Hadley's MRI update

Hadley had her MRI and ultra sound yesterday and it went great! It was about a thousand times better than her X-rays. She was so good! First we had her ultra sound and she just stared at the lady wondering what she was doing to her belly. She sat there so patiently for not eating for 6 hours. Then we went down to the MRI department. First a lady came out to tell us the procedure. She said they were going to try the sleepy medicine first, but if Hadley were to move at all, we'd have to do it all over again wtih an IV. She said that she will cry while they give her the medicine because it tastes yucky. So, after the talk, we went to her cold MRI room and she proceeded to giving her the medicine. Hadley kept spitting it out so she called in the "expert" who is good at this job. Well, Hadley kept spitting it out, but did not cry. They needed her to cry because that's how they get babies to take it, but Hadley still did not cry. They said they've never had a baby who didn't cry. :) So, in stead they made her smile and laugh and that's how they slipped the medicine in her. She was such a sweetie! Then i rocked her to sleep at we got her set up. Andy and I stayed in the room and watched her while the nurses watched from outside. Hadley didn't move for the first 45 min, then i saw her leg kick. Andy fell asleep so i quickly woke him up and told him i thought she moved. But she was still again. Then she started kicking. I thought, oh no! I don't want her to have to do the IV. So i look out the window to see if they see and they did. But they waited a minute to see if she'd sit still again, but she kept kicking. I just wanted to grab her and hold her. Then the lady came in and said, "I just talked to the radiologist and we can be done." I was so relieved! They pulled her out and i held her right away. She was really out of it from the medicine. They took her vitals and i got to fill her tummy up. She did so good!!!!! Thank you so much for your prayers. We will not get the results back till early next wk, so ill keep you posted! :)

Hadley's MRI and Ultra sound

Hadley has her scheduled MRI and Ultra Sound this Thursday! Her Ultra sound is at 8 and her MRI is at 9. She can not eat 6 hours before. I wasn't too worried because she was sleeping from 8 pm-8am and didn't wake up starving, but for the last couple days she has been waking up around 12/1am and again at 5/6am starving. She must be going through a growth spurt. I hope she is done with it by Thursday because I will not be able to feed her after 2am! Please pray that the process goes well and maybe she'll just sleep through it so they don't have to put the tube down her throat. Were going to try to keep her up more at night so she's super tired! Also pray for Andy and I. Its going to be a hard morning! Thanks!

Andy's new hobby

He is concentrating so hard!


Hadley decided to help him by knotting up the yarn :)




I had to share what Andy's been doing on his free time at night because I think it is so cute and sweet. He decided to take up Crocheting! He was looking for a cheap hobby he can do once in awhile and he chose to crochet! When we were at wal-mart and he told me this, I just laughed because if you know Andy, he likes to "get into" stuff, but doesn't carry it through. Or gets boared in a day. :) But it would only cost 2$ to get the stuff and he really wanted to give it a try so we got it! And he's been working on a scarf for me for the last month! Its coming along very well. He only had to start over once. He even took it to work so a lady could help with him it on his lunch break :) And at the store, he got help from the ladies in the craft department. They said that actually a lot of men take on crocheting. I was surprised! I will post his master piece when it is all done so you can see what a beautiful job he does. Feel free to put a request in for something. It might be done in a year :)

Christmas Parade

Andy and I decided to take the girls to the Christmas parade last Saturday. It was freezing out! We stayed for about and hour and had to go; it was too cold for them. Unfortanetely the parade was so spread out, we didnt get to see as much as we'd like. But Mianna got to see some sesame street characters and got a couple candy canes so she was happy :)

Hadley sits alone!

Hadley is getting so big already! She's sitting up all by her self! She seems too little to be doing this already :( It goes too fast! She also likes to stand now! So different from Mianna. Mia didnt sit alone till she was 9 months old and never liked to stand. :)

Hadley's orthopedic Apt.

Hadley had her orthopedic apt yesterday at Children's Hospital. Theres good news and bad.
The good news is that the Dr was very optimistic about Hadley. He said "She is a perfect baby." He was not worried about her torticollis at all because she had a great range of motion. He said she does have a significant scoliosis with two 30 degree curves, but because we caught it now, she will be just fine. He said if we didn't catch it and she wasn't under any care, then we should worry. They said the curves have to get up to 80 degrees in order for them to crush the lungs and they wouldn't let it get to that! He also said he sees scoliosis a lot in babies so its not that uncommon. Hadley was so good for them. She was so smiley and just wanted to play with them as they were examining her :) So, that's the good news!
The bad news however is she needs a MRI. This could be bad and good i guess. Good because they are being precautious about anything that could be possibly going on. They want to see the cartilage where the bones are forming to make sure they are growing right. This will determine the next step. Whether it be a brace or just monitoring her for awhile. Surgery is not in the picture right now and hopefully never will be. The MRI is bad because first of all, she has to lay completely still for an hour! First they will try to just make her sleepy and hopefully she just sleeps through it, but if she moves, they have to put her to sleep. To do this, she would have to have a tube put down her throat. Being the mother, I didn't like this at all. Just the thought of a tube down my babies throat and putting her to sleep on a cold hard bed really scares me. I wasn't feeling too good after knowing she will have to do that, but Andy reminded me that she is at the best Children's Hospital and they do it all the time so their experienced. Yes, this is true, but its my baby there doing it to! But i have to remember, God is in control! I personally think if there going to put my baby to sleep and put her through this, they better put me to sleep too so I don't have to sit there while there doing it! The other bad thing about this is Hadley can't eat 6 hours prior to the MRI. Its going to be really hard for me not to feed Hadley when she's hungry. That's my job! But the receptionist said she'd try to get an early morning apt to make it easier for us to do that. She is going to call us today with the time this will be taking place.
Hadley will possibly also need an ultra sound to check her kidneys. This is just a routine thing they do with all kids who have scoliosis. Nothing to worry about.
So, this is all we know as of now. Please continue to pray for Hadley and her situation. Also for Andy and I during the process of the MRI. This will be a hard day for me! Thanks for your cares and prayers!

Family free day at the zoo

After a long crazy week last wk, we thought we all deserved a play day! We decided to take the girls to the family free day at the Zoo on Saturday. We all had a lot of fun. And it wasn't even that cold out. We met up with the Ferguson's, which was great because its been awhile since we got to hang out. We also got a chance to use our new wagon! :)

Updates on Mianna and Hadley

We are so thankful that last wk is over!!! It was a busy crazy wk with all the Dr apts and trips to Children's Hospital.
Here are the latest updates:

As for Mianna, we had her apt on Friday. She went in very well. I got her changed in the dressing room. There were lockers in there just like at the YMCA when we go swimming. So the first thing she says when we get in there is, "We go swimming!"
I felt so bad! Of course I said, no and explained what was going to happen. She still didn't understand very much.


After getting her gown on, we went to the waiting room till she was called. When we got in the xray room, the nurse explained to Mianna what was going to happen. Then they had her lay on the bed with nurses all around her. Andy and I got to be up by her head holding her hands. They walked through all the procedures with her as they were doing it. First they washed her off with a cold soapy cloth and believe it or not, she screamed and cried more for that part than any other one. She said it stung. After that they put the catheter in. She cried, but did better than the washing part. Then they did the xrays and she was very good! The results were the same as last year. She had the urinary reflux still on her left side, grade 2, 5 being the worst. So, we have to continue her antibiotics and check again next year. We just hope that she will out grow it by the age of 6 so she doesn't have to have the surgery. In the end, she got a lot of stickers and they gave her a Dora coloring kit for being so good. Then we took her to the mall to get some ice cream! She was such a big strong girl!

As for Hadley, on Wed night after her Dr apt last wk, we decided to go to a so called pediatric chiropractor who freaked us out. He talked to us for awhile, then checked her out. He looked at her and was shocked. He said she has probably a 25 degree curve. I asked if that was bad and he bluntly says, "yes." He said we need to get to Children's asap. I looked at Andy and I think we both turned ghostly white. The last thing you want to hear as parents is that your child has something bad wrong with her. He was making it sound like Hadley was horrible! He said he never saw this in a baby. Of course he said he should be able to fix this in 2 months! hmm.... So, we left feeling pretty scared! The next day, Thursday, Andy was in panic mode and wanted to get to Children's right away, so we went that afternoon to get her xrays. That was HORRIBLE! They put bean bags on her legs and arms and put her in a head brace and taped it down to the table. They taped her chin up so she couldn't open her mouth. She was trying to cry, but she couldn't so she was just blowing bubbles. It was so sad!!!! She looked at us like, help me! I don't want to do that again!

(This is one of the x-rays. If you can follow her spine you can see how it is curved)


We got done and we took the xrays with us so we could go to another chiropractor(Andy and mine). We had a better feeling about him because my family has been going to him for years, and Priscilla goes to him so he is well known. He was not working so we had his coworker evaluate the xrays. He said she definitely has scoliosis(curvature of the spine) and he's never seen it in a 6month old before, but said not to worry because chances are the children's hospital orthopedics have. She also has tortecollis, but we already knew that. When we left, 20 min later I got a call from our chiropractor. His coworker called him and told him what was going on. We thought, WOW, our chiropractor called us on his day off. He must really care. He talked to me for awhile and was very fatherly. He said not to worry. He has a daughter with scoliosis as well so he knows a lot and has a lot of resources. He said he knows the orthopedic Dr's at Children's and he will call them and work with them to accommodate the best solutions for Hadley. We were quite impressed! He also said he has never seen scoliosis in a 6 month old, but he would love to take on her case and work with her. Our insurance only covers 15 visits per year and Hadley would over due that in 3 wks so he said that if money was an issue, not to worry and he'd do it for free! What a praise! God is definitely working things out for the better. What a relief it is to know he is guiding us and is with us every step of the way on our side! We were so thankful. Dr. Ziegler is a christian as well, so we felt pretty sure about our decision to work with him.
We have a orthopedic apt at Children's on Wed. at 4pm. That is when we will have most of our questions answered! They will know what to do with this case whether it be a brace or just monitoring it for awhile. So, please keep that apt in your prayers! We will keep you updated with what they say! Thanks for all your prayers! God is definitely answering them!