The Mitchells: Compare at 3 Weeks

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Compare at 3 Weeks

Ella and William at 3 weeks...do you think they look alike?

10 comments:

Unknown said...: Definitely!; 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes! I can't see the lips and the hairline looks a little different, but definitely yes!!!!; 8:53 PM
Maggie said...: Identical!!! I thought they looked alike immediatley when I first saw him. I wonder if he will have that curly hair too!! He's so precious!!; 7:47 AM
Annie and Jeremy said...: Whoa, yes!!! That is so amazing!
ps--thanks again for visiting with me on Tuesday night...it was SO great and SO helpful!!! :); 9:34 AM
Unknown said...: No; 2:02 PM
Anonymous said...: What does Josh know...nutin
Yes, their pictures look alike. Ella changed so much once we got her out of the hospital that I don't remember her looking like this. I would hope they look related!!! I don't think you 3 siblings look alike, but everyone else in the world does. I love seeing the old photos!
-Mom/Mimi; 9:15 AM
RW Fine Arts Private Collection said...: I have to agree with Josh. I don't think they look much alike either although both adorable. I think they have some very distinct features. Love you; 10:37 AM
Gram said...: i absolutely don't remember ella looking like this picture at all! amazing! once will gets out of that "baby stage" he will look even more like her! both beautiful!; 11:05 PM
Unknown said...: this is wendy, (josh's wife), and i disagree with my husband... they do look so much alike, both have those beautiful big eyes! so cute!; 1:50 PM
~The Neaves Nest~ said...: Oh I think so!! Beautiful babies!!; 8:02 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.