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Feb 9, 20223 min read
Tyler Story Part 2: Surgery Day
February 21, 2020. It was game day. It was finally time for surgery. Emmy was in surgery from 7:00 am-4:15 pm. She was on bypass for five...
Feb 7, 20225 min read
We were finally home as a family of 4, or so we thought
To say we did not think this day would ever get there n then here we were a family of 4 and our 3 pups. The pups were very interested in...
Feb 2, 20224 min read
Tylers Story Part 1: A Complex Form of Heart Disease
At 17 weeks, Emmy was diagnosed with Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus. In the simplest of terms, her heart is on the right side of her...
Jan 31, 20226 min read
Gracie was coming home
We received the worst news we absolutely could to this point. We had been through open-heart surgery, sepsis, and countless more things...
Jan 26, 20229 min read
Jessica's Story Part 5: Hudson’s Heart
The first few weeks of being home with Hudson were a huge adjustment. Due to sickness in general and Hudson having a compromised immune...
Jan 21, 20228 min read
Everything was perfect, Until September 9th.
Gracie was weening all of her meds, off oxygen, and overall doing amazing. But something was still off and we were about to find out exactly
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Breastfeeding moms and weight loss
If you are like me, it was really hard to lose weight while breastfeeding. Some women experience large weight loss while breastfeeding...
Jan 19, 20228 min read
Jessica's Story Part 4: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
It had been almost a week since Hudson had his PA bands placed and he was still on the ventilator. The biggest concern was getting fluid...
Jan 18, 20222 min read
Do you want to be a FIT MOM?
Something that most of you following my Trauma blog do not know is that I was a personal trainer and bodybuilder before I was a mommy! I...
Jan 13, 20227 min read
I was able to hold my girl again
Come August each day Gracie’s swelling was starting to improve more and more now that she was no longer trying to fight her horrible...
Jan 12, 20228 min read
Jessica’s Story Part 3: Why My Child??
It had been a week since Hudson was born and I still hadn’t gotten to hold him. Hudson still had an umbilical line in and they didn’t...
Jan 5, 20229 min read
Jessica’s Story Part 2: It’s Not Supposed to be this way
A week on bedrest had passed and it was now February 4th. This was the day that I would have my first fetal echocardiogram. After that, I...
Jan 3, 20225 min read
I Started To Freak Out
Just as Gracie was all fixed up again we ran into another issue, but this time it had nothing to do with Gracie. Tim had been exposed to...
Dec 29, 20217 min read
Jessica’s Story Part 1- The Exciting Baby Appointment
On December 28th, 2020, my husband and I walked into our 20-week ultrasound appointment. Many call this, “the exciting baby appointment,”...
Dec 26, 20217 min read
Gracie Developed A Blood Infection
As quickly as the blood was filling my cheeks back up with color, and the feeling of vomiting disappeared from my daily life; It all came...
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