Cardiology

Yesterday we had another cardiology appointment to discuss our continuing concerns with Evie's low heart rate. The cardiologist thinks that what we're seeing is reflux induced bradycardia. Basically when reflux occurs, it triggers a nerve that slows the heart. The good thing is that her body sees the slowed heart rate and speeds it back …

Advertisement

A New Noisy World

Well Tuesday actually went really well! First stop was to get her hearing aids, and although she didn't like them messing with her ears, once they were in she calmed down. When they were turned on, she got very wide eyed and whipped her head around to look at people as they spoke. She became …

Busy Few Weeks

Evie has a couple of busy weeks coming up. Today she gets her hearing aids (yay!) and also has a swallow study. Please pray the fluid clears up in her ears so we can actually use the hearing aids and also that she passes the swallow study with flying colors so we can start more …

Birthday Party

Like I said in the last post, we had a little get together with a couple families to celebrate Miss Evie! And all of you who sent cards last year when she was born and in the hospital? You were a part of our celebrations, too! Thanks again for all the birthday wishes! Can't wait …

Braces, Swallowing, and Speaking

We've had a pretty productive week for the birthday girl. Now that the weather is warming up and we're getting out of peak sickness time, we're going to attempt a more intense therapy schedule. First on the list is physical therapy. Although Evie is leaps and bounds ahead of where we all thought she would …

This Day Last Year

When Evie was born, this was what we shared on Facebook: "Our little Evelyn has made her appearance, but unfortunately has been sent to a NICU in Des Moines with breathing problems. Ty was able to accompany her right away and Megan is joining them shortly. Please be praying for our little girl. She seems …

Audiology

This past Monday, Evie had her first appointment with audiology. Many of you remember that we discovered that Evie had some hearing loss when we finally were able to do a hearing test at the end of March. Here is a graph that the audiologist shared with us to help us understand Evie's hearing loss: …