The Mitchells: Solid Food Diet

Monday, March 19, 2007

Solid Food Diet

Because E is on all solids right now we spend a LOT of time in high chair...so here are some shots that daddy took this weekend.

4 comments:

Ginny Mooney said...: we continue to pray for you guys and for ella. she is so beautiful!!! matt & ginny mooney; 9:44 AM
Anonymous said...: My sweet baby - look at the smile. The miracle is that God has protected her from pneumonia or choking for 10 months!!! Even the doctors are amazed. She's one in a million - literally.
MIMI!; 4:10 PM
Collin and Stephanie Poage said...: Precious angel... Isn't she just the perfect picture of unconditional joy?! I have a lot to learn from Ella.; 10:09 PM
Anonymous said...: She is SUCH a picture of joy! What a precious girl! I am praying for you all. God has been so gracious to protect and sustain her during this time.
Love you,
Rebecca Scott; 6:51 AM

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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.