Mia's Story: July 2007

Just when we thought we were out.....

Good morning.

At rest.

The family Zingarelli took a trip back to the hospital on Friday. All is good, and we're back home now, but it was a very nerve racking 24 hours. The long short of it is Mia was having some really bad acid reflux and was doing some very unusual spitting up and even throwing up. The actual spit up was not that unusual, but what had us concerned is that she never does it, at least not like she was. Anyway we were concerned that something was going on either with her G tube or worse that she was having more seizures.

I haven't really written about Mia getting seizures, but she was in fact having them. They had started in May but we didn't even realize they were seizures until a little while later. Her neurologist diagnosed it, and with some med treatment they cleared right up. She hasn't had any in over a month. The way she was acting during her spitup incidents this past week had us concerned that a new type of seizure had developed. We figured better safe than sorry and brought her to the emergence room.

The EEG that discovered the seizures. 6/4/07

Wired 6/4/07

She's a good sport. 6/4/07

After many exams from all of her great doectors at the hospital, the general consensus was that she was simply having really bad reflux. Relieved, we left the hospital last night. We're really happy to be back home and the girls are sleeping quite peacefully as I write this.

Here are a couple more pics from our trip back to LI July 4th week. I took them with my camera phone and finally got around to putting them on the computer.

It was a perfect July day, warm and sunny, not too humid. Just me and the little one sitting on the front porch taking it all in. Pretty much paradise.

Trip Home

We had a blast being back with family and friends for the 4th of July week. It was pretty busy, as couch time with Mia was in high demand. We managed to squeeze in almost everyone that wanted to see her.

I gotta start this blog off with a picture of Kai, because he is beautiful.

Ki Ki enjoys some bananas with Agnes.

I think Mary is happy to see Mia.

So is Grandpa!

Kai, Mia, and Maria

Mia enjoys baths much more now. Aunt Lizzy looks on.

Kai looks on and is just happy it's not him in the bath.

Mia slept right next to us in this little crib every night.

The girls in their dresses.

Aunt Angie at last!

The Grandparents Z share a laugh.

Poppa Z, inspecting the hat to make sure it's providing proper warmth.

Olivia loves Mia.

Grandma's got her hands full!

Ki Ki and Chechie.

Liv and MiMi.

Lounging, poolside.

Enjoying some sunshine.

Franny and the girls.

Great Grandma Bubka

Enjoying the day.

Happy July!

It's summer for sure now. Hope everyone is gearing up for a great 4th of July weekend er, Wednesday? We'll be making a rare Long Island appearance this week and we hope to see everybody!

We've been getting Mia a lot of therapy, both physical and neurological and she already is making improvements.

We got a chance to see my Aunt Bonnie who we haven't seen in a long time! It was great to spend some time with her and she of course loved seeing Mia!

Mia enjoys some quiet time in her crib.

Francesca and Mia doing some exercises on the floor.

She gets really mad when we do physical therapy with her but it really has been helping her. She's getting more and more aware of her surroundings and has been talking up a storm lately! She makes the cutest noises I've ever heard. Little sighs, and coos - she really has a lot to say!