The Mitchells: 2 Months Old

Monday, July 10, 2006

2 Months Old

Happy 2 months to me!! I can't believe it's been that long since I made my big showing in the world. Thank you for praying for me...it's been a long road to recovery and I'm not quite 100% yet so keep them coming. My mommy and daddy think I'm perfect, but we still have some doctors to see this week to let us know if I'm still having or going to have any problems. Oh, and remember to pray for my cousin Micah, he's supposed to show up on Wednesday...it's a big week for the Roughton side of the family!!

Thanks again for everything.

Love,
Ella Mitchell

3 comments:

Debbie said...: Happy Birthday!; 2:13 PM
Collin and Stephanie Poage said...: PRECIOUS BABY GIRL!!! This is my favorite picture of her yet! And by the way... it's not just Mom & Dad who think she's perfect! :)

We love you!
Steph & Collin; 1:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Joe & Andrea! Congrats! Ella is absolutely beautiful and perfect! Just the way God intended her too be. I am glad to hear that she is doing so well. I know that God will continue to answer prayers! He is so faithful! We cannot wait to meet your little miracle! Take care! Love always, Jason & Ashley (Passick) Smith; 9:43 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.