Elijah Kim

Hickups on the bed with his O face

Zanzibar Bouncer

We got a Zanzibar Bouncer as a gift / hand down. At first Elijah was too small to fit in there, but one day, he was able to sit in there without sliding down and all over.  It works well. We use it to spend some of his awake hours. We don’t really use the music or the vibrating functions much.  There was once a time where he jiggled himself becaues he had the hickups. 

Finally Home!

Elijah is finally home! I picked him up on a warm Saturday.  Thank God that the weather was great that day. We finally brought him home and was able to put in the crib. These pictures are actually taken on our bed.

Socks made to look like shoes

Take a look at these socks! They look like shoes.
It has laces and everything printed on it!

Annie’s Mom’s House

Just as Elijah was about to be discharged, the very same day that I drove down to the hospital to pick him up, 10 minutes before I arrived, December 5th, Elijah started to excrete blood from his belly button once again. The hospital decided to keep him there a little bit longer to observe.  He stayed there for another full week under observation. He underwent a colonoscopy and an endoscopy and was diagnosed as having an ulcer.  How does a week old infant have an ulcer?  The gastroenterologists said that he was allergic to either formula or something in the mothers milk such as cow’s milk or soy.  After that week, we were discharged. He still had bleeding so he was put on prescription drugs till the ulcer heals.  His next destination was Annie’s Mom’s House.

Burping at CHOC

At Choc, they taught us how to burp Elijah in the sitting position.
It really calms him down and allows for us to get a good look at him.

Transferred to CHOC

Right after he was born, he was vomiting and excreting blood. He entered the NICU to drain the blood out of his system.  We found out that his insurance was not accepted at the hospital so we were transferred to CHOC

Thank you everyone who has prayed for Elijah and us.  We feel that God has really done a miracle to stop the bleeding that occured initially.  After transferring, the docters were looking at the charts and numbers and could not believe that it was this same baby. We are very thankful.

His first birthday ever

Few hours after he was just born.

In the bassinet where evaluations occur.