The Mitchells: Manic Monday

Monday, January 28, 2008

Manic Monday

Well, I had some contractions last night, but nothing worth timing or even waking Joe about. Today is our crazy day. Ella has 5 therapies today and I will start turning over some my day to Joe's mom, who is going to be helping a TON with Ella for the next few weeks. We leave tomorrow morning at 5:30am and check in at 6am. We will be using my cell phone voicemail to update...just call and someone will have updated the message with our status (don't forget to hang up BEFORE the beep so that it doesn't fill up the mailbox).

Andrea's Cell Phone (972)743-5916

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: You will be in my prayers today - I hope you get everything done and can still remain calm and relaxed. We can't wait to meet William!; 10:11 AM
* ~ *Jessica* ~ * said...: Less than 24 hours (hopefully) and Will will be here! I'm so excited for you guys!!!! Have a wonderful last day as a Momma to 1 baby! :); 1:04 PM
Annie and Jeremy said...: AHHH!!! I am SO excited for you! We are ALL praying for you...I pray that you can rest tonight and that everything will go totally smoothly tomorrow!!! Thanks for keeping us all updated!!!!! We can wait to see Will!!!!; 1:52 PM
Christi said...: can't wait to see the pictures!!!; 3:53 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.