The Mitchells: Makenna Paige Witschorke!!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Makenna Paige Witschorke!!

Born at 12:23pm on 9/26/08 weighing 6lbs 15oz and 19 3/4" in length...she has a full head of hair and a is perfectly healthy.

Joe and Ella got to visit her tonight. I have the flu and I'm not allowed to see her until I get a clean bill of health. Hopefully I'll be able to snuggle her soon!!

4 comments:

~The Neaves Nest~ said...: what a beautiful baby girl! ha, Sara and I were in surgery at the same time! but her's was def a lot more painful and a lot more joyful! :-) Hope you feel better soon!!; 10:48 PM
Unknown said...: Ella is happy to see her cousin!; 7:01 AM
Leslie said...: Yeah Sara & Mike!!! She's a beauty! Can't wait to meet her.; 7:15 AM
Annie and Jeremy said...: Congrats on the new baby in the family! I'm sorry you've had the flu!!! Hope you feel better soon!; 7:41 AM

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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.