Valentines Day

Posted by on Feb 17, 2013 in Update | No Comments

Happy Valentines Day! One year ago today Luke Coleman and I were getting ready to go to the doctor’s office to find out if that little white stick was telling the truth. 🙂 One year ago we saw our little girl for the first time, we saw her little beating heart and we fell in […]

CT Scan

Posted by on Jan 2, 2013 in Update | One Comment
CT Scan

Phoenix had a CT scan this morning. It took me and the technician awhile to calm her down, but we did it!! After her scan we met with her crainofacial surgeon who looked at her scans then proceeded to tell me “Either there is space in her skull for her brain to grown or there […]

Geneticist Appointment

Posted by on Nov 9, 2012 in Update | No Comments
Geneticist Appointment

Yesterday was Phoenix’s appointment with the geneticist and she was diagnosed with Aperts syndrome. Apert syndrome is a genetic disease in which the seams between the skull bones close earlier than normal. This affects the shape of the head and face. It also caused the webbing in her hands and feet. We are now facing […]

Pediatrician

Posted by on Nov 6, 2012 in Update | No Comments

Phoenix’s pediatrician called with the results of her microarray test. She has a duplicated gene, as of right now there is no known specific genetic disorders associated with this particular gene. Luke and I will be tested to see if either of us have this duplication. It is still unknown if this is the cause […]

Update on Phoenix

Posted by on Oct 18, 2012 in Update | One Comment
Update on Phoenix

When sweet baby Phoenix was born it was discovered that she had webbing on her little hands and feet. She has all her toes, but they are all connected. The best way to describe her little hands is for you to imagine that all your finger tips are touching each other (including the thumb) then […]