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We are getting ready to celebrate Ethan's 3rd birthday tomorrow. He is getting a Tonka dump truck and a foam puzzle to put together on the floor. Three years ago about this time (7:40 pm eastern time) on this date 10/23/08, I was watching TV. It was a Thursday night. My husband had made a big pot of spaghetti for supper and it smelled so good. I had fallen asleep during Wheel of Fortune and when I awoke Jeopardy was on. I was waiting for Survivor to come on at 8 pm. My daughter, Christa, ...

Yesterday morning I work up not feeling well. I was having some what felt like normal menstrual cramping. I always related it to what the doctor said was " round ligament pain."
It wasn't bad but uncomfortable and took some tylenol.It seemed to take the pain away. I had to take it most of the day yesterday. Perhaps there is alot of stretching going on there and that was what I was feeling.The doctor said that unless it comes in waves and my stomach would contract/harden then it ...

We went yesterday for our ultrasound. We have only been going every two weeks now. Things have been looking pretty well and we have been so optimistic that we were going to get some great news this week.
We walked in ready to expect something good and the first thing that we heard from the u/s technician was " the stomach is up." I said, " what? are you kidding?" She said no, it went up. Now, to give you a quick recap, the doctors have been shocked that the stomach hadn't ...

Two weeks ago Axel woke up sick. Just like that. I had always been told in the NICU that when he got sick, he would get sick 100 times worse than as other kid. My son had had a cold for a few days, but Axel had shown no signs of anything. Then just like that Thursday morning sick. Cough congestion, and fever. I tried my best to comfort him knowing they doctors don't give cough syrup to babies or small children anymore. Or anything for congestion. But when Friday morning came and I had slept not ...

Washington is in the process of organizing a CDH family get together with families in Oregon. How Exciting!! Scheduled for May of 2012, stay tuned for Details!!!