Back In The Hospital… But We Did Something Special ❤️

Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. We've had a rough few weeks. Um, again, if you don't know me, my name is Kennedy and I have, um, if you don't know my story, I have two little kids. Um, I have a little boy who's two and, um, I have a little girl who's six months old. I recently just kind of, I told my followers and kind of shared my experience lately with my little girl Annie, who has been very, very sick. And we've had to do quite a few hospital visits. I'm sorry. I'm probably going to be very emotional during this video. So last few weeks we, Annie ended up getting sick again. And so we ended up having to be in the ICU and now it's been two weeks being in the ICU. And now we're, um, luckily Annie's doing better right now. We're going to have to be in the hospital again for another, um, week, but we're moving up, um, into a hospital or not into that critical care. We're going to be more into the intermediate care unit. And so things are looking better. But, um, again, these last few weeks have been really hard. Annie's just about six months. And this is our eighth hospitalization. She was very sick. And so we had to do a lot of blood work and a lot of different, really hard things for her. And, um, it's very hard to see as a mom your child going through this and you can't explain why they have to get this IV or get all these blood cultures or things like that. And so it's, it's been really really hard just to see her cry and not fully understand. And I try to comfort her the best I can, but it's very difficult to see and experience all of this. I don't share exactly her diagnosis and everything that's been going on for her privacy reasons. And we'll kind of see as things progress how I want to continue to handle everything. But like I said, um, we've now been in the hospital for two weeks in the hospital, a little over two weeks and we'll still be here until we're about 22 days or so throughout this experience with Annie. I haven't been able to leave the hospital, but today Annie was doing really good. And so I wanted to my mom and my dad flew here to come help me. And so my mom's with Annie right now because she's doing good. And I wanted to go home and shower, grab a few more clothes cause we weren't expecting to be here at the hospital for another week. And I haven't been home for two weeks. So Mother's Day is actually tomorrow. And as much as I don't want to be in the hospital on Mother's Day with my sick babies and kind of another thing that's been really hard before I kind of continue with that is my little boy Ace wasn't able to like, we weren't able to have him come into the ICU because there's lots of regulations, which I understand. But it's been really hard to be gone from my other baby as well. And 21 days not having your mommy is really hard for a little two year old. So I'm grateful because now when we're moving up to that next floor, Ace is able to come visit and we can be in the hospital more with him. I was able to see him a few times. I would, my mom would stay in the ICU room and then I was able to like go out into the hospital waiting room and we were able to kind of see Ace for a little bit, but it was really hard because I didn't want to fully leave the hospital because I wanted to be able to be accessible. So Ace and I would just play around in the little waiting room and we'd go outside a little bit of the hospital where they have a little bit of like a little garden. Anyway, Mother's Day is tomorrow. It's kind of like sad for me that I won't be able to be with all my babies. And luckily Ace will be able to come visit, but I wish that I could like be home with my babies during this. And while I was kind of feeling sad and sorry for myself a little bit for that, I was a little bit humbled because I think about all the other parents that are in the hospital right now who also have their sick babies and you know what, their babies could be worse or maybe they're even in there longer or there can be bad situations. Like these situations are just very, there's just a lot of things that a lot of hard things that our parents are probably going through as well. And I want to be able to kind of help them as well. So I came home as well because I have a few weeks ago after I think my fifth or fourth hospitalization, I have this platform. So I have a lot of connections to different brands. And so I reached out to a bunch of different brands and asked if they would be willing to donate some things to the hospital. And so in the last like two weeks while we've been gone, I've actually received a bunch of like toys and blankets and there's so many, they won't even be able to fit into the car, but we're going to go through them and we're going to hurry and quickly grab as much things as we can so that we can maybe help some families that may not want to be in the hospital long. No one really wants to be in the hospital, but maybe make their life a little bit easier because the hospitals are really hard and they try really hard to make the rooms happier, but their situation is usually pretty awful. And so we're going to my garage because there's so many things in toys and things that brands send that I want to hurry and stuff the car as much as possible, grab some extra clothes. And then I'm going to head back to the hospital to be with Annie and Ace is actually going to come with me too. So I'm really excited about that, but let's hurry really quickly. And we're going to get a bunch of toys and things for the kids and for their parents so that maybe it can soften the blow of having to be in the hospital with your sick babies. And I hope that this can make the babies or the kids who are not feeling super great, a little bit happier. I wanted to say, and we'll kind of mention all the different ones, but I want to thank Yankee blankets for donating a bunch of moose toys. They donated a ton of different things and also unhide blankets. Those are like the three top ones that like sent so much of them. They were so, so generous. And I'm really grateful that I'm able to bring them to a hospital to people that really need it. So let's hurry really quickly and go through everything. I want to bring some for some nurses that have like been my lifesaver. Like when I've had a few times where it's really hard to see your baby crying, and I like try and hold together and be super strong. And I've just had nurses that have been so sweet. And I'm like, come on, just give me a hug because I knew that I needed some support. And I really wanted to say thank you for that because as a mom who sees your child struggling so much, you wish you could take it from them. It's really hard because you can't just, again, I keep saying this, but it's just, it's really hard to see your baby sick and continue to be sick. It's hard because we don't know when there's an end. And so yes, we get to go home, which we're so grateful for, but we don't know when your baby will be better or if they will be better. And it breaks my heart for other families and their sweet little kiddos that also experiencing this. And so again, it just I'm grateful for the nurses and our doctors who have really helped. And they've been so considerate and really working towards helping our Annie feel better. Again, I just want to try to do as much good because I feel like when I'm giving, it also helps me to feel a little bit better. And so we're going to do that. And again, I'm very grateful for all the people that have sent toys so we can do this. So let's hurry and get going. And my dad is inside the house right now. He's going to help me move some boxes really quick. And I'm going to go say hi to Ace cause I haven't seen him in a bit. So anyway, I'm going to hurry and do that. And then we'll get all the toys and everything I'll show you what we're going to donate. And then we'll go to the hospital. Okay guys, I was able to spend some time at Easter's. He just went down for nap. So now we're going to hurry really quick and let me show you everything we got. So one of my cute neighbors that I was bonded with that left a few days ago, I hurry and grabbed one about, I had my mom grab one of these out and bring it to her. But these are the Minky blankets like look amazing. If you've never felt the Minky blanket, they're so soft and I feel like they're just like getting a warm hug and I want those parents to feel that. So we have these and there's four or there's five of each color to have pink. I don't know what other these colors are, but these are all Minky blankets. We also have unhide blankets and those are, I've never felt these before, but feeling them for the first time. They're also amazing and so, so soft. So we're going to bring these as well. We have tons of these. Then excuse my like crazy rides. This is some stuff that we're giving away, but these three boxes along with these four boxes are just a bunch of toys. So I don't even think I can fit one full box in my car. So I might have to open them and like put different things in there. And then I talked to the hospital and they're just going to bring out like a bunch of things to wheel them out. So that's kind of the plan. But I need my dad. He's going to help me. We're going to open them, show you guys what everything is inside. We're going to look at all the things and we're going to put as much stuff as we can into my car. Okay. So I've laid out some things. I wanted to count how many blankets and things we have. So from unhide, we have one, two, three, four, five, six. We have like a ton. I think we have like 20 something and it's really cute cause they have like ones with like little stuffed animals connected to them. Like this one's a little teddy bear. So I think the kids will really like that and then let's open the other minky blankets and see what we have. Okay guys, my dad is helping me. He's going to help me lay out everything and then we're going to see what everything is in the boxes. Okay guys, this is insane. We've got so many toys. So let me show you everything we got. Like look at this. There's so many toys. So here we got the unhide blankets, tons of them. We have all the minky blankets and like, look, these are so pretty. There's like white ones, pink ones. These like warm, like I would say like tan ones. I find like a little pattern and again, more of the cream. So we were spoiled by minky and unhide and then we are so spoiled with tons of different toys. Like my dad and I were both, we just kept opening and opening more toys and more toys. And I don't think I can fit all this in my car. So we're going to try to, but we're going to see it. We have toys with bluey on him. There's like tons of Mr. Beast toys that look like this right here. That's what most of like these boxes are. They do? Oh, perfect. Then we have a bunch of different slime kind of things, which look really fun. And then we have a bunch of little kitchens and things. Let's see. I don't know what this one is. This looks like an Elsa kitchen. I'm kind of, I don't want to get it out of the box, but we are very, very spoiled. There's like a holder box here, more boxes here. And then we even have like these little monkeys, more toys for bluey. I am so excited to give these to the hospital. So the next thing is I don't know how I'm going to get all this in my car. So I might just have to do a few different trips, but let's try to fit as much stuff as we can in my car before I go back to the hospital. I just found more minky blankets. I found these brown ones. Oh my gosh. This is crazy. Dad is putting a suitcase in the car and then we're going to try to fit as much toys as we can. I want to prioritize blankets first and then like a box of toys and then I can bring toys more later. If like when my parents come to visit me from the hospital, I want to do blankets first. So let's get those. All right, Ken. I found Mr. Beast's very big one. This is what the boys love. Okay. We like keep finding more and more toys. Mix all the stuff. And then there's a surprise. One of these creatures that comes about inside like a beast. I even like to do that. Okay. Well this will make maybe fun at the hospital. Okay. The back is full. We have some toys in here. Of course. I didn't want to take out my kid's car seats cause it's a pain, but we can maybe bring them back together later. Um, we have more toys here. We have the whole rest of the front seat that we can fill up. I have been hospitalized a few times at different hospitals. I want to save some for another hospital for minky blankets that we're going to bring them to and maybe a few toys that we don't fit into the car. We'll bring to the other hospital. Right now we're going to see how to bring as much stuff as we can into my car and then hopefully we can donate more. In a bit. Guys, look what we found. Look how cute these are. Okay. We need to pack those right now. Those need to go in there. They're like a little Kobe bears. We're definitely gonna pack those. Okay guys, the car is packed. We still have two like big things of minkies for, um, a hospital I stayed in the other hospital I stayed in. Then we have some toys here. We have more toys in here and this box and then all of these, the car is the rest of the cars packed. What is that? That is so cute. Okay. That's normal. I'm going to bring one of these. I'm gonna bring the blue. It's so hard cause they're all so cute. I'm not gonna be able to see when I drive it and we need to make sure we're safe. Shout out to my dad who is fitting all the toys nicely in a box and he's going to break down all of these boxes too. That's the best. Guys, this is crazy. This is absolutely crazy. I have so many toys packed in here. I can barely see out my window, but I can see out of it. So I think I'm gonna be okay. It's only like a few minute drive. So I think we're good. I'm excited to go see my Annie girl again. It was nice to see Ace. Now that he's sleeping, we can hit the road right here with Bluey. All right, let's go and bring all this stuff to the hospital. You know, what's so weird is like our circumstances are pretty stinky right now, but it makes me actually feel so good inside that I'm able to like do this. This is such a neat experience. I'm very grateful for it. Okay guys, we just made it to the hospital and I'm like so excited to give these to kids because again, it's just been really big eye opener with just this new experiences of having sick kiddos and I hope that these can make some kids a little happy and I'm grateful that I have so many connections and I'm able to do this. I also just want to say on here, if maybe you are someone who maybe in the hospital or your kids are in the hospital or someone you love is in the hospital, just know that you're loved and I wish I could do this for every single hospital and I'm going to try to do this all the time as much as I can, but know I love you and I'm praying for you and I'm so grateful for the prayers for my sweet Annie girl. Um, actually when I first came out telling Annie or telling everyone about Annie and kind of what we've been going through a little bit, it was crazy because I immediately felt those prayers like the next day and he was like doing so much better and then yes, we have ups and downs for sure. I feel those prayers and I'm very grateful for them and I think our Annie girl feels those prayers too. So now I'm going to donate all of these for the hospital's privacy. I don't want to show anything really, but, um, let's try and get to the hospital and then I get to go see my sweet Annie girl. Guys, it's so exciting. Kennedy's on her way here and she's got all of the stuff to donate to the hospital. So I think it's a cool idea. Like I'm just so proud of Kennedy with all that she's been going through like this. She, I don't know, she's just always looking at ways to help support others and I don't know how I was so lucky. I've got such great kids, but Annie's been doing really good. She's been resting the whole time and so, so yeah, we've just been keeping her comfy and she's been doing great. So so proud of Kennedy and she can be here any minute to give all the donations and so awesome. Thank you guys. Also, everybody that donated, um, all the companies and stuff like this was just really super special and just want to tell you thank you also from this Nana. Okay guys, we filled already two wagons and they're going to get more and I'm just so exciting and I'm so happy to be able to do this. Thank you so much. Minky moose toys and unhide blankets. You guys are literally the best. We love you guys. Bye bye.