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Well, I spent last night agonizing over what was the best decision for Emma. Really, I spent many hours trying to convince myself that we needed to proceed with surgery on Monday even though I knew in my gut that it was the wrong thing to do. We couldn't
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Of course they were separated at birth. That's Ella and her mom (circa 1975) both enjoying tummy time. The funny thing about these photos is that Ella is a such a mashup of Ellen and myself. She has Ellen's chin and my fat face (and eyes). Ellen had an
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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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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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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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These are the drug steps if Emma has an emergency. Ella has a similar sheet too. Share this post: email it! | Send to Delicious | digg it! | reddit! | Dot it! | Seed Newsvine
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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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We are finally seeing all of this long hard work pay off. Today was incredibly special. First was the weighing. Emma is over 2100 grams (very close to 5 lbs) and we expect her to reach her goal of 2500 within 2 weeks, if not sooner. Ella is gigantic,
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I was about to write today's post as a cute little diatribe about the color pink and how awesome Emma looks in everything but that color, but we arrived home today to see these waiting for us. I was speechless. It was 7 envelopes full of insurance bills.
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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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Yo, this is DJ MattyK with MTV Cribs. It's not often we see cribs this tricked out y'all, cause these kidz gotz to be kickin' it old skool . Cribs like this help to bring out yer posse , if you know what I'm sayin'. With a crib so stylin', you gots to
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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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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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We're all pooped out from the holidays, so we're taking a nap. Meanwhile we wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year. Here's hoping that 2008 will be as good as 2007! Share this post: email it! | Send to Delicious | digg it! | reddit! | Dot it! | Seed
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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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