The Mitchells: Thursday Update

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thursday Update

No baby. Just hanging out and getting things done. Starting to realize that I'm trying to over control the time that I will have to leave E with others while I tend to William...never really thought of myself as a control freak before!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Seems like you are SO READY for this baby! I bet you are counting down the minutes!; 2:31 PM
~The Neaves Nest~ said...: Come on Will!! How funny would it be for him and Gracie to be born on the same day!? Take care of yourself! Can't wait to see pics of your baby boy!!:-); 4:27 PM
Gram said...: hey - just enjoy the time you have with E before you have to mess with TWO!!!!! maybe that way you won't be so crazy waiting! jan; 4:50 PM
Gram said...: oh how cute. will and grace.....get it?; 4:51 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.