The Mitchells: Shower William

Monday, January 07, 2008

Shower William

My sister hosted a baby shower for me yesterday so that we could get started with some great things for William. It was so much fun to see so many years of friends in my house. Each person who came holds a special place with fun memories. Thanks to my sister and Allison (Parkey-to-be) I have just a few pictures of the event:

1 comment:

The Scott Family said...: Andrea, PLEASE forgive me for not making it to the shower yesterday! I was planning on going until Sat. (I even have your gift sitting right next to me!), but we had the most crazy weekend... I won't go into all the details. I so wish I could've been there to celebrate with you! You will do GREAT with 2 kids, I promise! I know I can't identify with your situation, but I will say that I was terrified to have 2, and it ended up being WAY easier than I thought! We live close to y'all, so I am here if you ever need anything.:)
Love,
Rebecca; 8:37 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.