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Welcome Home Ella
Let the sleepless nights commence! Ella is no longer hooked up to any machines, alarms, or nurses. She is home in my arms right now and already whining about it. We still have some unfinished business with her, but she is well enough that she is able...

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Ch-Ch-Changes
Emma has taken a big step. Today was the day she was transported from Evergreen Medical Center to Children's Hospital. The doctors at Children's want to observe her for a few days before they proceed with the VSD surgery. Emma absolutely loved the trip...

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Seattle, here we come!
Sorry I've taken so long to write a post, but things are progressing here in a good hurry. Emma is scheduled to move to Children's Hospital tomorrow morning at 9am. Woo-Hoo! She's going to spend a couple days in observation to determine how soon they...

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It's the final countdown
We got some great news today. Ella is on the final countdown to go home. She has to last 5 consecutive days without an apnea event (feeding doesn't count). If she has an event, then the counter is reset. There is a possibility she could be home as early...

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Back to normal
I know a lot of you have been sending us hugs and asking for updates, so I'll write a short post to keep you informed. Things have thankfully returned to normal for Emma. In fact we finally got her to eat from a bottle for the first time today. Yay! She...

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Emergency Drug Procedures
These are the drug steps if Emma has an emergency. Ella has a similar sheet too.

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I'm aging way too fast
We had a very scary moment today. It's really amazing how quickly things can turn on you. I just tried feeding Emma her first bottle, which was unsuccessful, so we had to rely on the feeding tube as usual. As we do every day, I decided to hold Emma as...

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Climb For Kids - the climb for hope
Today marks a new day for me. With this blog post (and subsequent email many of you will receive from me later), I have officially kicked off a new non-profit organization called " Climb For Kids ". As many of you are already aware, and if you are reading...

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Pink is not my color
Sorry to disappoint you Dawn , but one my girls is not feelin' the pink train . We've got a ton of clothes for both girls, and a LOT of them are pink. They are all super cute, but we thought we should add a few non-pink girls outfits to their set of clothes...

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Peanut butter and jelly
The girls are really growing . I now call Emma "peanut" because she is smaller and Ella has been adorned the name "jelly" as in jelly rolls (I'm sure I'll regret this reference when they are 17 and are looking to rebel against Daddy). Anyway together...

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Another milestone reached
We have some very good news. The girls are growing a lot! Emma reached 1500 grams last night which is a big milestone for her. If you remember, I spoke about the VSD she has in her heart which will require open heart surgery to correct. If Emma growth...

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It's Bath Time!
NOTE: I wanted to mention that as of this posting, I'm now changing permissions for who can access photos of Ella and Emma. All pictures will be available only to Friends and Family of ours via Flickr. If you want to see more photos, simply go to Flickr...

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Merry Christmas from Ella and Emma!
Sorry I've been slow in posting. I'm putting together something special for my girls and its been taking up my time. You'll find out more about that in a few weeks. Anyway, we just returned from the hospital and I must say the girls are really growing...

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Thoughts on the Steelers today
Emma is a Steelers fan already. You can tell by how upset she was at their gameplay, see the picture above. We have some very cute photos of Ella today .Enjoy.

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Going both directions
The kids have been very slowly making progress. Ella hit a couple major milestones today. She officially weighs over 4 pounds now, and she is actually starting to become chubby. That's a great thing! Ella also initiated breast feeding directly from Ellen...

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