Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to FIGHT



Lance Armstrong

Sunday, March 29, 2009

What a great day!

I've been getting in trouble for not posting more often so i'm sorry to all of you who keep updated. But i think no news is good!! We had a fun couple of days just hanging out together as a family of 5.. weird.. The kids are both doing very well, i haven't noticed any change in behavior..yet! She had to wear a monitor for 24 hours (per Dr Rose) to make sure when she cried her heart would slow down when she stopped. I'm sure she is fine but we won't know the results until Mon or Tues. She is still on lights until noon today but her count was only 12 on Friday so again, just a precaution i'm sure. The Dr. also said that because of RSV that we need to be extra careful with her because if she got RSV it could lead to early surgery so needless to say we will be in for a few weeks! (which is soooo not me!! I'll be going nuts!!) She will get a shot to help prevent it as soon as we can convince the insurance to cover it but for a while we are being extra careful!! It's been fun to dress her and hold her in her jammies a little here and there when we sneak her out of her lights.. SHH!! The snow is buggin but i couldn't be happier to be here rather than back at last Sunday! We've come so far in a week, we are so blessed! Here are a few cute pics of Libbi and home!!

The kids feeding her and making funny faces.. weirdies! (yes! that would be Jerzi in the boy jammies)

Her first bath at home in the sink!

Her bili bed, she kind of likes it i think!!


All nice and clean!



Koy's first time feeding her.. he's a pro now!!


So fun!! They kids fight over who gets to feed her, hold her, change her, sit by her, etc, etc, etc, but I don't mind the fighting, at least we're all here together!! She's a good baby, she gets up to eat about every 2 or 3 hours is all, and with Kurt and I taking turns, we both are getting enough sleep. Kurt has turned into Super dad, keeping the laundry done and the house clean! He returns to work tomorrow so that will be the true test!! Wish me luck!!


Thursday, March 26, 2009

3 kids!!


We are fully enjoying our day at home with our 3 kids! We can't believe we have 3 kids, i'm not sure it has sunk in yet! The kids have had so much fun with thier sister today, we had to take her to her newborn visit with Dr. Rose and to get her bili checked again and they insisted on coming with me so we made a day out of it! I think they were afraid i'd leave with her and not bring her back :( They keep saying 'our we just borrowing her' or 'how long do we get to keep her' They love her!! They have been singing her primary songs so she will know them when she gets big, it's adorable! Kurt had to run to work for a bit and tried to take Koy but he wanted to stay and help mom with the baby, and he really did!! For 3 hours all he did was hold her and feed her! He is a good big brother!! What a fun day!!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

HOME!!!

YES! WE ARE HOME!! I cannot believe it, i'm still a little shocked!! We were so excited to bring our baby girl home! I know how many of you keep up on this blog and I apologize for not updating all day but we were waiting and waiting for the ok to come home and didn't want to jinx ourselves by posting a 'maybe.' She is still with the tanning bed but we don't even care, at least we are home!! She has been awake looking around for a couple hours now, we think she may be thinking the same thing we are, which is 'wow am i really home?' We are so blessed and lucky to have her home after only 5 days, which seemed like 5 months, but we realize what a blessing that is. We were expecting 2 weeks at least! She needs a MRI next Friday but for the next 10 days we are enjoying every minute and not taking one of them for granted!! The kids each had a turn holding her, feeding her, burping her and changing her diaper (Koy was a little grossed out, but Jerzi loved every minute) They were some moments I will never forget. We will post pictures later but for now we are HAPPY TO BE HOME!!!

Waiting

7:40 am
Biliruben back up to 15.9, Kurt just got word that they will keep her out of lights for the day and check her at 4 pm. Still waiting for echo and word from cardiologists.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Quick update.

9:15 pm
Libbi's bili (jaundice) test came back at 14.2, down from 16.4 so we were way excited about that! Tonight she is off lights and they will re test at 4 am. If she is still low she will be ok to come home as far as that. The echo will be done in the morning as well so now it's reversed again and we're waiting for the cardiologists to give the ok. As of yesterday morning they were ok sending her home it was the jaundice keeping her there. We're hoping and praying for the best but not getting our hopes up anymore, it's too exhausting. We'll let you know in the morning what tomorrow brings. Thanks for your prayers, we are needing them to stay strong through this.

What a ride!

I've heard people say this is a roller coaster ride and i don't think i fully understood until the last couple days. I think the doctors really do a great job and I like all the different opinions but it's very hard to be thinking one thing and then get news that changes everything. It's like getting punched in the stomach and having the wind knocked out of you. They said this morning that her oxygen sats are on the verge of being to high, which would mean she would need a surgery asap. They didn't say for sure, but they do want to do another EKG and echo before they let us go home. I'm not sure what has changed since last night but obviously something looks different. I wish they wouldn't say anything at all until they knew for sure. My opinion is that the PDA that was "almost" closed yesterday has fully closed now and that's what has made the difference. They said it was so small that it wouldn't make a difference when it did close but i think it has. I don't know what else would've changed overnight. So then the doctor said today that in his opinion 16 isn't to high (the jaundice test) for a 4 day old and that he would take her off the lights and see what happens. Apparantly his opinion got over ruled because she's still sun bathing! It's just so frustrating because we don't have 'one' doctor that we can trust and go off his opinion. They are all smart and we just have to do what they say. So going from, 'she can go home' to 'well not yet, cause of jaundice' to 'she'll go home in a couple days after we get jaundice down' to 'o maybe she might need surgery after all' is a bit too much for me to handle. I'm about to break down and scream at everyone and run away with her! I'm just glad my other kids are doing ok, they don't seem to mind much that we are all over the place. A few more days may start to wear on them though. I'm glad we have so many people willing to help last minute because this really is a minute by minute deal, there is no planning ahead involved because things can change in a second. So far so good, lets keeping hoping for the best!!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Much roomier!

They are so excited to have their sister here!
The kids 2nd visit with their sister!

Her cute winter hat, since it is winter today!


Our new BIG room!!


Grammy fancied up her goggles a little!






5:20 pm
We are now in her new room and it's much better! Comfy chairs, more room, a tv, our own bathroom and some privacy!! Her test came back and it's only down .3 to 16.2 so that was not great news. We're thinking she's peaking and that's why it's not going down but at least it's not going up! Grammy is going to sleep over with Libbi so we can go home with the kids. We are in room 3078 on floor 3, the number here is 662-3078.

Were Moving

They are moving Libbi out of the PICU to our own private room. They will still keep her under the lights. We should have her billi rubin (jaundice) test results back in about an hour. We will let you know. If the results are good we may come home tomorrow!!

Fun in the sun!


12:15 pm
I am feeling mixed emotions today. I am super thrilled because we got the news that Libbi can go home as far as her heart is concerned, the jaundice is what's keeping her here but she is well enough to move to the floor, out of the PICU. We are waiting for a room to open up there. If she didn't have jaundice we'd be heading home :( Her test only went from 16.9 to 16.5 overnight and it needs to be below 15. However Koy and Jerzi both had to be under lights and they were only 10-14 so i'm not sure how low we need to get it to get to head home. They will test her again at 4 pm and every 12 hours. Until then she is just hanging with her sunglasses and getting a nice tan, she doesn't like the snow either!! So great news about heading home so soon!! The news about her heart was confusing (of course) and a little different than what we had heard previously. Apparantly her right ventricle is to small, almost non exsistent, to even try to repair it so as far as artificial valves, that will not be done. Instead they are treating it as a single ventricle repair, not a one and one half ventricle repair. A single repair requires 2 different surgeries, each re-routing arteries to different areas. One surgery is to be around 4 months, called the Glen, and the other at 2-3 years, called the Fontan. We are trying to just live in the moment and be excited to take her home but i want to vomit thinking about an open heart surgery on my baby in 4 months, and even worse a 3 year old. Jerzi's tonsils was stressful enough, I can't even imagine how hard that will be for her, and us. That is a long way away and so far I am a believer in miracles so i will have a few months to keep praying for that miracle!! She's obviously a fighter and maybe she will get through with no surgery at all, but i'm afraid that's asking too much. We are just lucky to have her and we are so excited to take her home and treat her as a normal newborn, with no wires and meds. We will deal with what's next when it comes and try to enjoy each day with her and our other kids! It really makes me appreciate life and what a blessing it is to live each day to the fullest! Thanks for all your concern and prayers, we know without a doubt they have helped!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

8:45 pm

We made it home, it is really hard being home without our baby girl but hopefully she will be home real soon! Tonight she was a little yellow so they did the test for jaundice and she does have it so she's under lights with her shades on tonight. We will take jaundice any day though, not a big deal. Both our other kids had it too. We are hoping for good news in the morning!! We will keep you posted. Good night.

No news is good news!

3:45pm
Today has been pretty uneventful which is GREAT!! I checked out of the hospital around 2 and now we are just hanging with Libbi. She ate and now Kurt is holding her and they are both sleeping. She is getting really annoyed with all the wires (ok maybe that's just me) cause when we hold her things fall off and the machine beeps! I'm not complaining, at least we get to hold her. Each minute with her is precious and we are taking nothing for granted right now. The echo is scheduled for tomorrow but we're not sure what time yet so we are planning on getting here early and hopefully getting some answers. As for tonight we will probably head home about 6 to get the kids and get home. We are not excited about leaving her and being so far away but we can call all night and check on her. Which i will do i'm sure!! Thanks for everything and we will still be praying and waiting..
Just to clear one thing up.. a few posts back we had mentioned we were waiting to feed her while they took the tube out that was feeding her, the tube they were taking out then was NOT the one feeding her it was another one that was monitoring a few things. The one feeding her wasn't removed until this morning.. Sorry i was confused! So from what i understand she has nothing hooked up to her right now, just stickys that monitor her sats! What a lucky little girl!

Morning update!

6:15 am
Libbi did good all night and ate all night really well. The nurse took her iv that had the sugar water out this morning and then just did her tests and everything is looking great! Keep your fingers crossed for the rest of the day!! I will be getting out of here (the U) about 2 or 2:30 but we will probably stay with her for a bit and head home later tonight. Thanks for all your concern and we will continue to wait.. We feel so lucky and blessed today. We are hoping to go the church over at Primarys at 10:30 this morning, my mom may bring the kids to go too. It is only a half hour but we hear its a good experience. Stay tuned..

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Yay!?!?!?!?!?!?

9:45pm
We went over to see Libbi tonight and to feed her again and she ate really good! While we were there the cardiologist came by and talked to us for about 5 minutes. In that 5 minutes our whole lives may have changed. When that pda hole closes, which it could already be closed, her heart may be doing just fine and we could go home in a couple days! If it closes and her oxygen sats drop then they will give her medicine to re-open the hole and they will look at doing surgery. He went on to say that if we go home in a couple days (HOPEFULLY) they will send her home with an oxygen monitor (she will not be ON oxygen, its a machine to test her oxygen periodically) and then we will have regular check ups with a cardiologist (once a month??). He continued to say that he has a patient that is 8 years old with Ebsteins and a VSD that has never had surgery! He said she may possibly get through this with no surgery at all! We are very confused, excited and scared. We want to jump for joy and celebrate but we are scared because the higher our hopes get the harder the fall will be if things don't go as we wish. This whole journey has been a roller coaster but we're tired of the downs and want to go straight up from here. They will do another echo on Monday to see if that hole has closed so as for now we want NO news tomorrow because if things are good they won't see any change when the hole closes. We are aware that we are not out of the woods yet but we are still praying for our miracle baby girl!

More good news!

2:15 pm..almost 24 hours old!
Today is going great, things just keep getting better. They felt like they wanted her to eat so they did another echo to check things out and her pda hole is halfway closed. I guess things still look good but until it closes all the way we still don't know much. They are going to let us feed her though!! YAY!! Poor chunky girl is starving, she sucks on that binki like crazy! They are taking her tube out of her umbilical cord right now but it takes a couple hours cause they only want to pull out a little at a time (this is the tube that is feeding her) so about 5 we can go feed her! We can't wait! We are very happy now and just hope things continue to get better, we are trying to not get way excited because we realize things could change but as for now we are embracing every good moment! She is getting cuter every time we see her!

Good morning!!

8:30 am
We went to see Libbi about 6:30 this morning and she was doing good! The nurse said she slept good and her sats all looked good. The only concern we have personally is that she hasn't eaten. They have her hooked up to something that is feeding her and she has actually gained an ounce! They said that babies with heart problems have a risk of other organs shutting down because the heart is working so hard and with feeding her they worry that her intestines could shut down. It didn't quite all make sense to us but they didn't seem like it was a big deal so we're trying to think that too. It seems more like a precaution to not let her eat. So for now the MIRACLE continues!! She's a cutie!

Friday, March 20, 2009

I found more pics..
















Update..

As far as the surgery, we are still unsure. They want to see how the heart does when the pda closes which could be a couple hours or a couple days. Until then, we don't know what the plan is. We are hoping for no surgery until 6 months, which is a possiblilty, but we won't know til later.

Yay! The kids got to meet her!

I was shocked but the nurse said the kids could come in and see Libbi! They were soo excited! We got to watch her have her first bath. They were in heaven. Koy kept saying 'that's not a girl, it looks like a boy' so we put a bow on her! Jerzi just kept petting her and saying 'hi strawberry' It was priceless. Here are a few pics of the kids with their new sister!



















And I got to hold her!! I'm not sure where that picture went.. This laptop is confusing me!









Pic of Libbi


Libbi stopped by to see me for a minute and she is soo cute! They moved her to primarys and moved me to post partum. My new number here is 801-585-8238. Kurt is over with Libbi and I will get to go see her soon. They will do her ekg tonight and then we will know more about when the surgery will be.

She's here!!

Libbi arrived at about 2:30 and weights 6 lbs 13 oz! She looked good but they whisked her away pretty fast. Kurt is over seeing her now and I will get to see her soon! Pictures are not going to be posted until we get home :( Feel free to call 801-581-2452 or email mindidixon@msn.com Thanks everyone!!

She is a Ten

Woo Hoo Mindi is a ten!!!! at 2:10 pm Hang on the ride begins. Stay tuned.....

Still Waiting

Mindi just got her epideral. Contractions are getting worse. Hope we are not waiting too much longer.

Start

They are just getting mindi started on potosin.

The day has come!!

We are at the hospital. They did not have a room for us this morning at 7:30 so we waited until now. We got here just after 9:00 a.m. They have her all hooked up and we now just waiting. We will let you know. Thanks!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

2 more days!

We are getting nervous, but excited to welcome Libbi into our lives! The kids keep counting down the days and when we switched from Tuesday to Friday and told them it was 4 days not 7 they were a little taken back, Koy especially. He is struggling and worried about this no matter what we all think. I can see the concern in his face when we talk about Libbi. The other day he cried like 4 times over NOTHING! It breaks my heart that he is not old enough to fully understand, yet old enough to know something is not right. He actually said during one of his episodes the other night that he wished we weren't even having a baby :( We've tried to play it down quite a bit but he's smart enough to sense something. I hope he does ok when she gets here and when i'm gone for a couple days. For those of you who don't know Koy, he is a tough kid! He never cries! If he is upset, he'll just knock you out, crying is not his thing so to see him cry is really hard for me. Jerzi on the other hand is pretty much oblivious to what's going on. She keeps asking, 'where's the baby' but she is not acting sad or confused like Koy. I think with everything that is going on, these kids are my biggest worry. I hate to not be able to fix things and take care of their little feelings. I just hope we can get through these next couple of weeks and return to being a 'normal' family.

We've decided because there is no cell service down there that the best way to communicate will be through email. We will update this blog every couple hours so you can check here but also just email me mindidixon@msn.com and I will check that often as well. We go in Friday at 7:30 am so we expect her to be here Friday, late morning or early afternoon. Keep your fingers crossed and we will hope all goes well!!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Updated plan..

We went to visit Dr. Andrus today (the high risk OB) to basically tell him everything that went on Saturday and that we were not happy and not doing that again. He was very nice and understanding. After visiting with him for an hour we decided to move the induction up to Friday, and doing the amnio Thursday. He didn't feel like 4 days was going to make a difference. Our main reasoning is so that I don't happen to go into labor on my own over the weekend again because the hospital was not prepared for us. If i go into labor before then, he assured us that he will make the calls and get done what needs to be done. We felt good after leaving there. I hope i make it to Friday, i'm a little nervous!!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Night at U of U







We had the opportunity of spending the evening at the hospital. Ok 'oppurtunity' is not the right word. Anyway, I was contracting all day yesterday and the Dr. felt I should get down to the hospital. We got there about 6 pm and i was a 3. They monitered me for a while then checked me into a room. They felt in necessary to give me the medicine to stop the labor due to Libbis size. She was only measuring 5 lbs 4 oz on their 'on call' machine. The big accurate million dollar machine apparantly has weekends off!! I hope it was enjoying his break! Seriously, that's what they told us, that we couldn't be 'sure' of her size because that machine wasn't to be used on weekends? What?!?! Anyway, the contractions stopped about 4 am and I was a 4. They weren't sure they wanted to send me home being a 4 but after laying there for 5 more hours with no pains at all, they let me come home. So i am a 4 and on modified bed rest and also i am still taking the medication to stop labor every 6 hours. We hope for the best! We want Libbi to be big enough for surgery (she was 100 grams too little by their calculations) so we are hoping to make it another week. I was so not impressed with that hospital and I am not looking forward to going back. I bet I saw 15 different doctors and nurses in the 14 hours i was there. Never the same face twice. The 'real' doctors were all off cause it was the weekend. If one more person said 'doctors need time off too you know?' i was going to take them down!! AHH! It was a very annoying night, we went from 'o ya you'll for sure be staying and having her tonight' to 'i think you'll probally go home' to actually being a 5 then back to a 4! I didn't know that could happen but it did! That's what you get when you're being checked by a different person EVERY time! I'm glad to be home, and I hope they get it together down there before we go back!! Sorry i'm a bit grumpy, i need sleep! We were so thrilled that our whole family came down to support us even knowing that we may not be staying. They are all so wonderful, they were there until about 3:30am. We love them so much!! They are the best, look how tired they all are! Good day!!



Wednesday, March 11, 2009

A day with the Doctors.

Today was a long long day but a good day! Dr. Menon was not there and apparantly he is not actually 'our doctor' so we met with Dr. Pinto who we really liked! She said everything is looking the same as our last visit and that the 'temporary' surgery is still looking like what they will do at first. She also said that it isn't actually an 'open heart surgery' they just go in from the side so that was good! She said Libbi should really only be there for 3 weeks or so, which we know is just a guess but she acted optimistic. They still cannot say for sure what will happen until she gets here but looking at everything, we feel it looks good!! She said this is a rare case and it will be a day by day thing to determine her treatment, but that it is not likely that her heart will fail! She should be just fine! We felt really good leaving there!!

We then went to Dr. Andrus again and as you know I have been having some pains, well they have actually been labor pains but very minor. They hooked us up to the monitor and did a non stress test where Libbi looked great! My uterus was showing some signs of contractions but not very many. I am dialated to just a 1 with some thinning happening. Her head is down and in position to come! They felt like i will be ok and probably make it until the 24th still. He said as long and the pains don't get worse and more consistent then not to worry about them. If they do get worse then I have his number and I can call and get checked before heading down to the U.

The funniest part of the day is at the U there was a big sign hanging above the nursery that said 'Welcome baby Utes' Kurt was very un happy! The big cups they give you, you know the ones at Ogden Regional that are green.. Well there's are red with a big 'U' on them! We need to find Kurt a BYU mug so he can have a drink because I can guarantee you he'll go thirsty before he uses a Ute cup!! Today we feel very excited to meet our Libbi. Our fears are minimized today, I hope we are not being naive. The one bad thing is that they said RSV will not be over til April which means the kids won't get to meet her until she comes home probably. That will be hard on them but we'll take pictures and video of her! It's getting close, we can't wait!!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Scary night!

Yesterday my wonderful mother in law came over to help me with some 'spring cleaning.' I really wanted to wash my blinds, since it hasn't been done in a while. Ok i'll be honest, it's never been done, we've lived here 2 years! AH! How sad is that?!? Anyway, and i needed my shower door cleaned, along with some baseboards dusted. Well i know that i need to take it easy so i chose to stand and clean the blinds. Really, all i did was stand. Well about 5 pm my back started hurting so i layed down in the chair (yes Chase, "THE" chair!) and rested for a bit. Well it kept getting worse and worse. I got in the tub and the pain stopped so i was relieved. About 5 minutes after I got out of the tub, they started again. I was timing the 'pain/contractions' and they were 4 minutes apart for about half of 24 (our favorite show). Then they got further and further apart. I finally gave in and called Dr. Andrus, he said to pay attention and see if they were 'consistent' rather than the intesity of them. Well they weren't very consistent. I had Kurt give me a blessing, mainly just so that I would know if i needed to go in or not. I was still very undecisive (i know, me, undecisive? weird..ha ha) We got our bags packed, which needed to be done anyway, and i went to bed. The pains woke me up a couple times but nothing to alarm me. So it is morning, i made it through the night, and i will not be cleaning blinds today!! We did get done with the cleaning just in time so i'm enjoying my nice clean house..for now.. We go see Dr. Menon (cardiologist) tomorrow morning and i'm hoping for more good news! Then we go see Dr. Andrus (ob) tomorrow afternoon. It will either be a great day or a very stressful day! I will keep you all posted!
I have to tell about my new friends, the Dennisons. The missionary in our stake is named Elder Palmer, i cut his hair, well used to, and he mentioned his sister from Arizona was going to have a baby with a heart condition. I talked with him a couple times but then hadn't seen him in a while so my other friend Heidi (Jerseys mom) lives in Arizona so I emailed her asking if she happens to know 'baby Jake.' That's all i knew about him, no last name or anything. Next thing i know, i get an email from Liz, Jakes mom, Elder Palmers sister! Her and Heidi are already friends! Weird huh? It was fun to get to tell Elder Palmer that I talked with his sister. He has been avoiding me because sadly enough, baby Jake passed away and Elder Palmer didn't exactly want to tell me that. I can see why. This family is amazing though, their link is on the sidebar. When i read their blogs, (Jerseys and Jakes) I don't feel scared, i feel at peace. It does make me sad for their families, but i just think how lucky those babies are that they get to live in such a wonderful place, free of pain and worldly crap. Crap is the only word i can think of. If you need a cute comfy blankie for yourself or someone else, baby Jakes website has a link to the cutest softest blankies ever! They are actually making some to give to the hospital where Jake was, they are called Jakeys blankies. Very cute!!
2 weeks from today and we will have our baby girl! I'm very excited to meet her and to see what she looks like! I'm also excited to be done being pregnant, i'm getting a bit immobile. It's very annoying!! Thanks for everything you have all done and continue to do for us, we are the luckiest family in the world!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Libbi arriving March 24!

Today we met with Dr. Andrus, who is a high risk OB/perinatologist at Mckay Dee. He said everything is still looking good with Libbi and we actually made a plan! That felt good! We will do an amnio test on Monday, March 23 to make sure her lungs are fully developed, which they should be but he's just wants to make certain so we don't have another thing to worry about at birth. Then we will go into the U at 7:30am on Tuesday the 24th and they will induce labor. IF for some reason the lungs are not fully developed, we will wait a few more days to induce. From what I understand, the amnio is not real pleasant. They stick a big needle in my tummy! OUCH! He claims it is not that painful, i will be the judge of that and let you know! There is a risk with the amnio, it could break my water, sending me into labor anyway but he feels this is the best option. They will 'check' me next week the 11th and again on the 18th and if nothing is 'going on' then i will have to go into the hospital Monday night (the 23rd) to "soften my cervix" whatever that means? Just to help me to get going before they induce i guess. He also gave me his cell number to contact him if anything is happening before then. That made me feel good because every night I lay in bed thinking 'what would i do if i went into labor tonight?' No more Dr. Bierer, there is nothing more he can do at this point :( The one thing i wasn't real happy about is that they won't do a full ultra sound again, meaning we have no idea how big she is. That concerns me a little but they acted like it was no big deal and not to stress about it. I'm just putting my trust in them, they seem to do this often! So today is the official 20 day countdown, i'm not sure what to think. My mom and Sunnee said "yay i'm excited" and Netso said "yikes." I feel more like Netso! Yikes only 20 days!! That's less than the Christmas counter downers we make at Christmas time! I am looking forward to meeting our little Libbi, it will be quite a ride i'm sure!

Some heart friends

I have been finding out that there are sooo many babies out there with different heart conditions. It is interesting and can be comforting to read. It can also be worrysome. I have added a couple that have hit home for me for some reason or another. Grant and Avery are coming soon and we will probably cross paths with them at Primarys. They are from Heber and Logan. Jersey's blog really hit home, probally cause her name is Jersey but also I feel like her mom and I are alot alike. I read her blogs before she had her and they remind me so much of my posts these days! Unfortunately their little Jersey didn't make it. It is very sad to read but their strength helps me to be strong. Their other kids are our kids ages, the little girl and Koy are only like days apart. We have a lot in common so it's been interesting to get to know them a little. They are from Arizona..i think.. Anyway, if you want to grab a tissue and read some of these other families blogs, it is helpful to see we're not alone. If you're emotional like me (or Deana and Netso) then you may not want to read them.. just a warning!! We go back to Mckay Dee today, and hopefully we will have a date. I just hope it's not a waste of time like last week!! Stay tuned!
This is Paul Cardell's CHD video. (I put it at the bottom of the blog, it fits best there..) It is shocking how many people, young and old are dealing with the same type of things we are. Take 9 minutes and watch, these are some of the cutest babies i've seen!! Libbi is about 6 and a half minutes into the video. (make sure you scroll down and pause my music playlist so you can hear his music, he is a pianist, it is very pretty!)

Paul Cardell CHD Video