hey everyone, i know its rare for me to post a new topic but i wanted to
let everyone know about this little angel, his name is Kaleb and he is
now suffering from shaken baby syndrom. He's a 6 month 1/2 year old, and
this was conflicted by his daily baby sitter. This is his story if you
guys are interested in reading about him.
http://www.bryantmcgill.com/forum/index.php/topic,3632.0.html

And for the people who have been tuched by him, you can go on this page
and light a candle for this baby and write a little though or prayer for
him.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=KALEB

Please pray for this angel to get better, no baby should go through
this, nor should the parents.
Thank you
-Lea

ugh, people that can do that to kids disgust me. my prayers are with
kaleb and his family.

Ohhhh my Gawd my heart goes out to him this is so sad. No child should
ever know what abuse is. My prayers are with him and his
family.

My prayers are with him, how can people hurt a defenseless child, theres
a special place in hell for them!!!!!!!!!

I feel terrible for all parties involved.

wow!!! the internet is so powerful! i got the email about kaleb on my
work emial by a co-worker.. that knows the family personally.... its soo
sad.. i couldent imagian going to pick up my son and finding out that he
has babt shaken syndrome.... that is sooo horible... i have been praying
for kaleb .. and will continue to pray for him! but if we refuse the
illness in the name of god and just believe he will get better... i
really believe he will... my heart is with the family... hope everyone
can pray for the little angel...

wow, how can people do that to a kid? that is awful!!!! My prayers are
with him and his family!

Very Sad! My prayers are with Kaleb and his family.

UPDATE!!!!!


THIS IS FROM HER BLOG.

ANother Step back


We have hit a bump in the road.



This AM Kaleb threw up blood... a lot of blood. He has internal
bleeding. So they have stopped his feeds and replaced the feeding tube
with a vacuum like tube that is suctioning out his stomach to see if the
bleeding stops on its own. If it doesn't, the next step would be a
endoscopy (like a video camera that goes down through his mouth into his
stomach) to see what the problem is and how they can fix it. Kaleb is
pretty unresponsive today... just sleeping. It makes me sad, this
emotional rollercoaster. I was so happy yesterday and he was doing well
and than what-do-ya-know, another problem... My poor Kaleb. They say it
could possibly be a stress ulcer or the lining of the stomach got
irratated by the feeding tube. Whatever it is I hope it is minor.



Kaleb also had a fever this AM. 101.3 temp. So they took off his little
outfit and took the covers off of him... and now at this moment he is
too cold. So now the Bairhugger (Heater) is on him. It is so funny, down
here in Florida they do not sell little beanie hats for babies and all
of the hats that we are attempting to put on him are WAY too small. So
luckly they have found some newborn hats that fit him... But they are
kinda girly... But that is ok. He looks really pale today too. I guess
this just goes to show that cases like these def. have UPs and DOWNS...
and unfortunately today seems to be Down Day.



Last night we got to experience a hospital fire alarm... Funny that is
the second one since we have been here. Today thankfully the college
aged group at our church is bringing us dinner... I am looking forward
to that. I am hoping that Kaleb will wake up a little bit tonight so I
can see his beautiful eyes. He looks like he is getting taller. All of
the outfits that I brought up to the hospital don't even fit him... =0)



I am going to get going... I need to go buy better tape to tape up all
the letters and cards that we got today. To all of you who are waiting
for me to accept your friend request... I am sorry... I have 2500 pages
of friend request and I am trying to work out a way to get through them
all.



This is just another trial that Kaleb has to go through for some
reason... a reasont that I don't understand, but God does. I trust that
this will only make him stronger.

No child should ever be harmed in this or any other fashion. No parent
should ever have to see their child suffer in this way or go through
this. Kaleb is in my prayers. Candle lit.

may God keep watch over you and your
precious bundle and he is in my thoughts and prayers

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.THEY WILL BE IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.....

Heavenly Father, watch with us over your child Kaleb and grant that he
may be restored to that perfect health which it is yours alone to give;
Guide his family and give them strength to help him heal,,, Amen

VERY WELL PUT MOM

And for Kaleb.... My thoughts and prayers are with
him

For those who care, here is an update!!

Thursday, June 14, 2007

June 14 2007


Wow what a busy day!



Kaleb is still doing pretty well. I had to go do laundry this AM at the
laundry mat (I haven't been keeping up with that so it takes me like 4
hours to get it done) and when I called to see how Kaleb did ovver
night, the nurse told me that he did well. She also said that when she
was moving him around he was getting fussy!!!! FUSSY! WHAT A GREAT WORD
TO HEAR! Now it is not like a fussy that a normal baby would be... but
it is a collection of short wimper cries. He is also fighting the nurses
more too! His central line has clotted so they are trying to unclott it.
They have but in a Hep Lock IV into his right arm now just until they
can resolve the problem with the central line. Hopefully they are able
to unclott the central line or they might have to redo it... and trust
me, that is not the most pleasent experience. He is moving around a lot
and starting to respond to sound again. We have put a Glo Worm Lullaby
(a toy that was sent down to Kaleb) by his ear and he is turning towards
where it is coming from so... HE CAN HEAR! I was starting to worry that
he couldn't hear... This is encouraging. I know if he is able to hear,
he will be able to see again, maybe not 100%... but hey it's something.
I got an encouraging letter today from a lady whose son suffered from
shaken baby syndrome in which she enclosed a picture of him in the
hospital and a picture now and he is normal!!! That lifted my spirits.
GOD IS GOOD!



There is something important that I would like to share with all of
you... These words meant so much to me that came from someone who plays
a vital role in Kaleb's recovery... Our doctor told us that it is too
premature to lose hope! Not that it has ever been the case... I know
that the road to recovery is a long HARD road and that the scans look
VERY bad. But THERE IS HOPE and I am glad that he told us not to lose
that.



Kaleb, every one is pulling for you. I will do EVERYTHING I have to do
to help you make a full recovery. This will be my promise to my little
angel, this is m promise to you!







I have rcv'd some calls from some friends that Kaleb's story was on CNN
or CNN Headline news, I am not sure of which one it was... WOW! I am so
blown away...It also is going to be on another Tampa Station, Bay News
9! I will be posting links to both if I am able to find them...



Once again, I am sorry if I have yet to accept your friend request. I
have been unable to get the number of pages below 3100! I have recruited
some family help so maybe we can get on top of it.



I want to say thank you for all of the cards and gifts that we have
rcv'd!!!! I was blown away when I went to the PO box this morning! I
read each and every one of the cards and letters and will be sending out
thank you notes for the gifts as soon as I can. I just wanted to say
that I have been receiving them and that Josh and I are so touched by
all of you!



Today was a second step forward and I pray that we do not take a step
back tomorrow. This seems to be the trend of things. Please continue to
pray for my baby boy!

there is also a myspace page.... http://www.myspace.com/197879646

yeah i know there is i just like to inform people who cares about him
and show updates as i find them out

Lord,I just ask you to continue to be with Kaleb and his family,Lord
please bring him back,if it is your will.Please hear our prayers.

Prayers said and will continue...I hope that babysitter gets hers in
jail! Inmates don't take to child beaters/killers! They better put her
in solitary......but I hope they don't!