The Mitchells: Ella needs your Prayers.....

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Ella needs your Prayers.....

Please say a prayer for our little Ella today. She is going to have an MRI today to check her brain due to some twitching she has been having. Please pray it is a temporary side effect and that there is not permanent damage. I am going up to sit with Andrea as she is VERY scared for her baby girl right now. The MRI is scheduled around 3:00 p.m. today. Please continue to pray for this family as it is still a long road to get Ella where she needs to be. Thank you all for your continued love and support- Sara

3 comments:

Debbie said...: I'm praying.; 1:32 PM
Jodie Keeter said...: We are praying for you guys! Baby Ella- you are a blessing! We all love you and you've had an amazing affect on so many and will continue to all of your days baby! We're going to continue to lift you up in prayer... ~Keeter's; 3:45 PM
Unknown said...: continuing in prayer.. . My little (4) is praying for Ella several times a day as well!; 8:41 PM

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Ella's Story

Elizabeth "Ella" Hope Mitchell was born on May 10, 2006 at 3:45pm...by 5am the following morning the whole world turned upside down. The doctors came in to inform us that while Ella had been resting in the Newborn Nursery, she began to have irregular breathing and seizures. It was touch and go for the next 3 days. We were told several times that she probably would not make it alive through the ordeal. She had contracted Group Beta Strep which had resulted in meningitis. Due to the seizures and the infection we had no idea what the long-term effects would be. After Ella spent a long and trying month in the NICU we came home to see where the effects of her illness had left us all.

A few months later, almost a year, we had an official long-term diagnosis...Ella has Cerebral Palsy. She is a happy and loving child. She struggles with physical delays, cognitive delays and all sorts of things that have come and go.

2-eye surgeries to correct lazy eye
3-EEG's to check for siezures
5-MRI/MRV/MRA to check actual brain damage
3-CT scans for brain stuff
1-G-button/feeding tube surgically put in (and then Ella removed herself)
10 (approx)-Swallow Studies
1-Scoliosis Study
2-Kidney Reflux tests
2-Upper GI tests
1-24 hr reflux test
8-hearing tests
countless UTI tests
seemingly a million developmental tests
a hand splint
bath chair
adaptive stroller/wheelchair
stander
gait trainer
AFO's

ha, not to mention all of the therapist...currently: OT 2X/week, PT 3X/week (2 land, 1 horse), ST 3X/week (2 oral motor, 1 speech), develomental 1X/week, vision 2x/month, and we are about to start ACCDAT camp.

As of 4/8/2009.