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Monday, December 22, 2008

Nature bit me in the ass...err, shoulder

So after my last post regarding peaceful, serene, beautiful snow...I slipped and fell in my driveway. I heard a "rip" in my shoulder so not sure the extent of the injuries yet, didn't go to the ER last night. However I can hardly move my arm! It was very funny however and I was laughing so hard I was crying. It was kind of a weird response since I was actually injured but for some reason I had this flood of laughter. So maybe at lunch today after I go to the bank, I'll go over for an x-ray. Ahhh the busy life of a working mom! Bank first, potential broken bones second!

2 comments:

Erin said...: Awe I am sorry I hope you are okay; December 22, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Ellen Seidman said...: Oooh, good luck with that... I am glad you were able to laugh!!! I LOL'd when you said you had to go to the bank before the x-ray. Yes, SO typical of us working moms.; December 22, 2008 at 11:49 PM

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Noah's Story

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a mom. Finding out I was pregnant in March of 2007 was the most wonderful time in my life. The future seemed so bright and the possibilities endless. We were young, happy and healthy- nothing could possibly go wrong..until it did.

On November 10th, 2007 at 3:50 am my bouncing baby boy came into the world pink and screaming. 10 fingers, 10 toes, big feet and a head full of dark hair. We joked he would be a soccer player with those feet and all was well in the world...until it wasn't.

about 4 hours after birth while waiting in the nursery for his bath, Noah Joseph stopped breathing. A nurse looked over and saw my baby who was once pink was now grey. Noah was rushed to the NICU all the while having apnea episodes. A CAT scan revealed a severely swollen brain and an EEG done later that night showed seizure activity.

The once bright and promising future was now filled with pessimistic doctor's, fear and sorrow. The day my son was born was the worst day of my life and the best day of my life all wrapped in to one confusing package.

Since Noah was born without any signs of trauma it was immediately thought that he had a metabolic condition although tests subsequently ruled this out. Within two days Noah's brain was no longer swollen and his EEG was normal. An MRI done was normal as well and we were sent home with no answers and the dreaded "wait and see".

What followed was post partum depression, anger, sadness but also the most intense and beautiful love I have ever known.

Becoming a parent is not at all what I expected but it's the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me. 2 years later Noah is the happiest, thriving, typical 2 year old boy with no signs that his brain injury will ever slow him down. He is my miracle.

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