Isabella: Tagged

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Tagged

Tag #1

My friend Amy Boeckman tagged me for a photo tag. You have to pick the photo from the fourth file and then the fourth photo. My photo ended up being a pic of Bella after her first open heart. She still has the steri strips on her chest so I bet she is like a week 1/2 post op here. I can't believe how tiny she looks!!

Tag #2

This tag comes from Amy at http://kadenboeckman.blogspot.com/. Here are the rules...

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share seven facts about yourself on your blog--some random, some weird.

3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

About Myself

1. I consider my self to be a bit OCD. I love love love to clean. I sweep my hardwood floor like four times a day.

2. The books on my bookshelf are separated out by author and genre. (another OCD trait!!)

3. My favorite music is Christian Rock.

4. I love to read and I seriously read around 75 novels a year.

5. I love to bake. Up until I got pregnant and became so nauseous, I was baking about 3 batches of cookies a week. That is like 9 dozen cookies!!

6. My husband and I were set up by a friend. When we met we didn't waste anytime planning our lives together. We were engaged within 6 months and married at one year. We used to think we wanted 7 kids!! (We are not to far from that goal)

7. I rearrange my furniture ALL the time. My sister-in-law Steph works every other weekend, and she comes in and can never find anything because I have moved it ALL!!

I am tagging YOU!!

1. Micah- http://gabrielesheridan.blogspot.com/

2. Angela- http://mom2girlsgirlsgirls.blogspot.com/

3. Hollie- http://hollie-walkingthefineline.blogspot.com/

4. Angie- http://www.xanga.com/Ivys_Vine

5. Carrie- http://cbranam.blogspot.com/

6. Penny- http://sporefamily.blogspot.com/

7. Laura- http://lilliansheart.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

mommy to Kaden, Brody and angel Ava said...: That is the cutest picture of Bella!!! She does look soooo tiny.; Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:12:00 PM
adrianna york said...: Isabella is so little in that picture now look at her and how much she has gone thew. That is just amazing how much she has changed. I hope everyone is doing well and I can't wait to hear from you all soon. From Kim; Monday, October 06, 2008 1:17:00 AM
Caden said...: What a sweet picture of Bella! Such a sweetie.

Ashlea

P.S. Did you notice on your last comment to me that you said the "other three girls"??? Do you think it's another girl? I think it's a boy. :); Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:43:00 AM

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Story of Isabella Grace Gudde

Isabella was born December 23, 2006. She was born with a congenital heart defect called Truncus Arteriosus. She also was diagnosed with a deletion on her 22nd chromosome known as DiGeorge Syndrome. She had her first open heart surgery Febuary 27, 2007. She had 5 med flights last year. She had pulmonary hypertension and kept going into respiratory distress. After the 4th med flight, they decided to put in a trach and put her on the ventilator. She was home for 4 days before she was flown back. The fifth time was the worst. I really thought we were going to lose her. She again showed great strength and determination. She had a cardiac arrest on Aug 1, 2007. She was left brain damaged and we were told she was blind and deaf. Matt and I never accepted this fate and as time has gone on we have seen miracle after miracle. Bella now has her hearing back and much of her sight. She is still very far behind, but is making progress everyday. She came home September 12, 2007 after spending almost 160 days at Childrens Mercy in 2007. She was at home up until this February. She went in for her monthly check up and we found out she had a huge aneurysm at the conduit site on her heart. She underwent her second open heart surgery on February 21, 2008, just 6 days short from being one year post op from her first surgery. She is now home and doing fabulous. Enjoy the stories of our everyday miracles with Isabella.