It is February 27, and Lena is in surgery as I type this. Last time Lena had shunt surgery, she was just a little baby and took it all in stride pretty well. She’d been through so many surgeries that she’d become a little trooper at the process.
It’s been over a year since she [...]

Tags: baby health, brain bleed, Cerebral Palsy, Family, preemie, premature, shunt surgery

WOW! I can hardly believe that they are two years old already. It is really interesting how time flies, yet in some circumstances it seems to stand still. When we were in the NICU I could not wait for the days to go by the time just seemed to drag on and on. Now I [...]

I am so proud of my big little girls! I bought them foam fuzzy arm chairs with the Disney princesses on them and THEY CAN SIT IN THEM! They love them. They look so grown up and they are so proud of themselves. Go girls!

Oh and they actually watched some TV in them. Not that I am [...]

Yesterday I took Lena to another allergist for a second opinion. When we went to the first allergist I just had this feeling and for once, I listened and took her to another doctor. Glad I did.
Our first test showed positive for milk (cow and goat), peaches, mango, barley, and egg. However, the doctor that did [...]

Yesterday at PT and OT both girls tried a custom made stander, Lena absolutely loved it, Kassie hated it but we were able to distract her so that she put weight through both legs, an important step to standing and walking.
Problem, we can only use it at the Kinsmen Children’s center for now. Apparently Health Canada decided a [...]

Well, we are following the BRAT diet on the advise of our wonderful family physician Dr. Alanna Danilkewich (she is great). Guess What! Lena actually kept her breakfast of bananas and rice cereal in her tummy this morning. Yeah! Cross your fingers for us that this is the beginning of the end of our vomit [...]

When I was a kid I had a lot of food allergies, not the hives and Epi-Pen kind but the rash and irritability kind. The kind that are not life threatening just annoying. So I was expecting the girls to have sensitivities to some things, luckily nothing seemed to bother them. When Lena was hospitalized for [...]

Tags: allergies, Cerebral Palsy, Hydrocephalus, latex

So today we had a more intense therapy session than usual (a very long day). About 3 months ago, our OT Laura referred Lena to the Feeding Clinic at KCC (Kinsmen Children’s Centre) to evaluate her feeding and identify any problems. When Laura was working with Lena on some feeding in December she noticed that [...]

But it happens way too fast!

The girls have been changing so much lately I can hardly keep up with it. I have had so little extra time lately to blog etc and with them changing so fast, I am so far behind in updating everyone it feels like I am in first place. Amidst all [...]

We have had a very busy week. I truly do mean to post almost everyday but sometimes my intentions are better than my time management. Twins. What more can I say.
So lets see… We left off with our trip to the ER last weekend, it’s becoming a weekend habit for our little girl, we are [...]