The Mitchells: Prego Page

Monday, June 23, 2008

Prego Page

Becky Page is one of my dearest friends who was there when I thought Joe might like me (she disagreed) and even crashed our first date (so that Joe could help her pick out cowboy boots), stood up for us at our wedding (I got to stand up for them as well) and she was there every step of the way through both of my pregnancies (as a prayer warrior and a friend)...now the Pages' are pregnant and we got the chance to celebrate with them on Saturday night:

3 comments:

Hurtado Family said...: Love your dress!; 12:34 PM
Beck said...: Ahem! While I am so pumped to see I made the blog, I really must disagree with the concept that I crashed a first date. Let's be clear, I was home studying and you and Joe, feeling awkward about your random first date on a Friday morning of going to garage sales in the rain, both came to my apartment and coerced me to come with y'all! It was awkward enough wondering, "do they like each other? am I on a date with them?" But yes, you're right about the fact that I didn't think Joe like you. I think it's evident I was very, very wrong.

ps: still love those boots.; 7:28 AM
Katy said...: So good to see a picture from that night! I can't believe it's just a short 3 weeks away!; 3:13 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.