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AIBU to share my fb status , and end the easter weekend on a happy note !!

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mummywithsmiles25 · 21/04/2014 19:57

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Around about this time last year i discovered i was pregnant. I never knew what the journey would turn out like ..

At 6 weeks pregnant after a bleed they told me she was a blighted ovum and i should naturally miscarriage with in the week ..a week later there was a heart beat.

From 9-14 weeks i spent the majority of the time on a drip unable to eat or drink anything.

At 20 weeks they told me she had an adbormal heart and dextrocardia ( right sided heart )

At 23 weeks i was admitted again and given steroids as a test came back i was at risk of going in to premature labour.

At 28 weeks they diagnosed her with severe congenital diaphramatic hernia with liver in the chest and gave her a 15 percent chance of surviving.

At 33 weeks they diagnosed her with heart coarctation and 2 holes and gave a her hardly any chance of surviving adding everything together and offered me a termination.

At 36 weeks on new years day they induced me as she had stopped growing.

On the 2nd of january , sienna Kelly was born. On the first night they nearly called it 3 times but she kept fighting, telling me the next morning there was lil chance of her making it ...but she fought and continued to fight.

Against all odds a year later from the very beginning my lil girl is sitting next to me and has made my life complete.

Never give up hope and never take anything for granted .

Sienna Kelly , you are my world ,my everything and you will forever make me proud.

Love you forever.

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Stepawayfromthezebras · 21/04/2014 20:55

How lovely, I have something in my eye too Wink Congratulations Thanks

TalkinPeace · 21/04/2014 20:56

darn those onions

peppinagiro · 21/04/2014 20:56

How lovely! Your beautiful little girl is a real fighter - she sounds like she has some gumption :) and well done you for coming through it with her. How is she now?

HappySunflower · 21/04/2014 20:57

Oh that's wonderful-thank you for sharing.

How is sienna doing now?

PassAFist · 21/04/2014 20:57

:) What a lovely post.

tak1ngchances · 21/04/2014 20:58

Miracles do happen, we must never give up hope. Bless you & your little girl xx

MerryInthechelseahotel · 21/04/2014 20:59

I'm crying too! Congratulations! Sienna Thanks

theeternalstudent · 21/04/2014 20:59

Happy Easter smiles [tbusmiles]

mummywithsmiles25 · 21/04/2014 21:04

She has on going issues she is at home on oxygen and feeding tube meds etc ..when she was born they found she had a rare lung syndrome too which together with the fact her lungs are underdeveloped because of the congenital diaphragmatic hernia..could be a risky mix as one causes chest infections ( treated the same as cystic fibrosis but called kartenegers ) and the under developed lungs means she wont fight the infections aswell as another kartengers baby who didn't have CDH.

she has a really small left lung and half a right.

her heart still has the hole ,had surgery for the coarctation. And the Cdh. She also has pulmonary hypertention.

they have given her am average of 5 years before needing a lung transplant but there is no way of saying really .

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Matildasmam22 · 21/04/2014 21:07

That brought tears to my eyes was lovely to read so happy for you and your lo Thanks

Breezy1985 · 21/04/2014 21:12

Smile Thanks

mummywithsmiles25 · 21/04/2014 21:12

here she is :) x

AIBU to share my fb status , and end the easter weekend on a happy note !!
AIBU to share my fb status , and end the easter weekend on a happy note !!
AIBU to share my fb status , and end the easter weekend on a happy note !!
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ExitPursuedByABear · 21/04/2014 21:13

Oh goodness.

Melts

ExitPursuedByABear · 21/04/2014 21:14

Life is everything

mamma12 · 21/04/2014 21:15

that's lovely and yanbu at all Easter Smile

ikeaismylocal · 21/04/2014 21:17

She is the most stunning little girl, look at those eyes!

Coconutty · 21/04/2014 21:17

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MrsGeorgeMichael · 21/04/2014 21:17

where is the "like" button :)

comicsansisevil · 21/04/2014 21:17

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AlpacaPicnic · 21/04/2014 21:17

That's so adorable how she looks so happy and smiley in the second picture, and so thoughtful and serious in the third picture!
But the first picture... Oh my, what a tiny wee scrap she was. Well done to both of you xxx

starlight1234 · 21/04/2014 21:18

What a fighter you have there...

Thank you for sharing

MammaTJ · 21/04/2014 21:18

Sienna Kelly is an amazing person. My Tia Louise is too. I will tell you about her tomorrow if you want me to.

BigW · 21/04/2014 21:21

Amazing, wonderful story Flowers

CiderwithBuda · 21/04/2014 21:23

She is gorgeous. I might have something in my eye here too. Bless her. And bless her mummy.

NotQuiteWithItAtAll · 21/04/2014 21:26

She is a beauty!