Molly

Praying for Stellan

by Kathy on March 29, 2009 · 1 comment

in CHD, Molly

I imagine that most of you by now have heard about/been to “McMama’s” blog. However, in case you have not, her youngest son Stellan is at the hospital, in the PICU, with severe heart problems and is not doing well. I first found out about Stellan and McMama, soon after Molly was born and died, […]

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This morning we had our third prenatal appointment at our OB’s office. I am happy to report that it was relatively uneventful, just as we like them! 🙂 The highlights from today include that we got to hear Baby Benson’s heartbeat again on the Doppler and it sounded great and normal! To our surprise we […]

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is that we are (at least I am) often disappointed when people or events don’t live up to them. When Bob and I started planning what we wanted to do for Molly’s Birthday/Celebration of Life next month we told ourselves that we would share what we were going to do with our family and friends […]

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Baby steps (pun intended)

by Kathy on March 18, 2009 · 9 comments

in Baby Benson, Bob, Molly

Just a quick post to let you know I just spoke with the Genetic Counselor that Bob and I met with last Wednesday as part of the “First Trimester Ultra-Screen” test. It is a combined ultrasound and blood screen that helps identify babies who may have Down syndrome, Trisomy 13 or Trisomy 18. Our results […]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It seems appropriate that one of Molly’s monthly milestones would fall on this date, being that we live on the South Side of Chicago close to the South Side Irish (SSI) parade route. Here is a picture of our family from this year’s parade. Around this time last year we got […]

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I love quotes. I collect them. They inspire me. I especially enjoy when I find them when I am least expecting it, like while watching one of my favorite television shows. Tonight I was watching Grey’s Anatomy. For those who may not be familiar with “Grey’s,” the medical drama takes place at the fictitious Seattle […]

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