Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Abby site is under construction

Hey Team,

Sorry about all the funkiness on Abby's site lately. I am trying to get it all handled and will have it looking all snazzy and ready for comments again soon.

Abby is doing GREAT BY THE WAY! She is a walking machine. I have some video of her that I took from my camera so I will get that up as well.

Take care everyone.


-Abby's IT Department

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Surgery went well

Hey gang,

Really quickly, I just wanted to give everyone the update that the surgery went well. It took less than an hour and she was out an hour after that. By this evening, she was acting like she didn't even have a surgrey. I do need to say that my diagnosis as to how she got them was way off. I heard Kelly say that whole car seat thing, but that was just her theory at first. it wasan't what the doctor said like I had thought. Oops! I guess she just had these since birth apparently.

Anyway, I will check in soon with some more pics.

Did I mention that Abby can now stand up all by herself? Before she needed someones leg, or a chair or the wall to support her as she stood up....but not anymore!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Abby is going to be in the newspaper!

That's Right Abby Fans,

Our Li'l Abbylicious has gone and increased her fan base even more. She will be in The Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 edition of the Orange County Register. Man, our little munchkin has a knack for this stuff, doesn't she?
So how did this all come about? It's like this; Abby's acupuncturist Dr. Ruth McCarty works with CHOC on top of running a very successful practice in Aliso Viejo. One day, she got a call from a friend of hers that works in the PR Department at CHOC and they start talking about Abby. And if I'm not mistaken, this particular lady had recently spoken with Greg (the writer of the article for the OC Register) and decided to call him to tell him about Abby. He then reached out to Ruth who set up the interview.

As you all know, my goal and major incentive for keeping this blog going has always been to try and make our story one of hope and love with the intention that it's heard by families in our similar situation. Greg and the OC Register have done a great job at helping us out in that regard and for that we are very thankful. The title of the article is "The Triplet who survived is a tiny, surprising fighter" Pick up a copy of the OC Register on Wed., or click this link here and check it out.

Here are some pics of when Greg came over to learn Abby's story.





So on to the update: Abby is doing great. She is really starting to walk everywhere now! She still uses the wall for support a lot and likes to grab the hand of whoever is nearby to help walk her around. When nobody is there she manages to take a few steps on her own from one chair to the next, or from the ottoman to the couch. If nothing is there she'll test out a few steps and then plop down on her bum. She is still very inquisitive too. She is all about figuring out the clip on her high chair safety belt for example. She will sit there for literally 30 minutes sometimes and try to get it undone. I have encouraged this in an effort to support her curiosity...but it backfired. She figured it out! So now I can't just leave her in her high chair and feel comfortable that she won't ACTUALLY undo her safety belt. That little stinker can unclip the thing. (I'm secretly super proud of her though!)

She also opens and closes doors again and again and again, she likes to draw (or scribble), and she loves to do her best to push Eddie around a bit. He still loves her, but he's starting to stand his ground so it will be fun to watch that situation progress.

On Thursday morning, Abby is onto surgery number....uh....15? 16? Ahhh who cares. Anywho, it's a surgery to get rid of a hernia. She got the hernia over months and months of car rides. How's that you ask? Well, when Abby is strapped in, she arches her back and grunts in an effort to break through the straps and free herself from the car seat. Yes, it sounds cute at first, but after doing this a gazillion times, she gave herself a hernia. Nice!

There are actually some more things on the horizon as far as surgeries go... but this update has gone on too long and you guys just want some pics.



Alright alright. I have a few new ones...




Friday, June 06, 2008

Hello From Abby Town,

Today Abby has a surgery. Nothing too major. She needs to get her GJ Tube replaced. This one only lasted 3 months and it already broke. So this morning, Kelly and Grandma Cindy are on their way to CHOC. Abby will be put to sleep and the doc will have to guide the end of the GJ tube, which is called the catheter, through the hole in her tummy, go past the Gastro or stomach area and into the first section of her intestines, or the Jejunom. While the tube itself goes through the hole in Abby's tummy the doc uses a scope that goes down Abby's mouth and throat, and projects the image on a monitor so she can see what's going on.

The surgery itself takes about 15 minutes. But it's all the stuff before and after. The IV stick is a nightmare because Abby is a very hard stick and usually gets poked about 5 times before they get it. Then of course coming out of anesthesia is terrible and nauseating. So Abby is pretty miserable for the rest of the day.

But it must be done right??!!! We need her to keep growing and this is how she gets fed.

Here are some fun pics to tide everyone over.

Abby LOVES to go into Eddie's crib in the morning. Here are some old shots taken before we moved Eddie into his own room. Abby loves to jump all around and they inevitably bonk heads or trip or something and fall down. The falling down of course causes all kinds of giggles and laughing. It's great!







Here is Eddie at a friends birthday party.



Look at my little guy! I love this little chunker so much! He is truly the best thing that could have happened to us and to Abby. His timing is so perfect. He LOVES his sister so much and is so good with her. I love him I love him I love him. I wanna squeeze him!




Remember how we said that Abby loves the taste of food but hasn't quite gotten the whole swallowing thing down? Well, here is an example of that. Notice the bulge in her left cheek. She chipmunks her food in the left cheek for ever before she gets to it!
But even with a cheek full of food, she is still cute isn't she?!



Momma is very patient with Abby when she tries to "help." Like every other kid who likes to "help" Abby only slows down the process. But again...she's super cute so what can you do?



I mean, come on! I love these hat backwards pics.





Alright then,

Give it up for the Abby Followers! I know you guys are still out there and I love that Abby continues to touch your hearts and you remain faithful to her progress. As long as you all are still watching, Dadda will keep typing. It means the world to me....

Seriously. You have no idea.

I love you.

 
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