Im just trying to get some help for my beautiful friend Kelsi and her new born daughter Clover! If you can help her with prayers healing thoughts or even a donation it's be greatly appreciated ! Thank you all for taking the time to read her original message and update.

So where do I begin…

When I found out I was pregnant with Clover back in September I was scared, overwhelmed and a bit embarrassed. I wasn’t in a perfect situation and I knew it was going to be difficult to make this work. Boy, was I right.

I began getting sick about a week in. When I say sick I mean SICK. I would wake up and start throwing up immediately, and I would continue to get sick until I was in such bad shape I had to go to the ER for medicine and fluids because I would get dehydrated very quickly. The team of OBGYN doctors tried everything they could to relieve my suffering: zofran, reglan, promethazine, Benadryl, you name it, I have a prescription for it. But nothing worked. I spent 7 1/2 months sick every. single. day. It made it close to impossible to work, and it drove a wall in between me and my children because I couldn’t function. The nausea would be so strong I couldn’t even look at my phone, it was like I would get dizzy. Over the next 7 months, I would go to the ER an average of 3 times a week. Over the course of my pregnancy I lost 52lbs and my body was in ketosis. I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravadium, essentially a fancy word for morning sickness that last all day and night. It was the worst experience I’ve ever had to go through.

Fast forward to 5 months, we find out our baby has Inner uterine growth restriction (IUGR). She wasn’t growing like she should be. I began getting NST’s (non stress tests) and BPPs (biophysical profiles) twice weekly at the doctors office. Every test we took, she often failed. She just wasn’t able to grow to her proper weight for her gestational age. There was nothing I could do to improve it either. So my depression set in, feeling like my body had failed her.

The problem was her lungs. She wasnt doing practice breaths in utero like babies her age are suppose to do. Over the course of a month i got 4 steroid shots to help her lungs develop faster.

A week ago, I went to the ER for nausea and vomitting. The doctor on call decided to check my cervix and, turns out, I was 4cm dilated. At that point I was admitted to the New River Valley Medical Center in Radford. I was then air lifted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. For 5 days I sat in the labor ward waiting for a solution. After two more failed BPPs, the doctor came in and told me that her consistently failing the tests was really bad, and she recommended induction….immediately. I had maybe 20 minutes to come to terms with what was about to happen. I was having my baby TONIGHT. I was moved to a bigger room, given pitocin to induce my contractions. I labored for 6 hours, and finally at 2:56am Clover was born.

I got to hold her for maybe 4 minutes before she had to be taken to the NICU. She was born weighing only 3lbs. She was 33 weeks gestation. Her lungs were strong, though. Very strong. She has a strong cry which is music to my ears.

She will be in the NICU for the next month or so. She’s on a cpap machine, has a feeding tube and a pic line. Although she was born early she is doing great, thank god. She is breathing perfectly, all she has is a slight bit of jaundice that is being taken care of. I couldn’t be more blessed. I spent months and months suffering and scared she wouldn’t make it here. But here she is, perfect. The goal of course is for her to gain weight.

For the time being I am staying in Roanoke with friends and family. I cannot go home to Floyd knowing she is here in the hospital, I just can’t do it. She also needs my breast milk.

If any one of my friends are willing to let me stay a night on a couch or a spare bed, I would be forever thankful. I don’t want to overwhelm the few who have offered to let me stay. I don’t have money for a motel. My biggest concern is of course food, but I had saved some money for this exact situation.

I’m attaching my cash app if anyone would like to donate to help me financially get through the next month. Of courses I can’t work and I do not expect anything and would appreciate ANY amount given. I never ask for financial support but in this trying time I have no choice but to reach out.

I am hoping me and baby Clover can go home soon. Keep us in your prayers, and in your thoughts. Thank you to everyone who congratulated me and everyone that helped me through the past several months, especially my family for taking good care of me. I finally have the daughter I’ve always wanted, and I feel really at peace regardless of the anxiety. I feel complete. She IS allowed visitors if any close friends or family would like to meet her. Of course we are concerned about germs so not just anyone can come visit. But those close to me know who they are.

I am extremely blessed and really happy. Thank you for reading about miss Chloe’s life.

I love you all ❤️

*UPDATE*

I have spoken to the social worker for the hospital and she is going to try to get me into the Ronald McDonald house. It’s only 2 blocks from the hospital, and they have a shuttle that runs back and forth. Fingers crossed this works out!!