Today was ok.. Eicca is nearly a year old, and such a gorgeous 9.7 kg boy! Just so sweet and wonderful to everyone.. the MRI showed everything was totally normal, as were the genetic tests ( no russel silver and no catch 22 ) and the neurologists check up. They decided that eicca will come [...]
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MRI update, almost a year old… still struggling.. hoping for better days
Posted in Eicca, eating wars/hunger strike on January 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
almost 10 months old
Posted in Eicca, Nothing special on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hello everyone out there. THank you those who have been keeping in touch with us. We have just returned from 6 weeks in the states and I am a bit more optimistic. Lately, knock wood, Eicca has been eating food better, although the bottle his is enemy still.
He throughly enjoys drinking water out of cups [...]
last steps..
Posted in Eicca, Nothing special, eating wars/hunger strike on August 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In Dutch they have a saying that roughly translates to the last steps are the heaviest. Well… these last steps or days or whatever before we go to Helsinki and my parents come here have been fucking heavy. I just again can’t believe we are back to or still in the total bottle refusal and [...]
Still so worried
Posted in Eicca on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The nurses have been worried for weeks about our little guy’s weight gain, and this week was particularly dismal. He has gained just 2 ounces in 6 days. He is almost exclusively breast fed, through a bottle, so we can see what is going in, and i’ve supplemented with formula from the beginning.
We just worry [...]
7 weeks today
Posted in Eicca, IVF, Uncategorized on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eicca is 7 weeks today. I took my first bath since before being admitted to the hospital about 9 weeks ago. The bath was lovely. I kept thinking the last time I was in this bath, Eicca was still there inside me and I was blissfully unaware how dangerously low his water was. There I [...]
Love being a mom!
Posted in Eicca on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Without sounding like some smug bitch, I have to say that I LOVE LOVE being a mom. Ms. Negative said once her little boy arrived that there is nothing like looking into his eyes. That comment really hit me the other night. Just looking into his eyes, he blinks, makes me think he understands me [...]
We’re homeee…
Posted in Eicca on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone, firstly I want to thank everyone for the comments and messages! You have no idea how comforting it was especially all last week alone in the hospital. I never expected to go in for a check-up and be admitted. I had dirty underwear on and dishes in the fucking sink…. and suddenly [...]
