Maddy's rough weekend

Maddy has officially broken her first bone :(

I got a call Saturday afternoon that Maddy had fallen off a skateboard at her friend's house. David, myself & Charlotte drove over immediately to our friend's Tina & CJ's house to find Maddy VERY upset & in a LOT of pain. We decided it was best to head over to Children's ER & have them check her out. Thank goodness we did! Maddy broke her humerous bone. It's the bone in-between your elbow & shoulder. Ouch!!! When the looked at the x-ray they also discovered a cyst on her bone. This is where I really started to sweat & feel sick to my stomach. They could not confirm at that time if it was a tumor, just a benign cyst or anything for that matter. The ortho surgeon came in and thought it was best to do a CT scan & get a better look. Maddy got an IV & morphine(2doses) and they placed a temporary mold on her right arm. Then it was off to CT. She did great through all of it!! We were discharged without any CT scan results because it was not only a weekend but night time too. I got a call this afternoon from our pediatrician and she got the CT scan results. What Maddy has is a unicermal bone cyst( I think that is the correct spelling, I'm typing in bed & I am to lazy to go find my post it with the correct spelling!!. It's non cancerous and nothing to really worry about. It occurs in kids from ages 5-15 years old. There is a slight possibility Maddy would need to have it removed but that is up to the ortho surgeon. We have an appt for this Thursday with the surgeon to get Maddy's more permanent cast. She will have to wear it for 6-8 weeks. I believe Maddy is actually getting a splint instead of a cast because of where the broken bone is. Maddy slept great last night, thanks to the morphine & Norco. She was up & moving around today but still very very sore & tired. she's going to try & go to school in the morning but we will have to see how she feels. I don't think she will ever skateboard again!! ;)

Colic sucks!

Just thought I'd stop by and apolgize for being a terrible blogger. But sweet little Charlotte has terrible colic and well I don't get much time to do anything. Right now she is in my lap and is fussy, VERY fussy! If colic wasn't bad enough she has terrible reflux too. Poor thing, I will be calling the GI doctor in the morning to see if we can try a new medicine, Zantac is just not enough :(

Charlotte has her 4 month check up on Friday morning. Can you believe she is almost 4 months old???

Hope everyone has good night, sleep a little extra for me! :)

3 months

Charlotte Grace is 3 months old today. She is such a love bug. I can't believe she is 3 months old already. I wish I could slow down time and that she would stay this little forever!

One Month

December 28, 2010

Charlotte Grace at one month old

sisters

My heart melts every time the girls curl up together. Madison has been such a great big sister to Charlotte. She loves to spend time with her and helps me change diapers and feeds her too! How lucky am I? Look at how cute they are :)

Charlotte Grace

On November 28, 2010 at 10:24am we welcomed Charlotte Grace into our family. She weighed in at 6lbs 12oz and was 19 inches long. She had a beautiful head of dark brown hair and the cutest chubby checks! I had the best delivery anyone could ever as for.

Charlotte was born 5 weeks premature. Since Charlotte was arriving early the NICU was called for delivery. Charlotte was having a little trouble breathing and wasn't quite responding the way they would like her to. They worked on her for about 30 minutes and then allowed me to hold her for another 30 minutes to see if she would transition a little better. After that 30 mintues with me she was really grunting and working extra hard so the NICU team decided it was best for Charlotte to head to the NICU for observation. The next 24 hours was a roller coaster. Charlotte ended up having premature lungs, pneumonia and pulmonary hypertension. She was intubated and put on high dose antibiotics. She spent 22 days in the NICU and came home December 20, 2010.

We've been home for 3 weeks now and things are going great. She is such a love.

I promise to be a better blogger and keep everyone updated!

7

7 years ago today I gave birth to the sweetest little girl in the whole world. She had the cubbiest checks and had a head full of dark hair. She was just what I had always dreamed of. She completed our family.

Never did I imagine back then that our lives would change so quickly and that everything we thought we had we eventually be taken away. We never got a chance to celebrate her 1st birthday.

Olivia turning 7 years old seems so strange. Seems almost impossible. What would she look like? Would she be anything like Madison? These past few days have been a roller coaster of emotions.  I've had  overwhelming feelings of guilt and sadness but also some really happy and sweet memories have warmed my heart. We miss her more than ever. I will be forever grateful for the time we had together.

Happy Birthday Olivia!

We love you,
Mommy, Daddy & Maddy