Meela’s Story

Site created on October 16, 2018

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Little miss Meela was born at 25 weeks and 6 days gestation. 
Underwent 2 surgeries for bowel obstructions
Countless blood transfusions
A bout of pneumonia 
And so much more. She was a trooper and won all the battles put in front of her and got to come home for almost 3 weeks when she got sick. 


Friday 10/12
12:30 brought her into the ER where they worked for two hours trying to get her stable enough to move upstairs to ped’s. They found out that she has pneumonia again as well as a viral bug that she just needs to let run it’s course. She was doing good until Sunday morning at 5:45 when she crashed and had to have cpr compressions for 20 minutes. In that time she had no pulse/heart rate. They got her back and stable the rest of Sunday. Monday started going down hill again. The tests for brain and heart function came back clean and her lungs were getting better but she still was unable to keep her o2 levels up. And kalispell thought we needed to be sent out to Denver. So we arived in Denver 3:30am and they are getting her settled in. I’ll keep you updated as much as I can!

Newest Update

We made it to one.

Journal entry by Kayla McMahon —

When this journey started out I was told, “when you make it to a year you will be golden!” Well here we are... she is now over 13lbs and 26 inch long. This year has held 5 surgeries, 4 bouts of pneumonia, RSV, rhino virus, and more ER visits and hospital stays than I can count. We got rid of the colostomy bag and now have a GJ feeding tube which looks like a plug for a blow up chair, because she needs some more weight on her bones! Everyday we seem to find a new struggle or continue with a pervious one. We are currently in the hospital with pneumonia again as well has having issues with the feeding tube, heart rate, and stabilizing body temperature. If you have any energy felt to send up a few more prayers for this little one and her family we sure could use them... we are running on fumes! And just a shout out to everyone who has continued to help and pray, thank you! Your love is felt!
Maybe we will be golden when we hit two years?!?! 🤣
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