The Mitchells: Same-Ole Saturday

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Same-Ole Saturday

William is hanging on strong. Just wanted to update for anyone who is checking to see if we've gone into labor yet. The answer would be "nope".

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: girl......it is not a same ole saturday. trust me. as a mom of a 4, 3 and 1 year old i know that this is an awesome saturday...as it will be the last saturday that you have to hang out with your little lady exclusively!!!! enjoy it , remember it, takes pics.....it is a treasure.; 11:41 AM
~The Neaves Nest~ said...: I think little Will and Grace are trying to see who can hold on longest! Can't wait to see pics!:-); 2:45 PM
Anonymous said...: You are cracking me up! I am guessing you guys will be at church unless Will appears during the night! Nathan held on strong - I never had contractions with him.; 5:34 PM
The Bratchers said...: Thanks for all the updates.. we are praying for ya...you are keeping us on pins and needles....:); 8:18 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.