The Mitchells: I can feed myself a bottle!!

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

I can feed myself a bottle!!

3 comments:

Debbie said...: Woo Hoo Ella! Way to Go!!!! We are so excited.; 10:54 PM
Anonymous said...: I LOVE IT! WTG Ella :) I got teary eyed when I saw what big girl she is holding her own bottle:) I'm so proud :) I'm glad you found that cup! Logen loves his. Have you tried the spout to see what she can do with it? It took Logen a good 8 weeks to "get it". So, if she doesn't get it right away- try, try, and try again! Keep me updated! I am just so happy to see those pics :) YAY FOR ELLA; 11:05 PM
The Bratchers said...: I am so proud of Ella. What a big girl. Was going to ask where you got that cup. Or what brand is it? Avery my youngest needs to start holding her own bottle and that cup is great....
Hope your trip went well.

Karen; 2:20 PM

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.