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I am doing it. I am starting the blog that has been in my head for a few weeks now. This blog is the story of my daughter, Sydney and how we, as a family cope with her heart problems. Sydney has a heart defect that will most likely require open-heart surgery. This will be about her progress, her struggles, mine and Jordan's struggles as we try to help her, what her days are like, and most importantly-the miracles, big or small, that occur in our daily life.I believe that my daughter was born with this heart defect for a reason. We are supposed to learn from this experience so I am using this blog as a way to write my thoughts, fears, worries, and joys that come as we help our daughter heal. There are days when I feel like I have so many different emotions that I am going to explode and fortunately a blog will keep me from doing that! Lucky for you. You are welcome to read this blog even if I've never met you! Feel free to make comments, tell your own story, laugh, judge me on my mothering, or to just cry. Whichever suits you best for whatever reason is fine with me! Enjoy the read...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Dear Sydney,
Today is just going to be a post dedicated to pictures. I'll explain them along the way but sometimes pictures do the best explanations. I love you!

The night before surgery:



The morning of surgery:



30 minutes after surgery:





The day after surgery (notice there is no more breathing tube!):





Three days after surgery. These pictures are a little difficult for me to look at:







Five days after surgery...we are going home!:



One week after surgery:





Two weeks after surgery (I think she looks A LOT bigger in these pictures!)Oh and by the way, the scab or band aid that you see below her right lung was where her chest tube was. It helped to drain the fluids away from her lungs after surgery was over.








And there you have it! You are growing by the second! I LOVE IT! But I love you even more.



Love always, Mom

4 comments:

Cori said...

Wow she is getting so big!! And to see the red from bandages, that must of hurt, poor thing. But to see that big smile you know she is just fine!!
Did I notice painted tosies? So cute!! We love you guys!!

Unknown said...

She has your big beautiful eyes natalie!! I love it!

Matt and Jamie Jimenez said...

Wow...she got HUGE!!!! I'm glad everything is going well! She looks just like you Natalie!!

Jen Gillespie said...

I'll say it again. ADORABLE. She is seriously the cutest little baby girl! I bet it hurts you every time you see those pictures. It's so hard to watch your little angel suffering. At least you know that these pains are to help the suffering go away!

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