The Mitchells: Links

Monday, August 28, 2006

Links

I finally figured out how to do links on this blog....soooooo, check out the blogs of our friends to the side...if you have a blog PLEASE send me the site and I'd love to add it to our blog links as well.

ALSO, check out the photo folders...these are ALL the pictures we have taken of Ella...there are over 1,000 photos combined so don't feel like to have to look at them all!! Also, please feel free to order whatever pictures you would like from these links.

Love,
The Mitchells

PS...medical updates tomorrow!!

4 comments:

**Angel** said...: Andrea,

I love the new blog set-up! The pink is great for Ella. I love keeping up with you, Sara, and your babies via the blog world. Congrats on your beautiful baby girl.

Angel:); 8:06 AM
Anonymous said...: Andrea,
I have loved keeping up with you guys via the blog. I'm a little bit of a tech idiot myself, but have sure enjoyed all the pictures and update. I love the new look -- how do you find the time?! I appreciated the slide show from Wendy's shower. I really wanted to be there, but school started for Jake and Grace on Monday and Todd had to coach soccer on Saturday, so it was too much of a stretch for us. I should also mention that car travel isn't Maggie's strong suit just yet! It looks like a lot of fun. I can't wait for the two little girl cousins to meet -- Mom says Ella is just a little doll.
Lots of love to all,
Kris Stevenson; 10:07 AM
Anonymous said...: Andrea,
Again, I'm still figuring out this whole blog thing and didn't remember to put in my e-mail -- my mom said you would like to have it, and I would love yours.
It is: steventod@comcast.net
Kris Stevenson; 10:09 AM
Anonymous said...: updates as promised the 24th of August please; 10:21 AM

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.