On April 24^th, the doctors informed us that Kadyn had been born with Cystic Fibrosis. The day we learned of her diagnosis we were immediately reassured by her amazingly strong parents that God would never give us anything we can not handle and there is a reason she will carry through life with this disease. Though the news of Kadyn’s condition was like a hard punch to the gut to us all, taking our breath away, our faith in God has carried us through and we’ve grown even stronger through him. Katie & Ryan have been mesmerizing. There were no tears of anger, no questions asking why me? In fact, it was the complete opposite. Ryan and Katie knew their strong, special baby girl was about to embark into this world and leave a name that no one would forget. With no doubt she will move mountains for her special disease and join all the other champions already making a difference.

Big brother Koy is definitely showing Kadyn the ropes, so that when she’s all better and out of the hospital, she will know just what to do. They are currently enjoying slumber parties at the hospital until lil sis can catch up with big bro in weight and diaper dumps. She sure is a tough little girl! She has been poked and prodded in every way imaginable and she is amazingly strong for her small size! We don’t know how long she will be in the hospital, but she is in Great Hands…. both human and Divine. The goal is to clear her intestinal blockage (hopefully without surgery) and to regulate her system, so that she can eat and keep it down. We don’t know how long that will take; we take it all day by day.

Below is a text Katie & Ryan sent out less than 12 hours after Kadyn’s diagnosis.

Hey! I just wanted to reassure you that Kadyn is more than ok!
She is such a strong little girl- it is amazing! We all have to be
positive about this! God does not give us more than we can
handle and he knows she is a little one that will not let a little
thing like this stop her! She is bright eyed this morning and
very warm! This is not a punishment, there is definitely a
reason she has it! Maybe she will be a champion for cf.
We will wait and see what spectacular things she is meant to
do in life! In the mean time we are not telling her that
she has it- don’t want to give her an excuse to complain :)
Please don’t worry!! When you see her you will know
immediately that everything will be ok! We love you!

We cannot be more appreciative of your thoughts and prayers at this time.

God is good all the time!