Giving Thanks

I know Thanksgiving was a couple days ago but I am just emerging from the food coma ! I am thankful everyday for my family and friends, for a roof over my head and food in my belly. In this post I would like to get into how thankful I am for my 2 daughters.

Recently my Doctor had told me I was lucky to have Gina because I have poly cystic ovarian syndrome otherwise known as PCOS which can cause infertility. I was diagnosed with it right before I got pregnant with Gina funny enough. 

Gina will be 6 months old in about a week and she is perfectly healthy. During my second ultrasound where they determine the sex of the baby is was shown that I was missing a vessel in my umbilical cord ( called a 2 vessel cord ) it was an artery. I had many ultrasounds after that to make sure she was growing, apparently with a missing artery the fetus may not get all the nutrients she needs and therefore would not grow or gain weight. I was also told she may have Downs Syndrome, we decided not to do the amniotic test only because I was afraid of miscarrying. Doctors told me she may be small person or not gain weight but Miss Gina showed them all ! She is perfect and healthy and I am thankful for that every single day.

My oldest daughter Jewelia was an easy pregnancy, no issues. But Jewelia has had it rough, she has gone there many surgeries throughout her 14 year life. It all started when she was 6 months old with ear infection after ear infection that's when her Dr decided to put tubes in thinking she would outgrow it...guess what she did not outgrow it. Every year till she was about 8 years old that's when he decided to do T tubes which last 3 years. Let's just say Jewelia is on her second set of T tubes, poor kid still has not outgrown ear infections. The tubes were nothing compared to the spine surgery she had 2 years ago. Jewelia has scoliosis meaning her spine is curved, her curve was severe and if it was not corrected her spine could have crushed her heart. This was such a scary time for us. The surgery was done at Children's Hospital in Boston and they were amazing, her Dr installed rods, hooks and screws into her spine, it was a 6 hour surgery..the longest 6 hours of my life. She came out okay in the end. She is such a strong person and I am so grateful for that, it takes a strong person to go through all of that. I am thankful to have Jewelia she is healthy, strong and perfect to me. 

Like I said I am thankful for my babies everyday but wanted to give them both a little shout out, showing you how strong willed my girls are, like their Mom !