Adopting Grace

Yes, We Are Still Alive

Kimmiej7 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:13:00 +0000

Wow, keeping up with blogs hasn’t been my strength lately! Leeza did make it home from the hospital just fine and spent the next 3 weeks hidden here at the house while she healed. It was important that she didn’t catch anything during that time because if her surgical site became infected it could turn [...]

She’s back!

Kimmiej7 — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:16:47 +0000

I got a call this morning that Dr. M had decided Leeza was done at the hospital and she would be discharged this afternoon. She’d been off pain meds for several days, had blown the 6th IV and refused to stay still enough to keep any monitors on. They had also started her back on [...]

Movin’ on up

Kimmiej7 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:22:49 +0000

Leeza was allowed to sit up today and put pressure on her back and so far, so good! She’s totally off pain meds and seems to be doing fine and is getting back to her usual ornery self. She has had some trouble keeping food down and we’re still not sure what that’s all about. [...]

Quick Update

Kimmiej7 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:20:06 +0000

Leeza was moved to a regular peds floor today, which is much more entertaining for her. She has a low fever, but it’s come down some since yesterday so no on is too worried. She was started on pretty high doses of an antibiotic just in case because the risk of infection after this surgery [...]

Vacation

Kimmiej7 — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:14:22 +0000

Our life has been a little unconventional lately, so it stands to reason that our vacation would be as well….we’re spending it at University hospital while Leeza recovers from her surgery! She had her spine detethered today and it went great. What was expected to take 6 hours took 3 and as Dr. M came [...]

All Growed Up

Kimmiej7 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:42:31 +0000

Despite Grace and Leeza’s best efforts to convince me they are ‘all growed up’ and can do what they want, they are in fact still just 3 and 5. However, Leeza’s brain HAS been growing, which has been cause for much celebration around here. Over the past 2 weeks we’ve had 2 more MRIs done [...]

A Blessed Mess of a Year

Kimmiej7 — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:12:16 +0000

This time last year Philip and I had just arrived in Ukraine to start our adoption process. A year ago Thursday we met Leeza for the first time. As I’ve been reading over some of the blog posts from last year it’s reminded me what an insane year we’ve had. In some ways it’s been [...]

Gettin’ Better!

Kimmiej7 — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:16:44 +0000

We headed over to the U today for an MRI to see what Leeza’s brain had been up to these past 7 weeks and got some good news! The fluid that we’ve been trying to get rid of around her brain has shrunk quite a bit so her body is finally kicking into gear and [...]

Patrick has a family!

Kimmiej7 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:11:34 +0000

For those of you who checked out the link on the last post you read about Patrick, the little boy who needed a family so badly. I just heard this morning that a family has committed to him. They will have a long road ahead of them before they’ll get to bring him home, but [...]

2 Stories

Kimmiej7 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:26:26 +0000

We’re enjoying our summer…getting the kids out as much as possible, swimming, wearing flip flops and using the heat as an excuse to eat a little more ice cream than usual. We’re in the process of getting Leeza fit for twister cables, which would help keep her legs facing forward, and trying to figure out [...]