Miracles Can Happen: 2 Years Old!

17 May 2011

2 Years Old!

Happy Birthday Cohen & Bryce!

It continues to amaze me when I think back at how far the boys have come and how far we have come as a family. We were told on more than one occasion that Bryce would not make it and if he did he would be like a "vegetable." I refused to believe everything they told us, but I would be lying if I didn't say that I never wondered what kind of future we had chosen for him. Fast forward 2 years.... Things are not exactly a walk in the park, but they are far from the grim future that some had described. We live life to the fullest and we will NEVER take the little things for granted. My life has forever changed and I am so very proud of my little family. How lucky we are that our eyes have been opened and we know now the true meaning of LIVING.

We went to the Museum Center today, it was a blast! Cake and presents at home just us!

Saturday we will celebrate with our family and friends. It is so much more than a birthday party, but a celebration of life - 2 lives that we were very close to losing.

So Happy Birthday to my little miracles, may you always be happy and live life to the fullest.

2 comments:

JessiMay 17, 2011
Happy birthday!!! It's cool to see boys that are so close in age to our son.
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CroleyMay 30, 2011
Looks like we were going through a really rough time at the same time too. Best of luck in Seattle! I have been following your blog,
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From the beginning...

On January 5, 2009 we found out we were having twins!!! We were so excited and never dreamed that we would have any problems getting them here. All we could think about was how special it would be to bring two little ones into this world at one time.

It was a few weeks later that we found out there were issues with the pregnancy. It appeared that the twins had Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), but after several tests it was found that there was a growth discordance in the twins. Baby A (Cohen) had more placental share that Baby B (Bryce). After finding this out I was put on full bed rest at home. We had ultrasounds every other week to check the babies growth. It was a constant worry whether the babies would make it.

At 20 weeks I would be admitted into Good Sam Hospital with pre-term labor complications. Those complications would turn into cervical length problems and from there a one night stay turned into 54 days of trying not to go absolutely insane. Each week we would have a new scare. I became very ill with blood poisoning and there was a fear that the infection got to the babies, luckily it did not. I also had daily contractions, some days more than others and began dialating. I developed gestational diabetes, only after passing the glucose test a week before.

At 28 weeks (and one day) real labor set in and I gave birth to two very small but very beautiful boys - Cohen Matthew and Bryce Anthony. This is their story...