Two years ago today our miracle child came home to live with us after spending over 220 days in the hospital! Where has the time gone? I really can't believe that Ethan has been home for 2 whole years now! When I reflect upon all that he has accomplished it amazes me! He went from being a child that did pretty much nothing, who laid on a blanket on the floor on his boppy on the vent and on oxygen! Now, today, he is walking and talking and is on the vent, without oxygen, only while he sleeps. We cannot keep this child still even while sleeping!
It makes me sad to think that only half of all parents that have a child born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia even get the chance to bring their children home. The odds aren't good at all. Please spread awareness in honor of Ethan about this birth defect so that others may be made aware and research may go forward. More and more families need to be able to write updates like this!
What a blessed two years we have had at home as a family of four and we hope to have many, many more!!
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