Archived Medical Updates (old posts made by my parents about me)

Drum roll please!

And Nora’s small intestine has grown to………… 16cm!! HOORAY!!! The initial amount of 4.5cm she sta

A Peek Inside

Nora had her upper GI with small bowel follow through yesterday. We haven’t seen the official report yet but what we saw

It was bound to happen eventually….

Sooner or later we knew Nora would catch a cold even with all of the precautions we take to protect her from germs. She starte

New GI Team for Nora!

Well I guess I need to start by retracting the statement I made in my previous post about there not being any good short bowel

An Apple a Day…

I feel like I haven’t updated on Nora’s medical status in a while, but there really hasn’t been much new to

Eating with 4.5cm

This time last year Nora’s g-tube button had just been removed. She was just starting to eat other foods besides Elecare

What a Year!

Goodbye 2008! It’s been a year full of ups and downs with many challenges along the way but overall I’d say it was

Getting Ready for Santa

I can’t believe Christmas is less than 10 days away. Nora has been having lots of fun playing with the tree ornaments an

A Long Overdue Update

Where to start…so much has happened since our last post. Some very good and exciting things have happened. Nora got to m

What else happened in October?

I realized that I only posted fun, non-medical stuff last month so I figured that I should fill in the blanks. Thankfully Nora

Nora’s Port

I have been meaning to write a post about Nora’s port for a while since she seems to be the exception when it comes to h

A Perfect Day for Recognition

I started typing this post earlier in the day and had originally titled it “One and a half” because today is Nora&

Many New Firsts for Nora

Sorry for the lack of Nora updates lately, my computer crashed but now I’m back up and there is a lot of Nora news to ca

18.4!

Nora weighed in at an all time high of 18lbs 4oz this morning! When she went off TPN back in April she was 17lbs 11oz, then lo

Big Girl Nora

Nora has been doing very well for the past few weeks. She’s growing up into such a big girl so fast, mentally and physic