Author: andy@freedomsplash.com

After several weeks of struggling against nausea we finally found a solution… Julie is on a new prescription that has resolved a lot of her throwing up, coughing and gagging issues. She is becoming more mobile and spends most of the day playing. After waiting for a very long time, we finally got Julie to… Continue reading Thirteen Month Update #63

After Sarah’s summary update last time, I decided to start this update with my own overview of the major events of Julie’s short life… Julie is making slow steady progress. What a difference a year makes! Today marks one year since Julie’s first surgery. We were just getting into the rhythm of life in the NICU… Continue reading First Year Update #62

I didn’t mention in the previous update that my family came to visit around the middle of February. We enjoyed some family time in our apartment, my brother Peter’s house and at a local restaurant. Although Julie’s still couldn’t crawl or walk, she had much more energy for this visit than for the visits over… Continue reading First Birthday Update #61

Julie had an upper GI test performed on January 25th at the Children’s hospital in Plano, TX. Sarah couldn’t stay in the room because of the risk from the x-rays, but I got a full view of the procedure – fascinating! I got to wear the metal apron while they strapped Julie to a wooden… Continue reading Month 11 Update #60

I sent out this update just hours after the Part 1 update. This update covers issues from the middle of January until the 23rd. I had the Part 1 Update completed a couple of weeks ago, but kept waiting to send it until I had time to get some pictures together.  I finally sent it… Continue reading Month 10 Part 2 Update #59

I intended to send this out in mid-January as a Christmas/New Year’s update, but I couldn’t find time to process the pictures for the update. Eventually, I had to send out this update and another one (all in the same day) because of some new issues. I began this update with a summary paragraph… Julie continues… Continue reading Month 10 Part 1 Update #58

This is the last update of 2011… Julie is 8 ½ months old and continuing to improve in all areas except oral feeding. It’s been over a month since my last update for Julie.  I’ve been busy with school.  The written assignments have been manageable, but I’ve had well over 1,500 pages of reading and… Continue reading Thanksgiving Update 2011 Update #57

I posted the last two updates very late, so I made up for them by posting this one early… Julie had a hard month.  There were problems with her button, rashes and a cold, but she has survived everything (including some more doctors’ appointments and shots). First problem has been Julie’s skin.  For those who… Continue reading Seven Month Update #56

I originally sent this update out at the end of September… Julie had a quiet month after her trip to STL and enjoyed a good trip to Roswell, NM. Somewhere along the line, Julie surpassed the 15 lb and 25 inch marks.  We estimate that Julie was really 4 lbs and 18 inches at birth.… Continue reading Six Month Update #55

I originally sent this out in September, but it applies to August 7th… Julie and her parents went for their first road trip as a family.  Julie did fine, but her parents were a wreck, ha! As I mentioned in my last update (from August 4th) Julie was cleared to travel and newly outfitted with… Continue reading Five Month Update #54