A 2-year-old Oklahoma boy, who officials said spent most of his life in a hospital, finally has to go home for Christmas. Kaysen Hazlewood of Ponca City was born on May 6, 2019, at just 26 weeks pregnant. His mother said in an Integris Hospital news release that Casein and his identical twin brother, Hudson, had problems from the start.” They called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, where one of the babies receives more blood. . and nutrient than the other,” said Kari Hazlewood. “In our case, Hudson was the dominant twin, which left Cassen malnourished.” Cassen and Hudson each barely weighed more than a pound at birth, and the news release stated that Hudson appears to be healthy considering his size. Cassen struggled to survive. “Kaisen is a fighter. He’s already been struggling with something since he was born,” said Kari. “He may be small but that’s about as tough as they come.” Experts determined that Casen had intrauterine growth restriction, which causes unequal placental sharing between the twins. Casson was much younger than his brother. Unfortunately and unexpectedly, Hudson died 12 days after developing the infection. Her parents feared it would get worse when Kessen developed the same infection, but she pulled through. Kessen spent the first 154 days of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit. “He was born in May and finally we had to take him home in October 2019. We were at home for six days when he suddenly stopped breathing and we had to take him back to the hospital. Unfortunately, it was our Will become routine,” said Kari. His mother says that every time Kesen gets a mild cold or even runs away. A low-grade fever, he is undoubtedly back in the hospital.” Since his lungs are not fully developed, he has a lot of respiratory problems and goes downhill rapidly, so before he becomes ill. At the signal, we just start going to Integris Children. They’re like our second family. We’ve spent so much time there. They all treat Kesen as if he were their own child,” said Kari. Doctors are hopeful that Kessen will get the most out of his repeated hospital visits. Lungs develop. Int. Employees of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Gris Baptist Medical Center conducted a bubble dispatch for Kaysen at the end of his final hospitalization, indicating that he spent 177 days in the PICU.” We’re just Kari and Donnie and Love the whole Hazlewood family and want to do something really special for them,” said certified child life specialist Erica Liddell at Integris Children’s. “In total, between the NICU and the PICU and the 14 surgeries he corrected, Kessen has spent almost a full year in the hospital. That’s half of his short life. So, we wanted to celebrate him in a big way.” Kaysen’s send-offs happened just in time for the holidays, which also included his older sister, Brianlee. The Hazlewoods said their Christmas wish is to keep Cassin healthy and at home.” “As much as we love the people at Integris Children and want them to continue to be a part of Casein’s life,” Kari said. Looking forward to seeing you less often in the new year! We want to see them socialize, not just when Kessen is sick.”
A 2-year-old Oklahoma boy, who officials said spent most of his life in a hospital, finally goes home for Christmas.
Kaysen Hazlewood of Ponca City was born on May 6, 2019, at just 26 weeks pregnant. His mother said in an Integris Hospitals news release that Cassen and his identical twin brother, Hudson, had problems from the beginning.
“They’re called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, in which one baby receives more blood and nutrients than the other,” said Kari Hazlewood. “In our case, Hudson was the dominant twin, which left Cassen malnourished.”
Casson and Hudson each weighed barely over a pound at birth, and the news release states that Hudson appears to be healthy considering his size. Kayson struggled to survive.
“Kaison is a fighter. He’s already been battling with something before he was born,” said Kari. “He may be small but that’s about as tough as they come.”
Experts determined that Caison had intrauterine growth restriction, which causes unequal placental sharing between the twins. Kesen was much younger than his brother.
Tragically and unexpectedly, Hudson died 12 days after developing the infection. Her parents feared even more when Casson developed the same infection, but she pulled through.
Casson spent the first 154 days of his life in the neonatal intensive care unit.
“He was born in May and finally we had to take him home in October 2019. We were at home for six days when he suddenly stopped breathing and we had to take him back to the hospital. Unfortunately, this is our daily routine. It will happen,” said Kari.
His mother says that whenever Casson has a mild cold or even a low-grade fever, he undoubtedly returns to the hospital.
“Since his lungs are not fully developed, he has a lot of breathing problems and he goes downhill fast, so at the first sign of illness, we just start moving on to the Integris Children. They are our second They’re like family. We’ve spent so much time there. They all treat Kesen as if he were their own child,” said Kari.
Doctors hope that as his lungs develop, Casson will come out of his frequent hospital visits.
Staff at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Integris Baptist Medical Center conducted a bubble dispatch for Kesen at the end of his final hospitalization, indicating that he spent 177 days in the PICU.
“We just love Kari and Donnie and the whole Hazlewood family and want to do something really special for them,” said certified child life specialist Erica Liddell at Integris Children’s. “In all, between the NICU and the PICU and the 14 surgeries he corrected, Kessen has spent almost a full year in the hospital. That’s half of his short life. So, we wanted to celebrate him in a big way.”
Cassin’s departure took place over the holidays, which was also attended by her older sister, Brianlee. Hazlewoods said her Christmas wish is to keep Cassin healthy and at home.
“As much as we at Integris Children love and want them to continue to be a part of Kesen’s life,” said Kari. “We’re hoping to see them less often in the new year! We want to see them socialize, not just when Kessen is sick.”
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