I'm not sure I see myself keeping up with this blog, but it seems that we keep getting updates from people with blogs rather than e-mails and I do like reading theirs so I'll give it a try.
Here is the latest news and a few pictures.
Ann - I had Nina 2 weeks early on 7-17 due to a horrible pregnancy related (they think) rash. I think most of you already know this. The rash went away after several weeks, but recently came back! It is now gone again (hopefully to stay), but I am nervous since I am still seeing the dermatologist and am currently taking 4 medications to keep it at bay!
Daniel - He is now a PhD candidate (this is a step up from PhD student) and means he is getting closer to being finished with school! His grandmother passed away this month. He was very close to her, but she had been sick following a stroke for almost a year now and I think Daniel feels he had lost her a long time ago.
Ella - She turned 2 on July 14 and so far is being a great big sister. She is getting more personality each day.
Nina - Nina has been choking while breastfeeding which I mentioned to her doctor at her 1 week appointment. The doctor was not too worried and thought it could be due to my milk coming in and being more than she was used to or due to a little immaturity. Anyway, it continued and at our 1 month visit our doctor suggested a feeding study be done at Riley. Unfortunately, Nina did not pass the study with breastmilk or formula either plain or thickened with rice or with special nipples. Some of everything we tried was going down into her lungs. Therefore, she and I had to spend the night at Riley and she now has to be fed through a tube that goes from her nose down to her stomach. We go back for another study on Oct. 9th and we hope that she will pass! Please keep this in your thoughts and prayers. The developmental pediatrician at Riley said he has no idea why she was having trouble and said many times kids just grow out of it. Let's hope!
