chance to love and come back here to share about it each and every Thursday. God has shown Himself through Kayleigh and we need to glorify Him in all that we do. We need to touch other people with our kindness and spread the love of God with Kayleigh's story to everyone we possibly can. When you deliver your go...

Hey everyone. We received a call this morning from MSNBC to tell us that they needed to delay the show until tomorrow (Thursday). Obama is giving a speech so they need to cover that instead. We are going to be doing our segment around 11:30-12:00pm (EST) but that will be confirmed in the morning. I will be updating by Tweeter as the time gets closer. Aimee is sick as can be with a stuffy head & nose so hopefully this extra day will be just what she needs to get better. Everything happens for a reason, right? God Bless,

Great news!!! MSNBC is doing a "LIVE" interview with Aimee and I on Kayleigh's story tomorrow between 11:00-12:00EST. So tune in, grab some popcorn (yes in the afternoon) and say a prayer that we don't freak out, Ha! Actually, I was told to imagine the crew in their undies if I get nervous, so if you see me laugh at a part that isn't really funny, you know why :) God is working in our lives right now to spread the word and we pray that we will deliver a great message tomorrow. Our main focus no matter what broadcast, newspaper, magazine or anything, is to do God's will and send our message of Faith, Hope and Love like we have from day one. Faith - God has worked in Kayleigh's life when she was not supposed to survive the pregnancy and almost died several times along the way. People have joined together and prayed, and God listened to those prayers and performed His miracles. It is so evident through Kayleigh and her journey that God is real and He is so A...

WOW!!! This is all I can say right now. I am REALLY at a loss for words. I am just amazed at the generosity people have towards our family. Aubrey and Katie are two Kayleigh blog followers who have gotten together to design a program where people can donate a small portion and their name will be entered to win awesome giveaway packages. These packages are LOADED with awesome items for everyone to take part in. They figured out that you can not purchase a raffle ticket because it is not legal and is considered gambling if the money does not go to a non-profit organization, so Aubrey and Katie set it up to where the donations would be sent to our family to help us get back on our feet. God Bless them! Even though I am in the final stages of starting my new position with an awesome Christian company, we are still unfortunately facing our financial battles in this horrible market. Our foreclosure date is set and saving the house would be a very bad move as the house has lost so much value ...

8 Months - 240 Days - 5,760 hours - 345,600 minutes - 20,736,000 seconds TOO LONG IN THE NICU!!!! But man she is looking GREAT! We had such a wonderful visit as we changed her trach again, but it was just Aimee and I this time. I think we got the hang of it. I am going to video a trach change so you all get the real understanding of what we go through. Kayleigh hit the 7 pound mark! WOO HOO She's possibly going to get the chance to try a bottle soon, so we are really looking forward to seeing how she does. We were speaking with the nurse and if Kayleigh takes a bottle and can increase her feedings that way, there really isn't any other factors that are keeping her in the hospital. She will eventually come off the Pain Meds over the next week and all that is left is her Flolan, which she can come home on. How about that??? Let's all pray that she continues to WOW the Doctors and prove she is a big girl and can do all of this at home. When the talk of coming home becomes seri...

You could hear nothing but "AAAWWWwwwwaaaaaaAAAHHH's" going on in the room when Kayleigh was placed in her little blue chair. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen. Although, I will probably say that every single time she does something new. Can you imagine how hard I am going to ball my eyes out when she talks or walks for the first time? Oh man, someone is going to have to give Daddy a bucket. Kayleigh is doing fantastic!!!! She was taken off her Triple Mix (IV Nutrients) today and her caloric intake was increased to 25 calories. She is tolerating all of her feeds very well. They are decreasing her pain medication 5% each day, so we are making progress on that. The less she is on that, the more she will be able to focus and her eyes won't roll around so much. She is weighing 6 lbs - 14oz, and we expect a little more growth now that she is getting back up to her max feedings soon. Kayleigh is just moving a long in the right direction. As for an outlook as to how l...

First of all, if you didn't see the WXII Channell 12 News Feed, CLICK HERE Okay, here is how our "Thoughtful Thursdays" works. You all are going to go out in to this crazy world and do something EXTRA nice for someone else. You can do something nice for someone you love, someone you don't love, or someone you you have never had the chance to love and come back here to share about it each and every Thursday. For instance and to give you all an idea, here is what I did the other night on Valentine's Day. Since our funds have been limited, I still wanted to take Aimee out to dinner on the most lovable day of the year. So, I took her to Steak N Shake (our favorite fast food joint). "Yeah, I know I'm true romantic" but it was better than staying at home and if she wanted to live to see the next day, she wouldn't have wanted me to cook for her. After we finished eating, I noticed a lady and her husband sitting together enjoying their ice cream sundae t...

Here is the link to the News Website who covered our Story. CLICK HERE If you saw it live from the Winston Salem/Greensboro viewing areas and are joining us for the very first time, welcome to our journey, make yourself at home and begin to fall in love with our sweet Kayleigh. God Bless,

Ha! I was having too much fun with the camera. First of all, I wanted to let everyone know that the NBC News Affiliate ( WXII Channel 12 ) will be airing our story Wednesday night at 5pm est. They will be putting the feed on the website for all of those who are not local to the Winston Salem/Greensboro area. We are one of those people, so they are going to mail me a DVD of the story and I will also post it to the blog when it comes in. Kayleigh has been doing awesome over the past couple days. She has gone up on her feeds and her belly is not so bloated anymore. Yesterday, she was enjoying our company with tons and tons of kisses. It was perfect as every time we would give her some smooches, it was almost as if she was closing her mouth and puckering up for us. She is so sweet when she is not in any kind of pain or discomfort, so we are overly excited about her progress right now. The stress level is almost instantly lifted and we get to enjoy spending time with her like normal parent...

Look who has a big girl bed!!! Kayleigh is doing great! Aimee and I both were beyond excited to see Kayleigh looking more like her normal self today. She is recovering really well from the Tracheostomy procedure and her belly is starting to come down little by little. They still have her on 3 mls/hr, but she is tolerating it very well, so they may increase that a little more soon. I was shocked to walk in today with the respiratory nurses giving Kayleigh a workout with the CPAP, which is a step up from the vent. They were trying her out for fifteen minutes to see how she would do without the vent and she did great. I believe they are going to try it everyday and increase her time off the vent. It would be great if she can come off the vent completely and go home on CPAP. They both hook up to the trach, so it really isn't a whole lot of difference on the exterior, just different when it comes to pressure controls. Overall, Kayleigh is making good progress. Depending how her belly i...

I wanted to post really quick and share a perfect example (minus the $100) of what I will be doing for the "THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY" idea starting next week. Check out RiggsFamilyBlog and they are doing a "HI/LOW Thursday" today and giving away a $100 to a lucky participant. This will give you an idea/practice on how to enter by following the direction to post the link that will go to your site and your story. GO CHECK IT OUT AND TRY TO WIN A $100! ***By the way, here my disclaimer... (Due to the limited funds that The Freemans have, they will not be giving away $100 during their "Thoughtful Thursday" LOL)*** God Bless,

I�ve got some more exciting news to go with yesterday when I told you about the news station picking up our story. I was contacted by the Editor of Serious.Life Magazine and they want to do a story on us. He told me the current February issue has had over 530,000 page views since last Monday, so there�s a good chance you may already know about them and it would be a perfect opportunity to spread the good word. If not, check it out � http://www.seriouslifemagazine.com/ � the subscriptions are FREE. They want to do a story on us and Kayleigh, and highlight our blog. He (Brent Riggs, the Editor) asked if there was some new or current information or a story that was not yet part of our blog that we could include as original content for the March issue of Serious.Life. What do you ALL think? What about us, or Kayleigh, or our blog would you like to see them do a story on? What would you like to know about us that you have NOT seen on our blog? Any suggestions? Any ideas on an angle for the...

After a few unsuccessful attempts to get a new IV in the other day, they had to take Kayleigh down to the OR to put in a main line which needed to be surgically insert in to her chest. They finally got one of the IV's in her head, but that came out shortly after as it was not cooperating the way they hoped. The reason they put in another main line is because the central line (Broviac) has some puss coming from it, so they will have to pull that if it gets infected. To me it looks like Kayleigh got the mess beat out of her, but she is doing better than she looks. Her belly is still a little on the "big" side and they are waiting for that to come down before they start to feed her again. I feel as if they started her back too quickly while she was still on her pain medication from the tracheostomy procedure. Pain medication tends to slow down the motility of a digestive tract. Also, the trach site is oozing and they are taking precautionary standards to apply some medicatio...

WOW, This is way cool!!! LeeLou's Baby Photos Contest and Virtual Baby Shower has begun. Go check out all the photo finalists at: LeeLou's Blog - They are adorable! Good Luck in all the fun games and giveaways. They have some really neat prizes and we look forward seeing who wins! God Bless Everyone,

Reminder!!! Monday begins Leelou's Virtual Baby Shower. Contest, Prizes and FUN (OH MY!!!) CLICK HERE to learn more. We can't wait to see all the cutie patooties in the photo contest :) God Bless EVERYONE,

Just look at that smile!!! I am just overwhelmed with the love we have gotten over the past two days. All the wonderful emails and comments have muffled all the bad ones out. It has lifted us up and given us new strength to just turn our backs and to never have to explain ourselves to anyone again. Thank you everyone who donated to help us out financially. I am emailing every single one of you to get your address to send you something special. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!! We apologize for having to explain ourselves, but we felt like God wanted us to lay it all out there for everyone to know what is going on. You ALL are our family because you have cried with us when we were sad, you have cheered with us when we were happy, and you have prayed with us every step of the way. We felt our loved ones needed to know us through and through. God has blessed our family with love and that is worth more than anything in this world. We may be struggling financially, but we are rich in love. Thank you!!!!...