Unexpected Lessons: Four

Monday, August 22, 2011

Four

Oia, with each passing day, we love you more and more. You ground us. You amaze us. You are everything to us. Thank you for the best four years of our lives. Happy 4th Birthday, Big Girl!

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LisaAugust 22, 2011 at 8:58 PM
Happy Birthday sweet Oia girl!
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SarahAugust 23, 2011 at 6:20 AM
Happy Birthday Oia!
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TiffanyAugust 23, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Happy birthday to precious that precious girl!
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AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Happy birthday Oia :)
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AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 5:44 PM
HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY OIA
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jennoharaAugust 23, 2011 at 7:02 PM
Happy Birthday to a beautiful angel!
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Kara MelissaAugust 31, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Happy birthday Oia! Big hugs from Sebastian.
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Below are Oia's medical 'cliff notes':

Intermittent esotropia; fitted for glasses - 4 mo. old

Originally diagnosed as a Spastic Quadriplegic with Cerebral Palsy secondary to intrauterine stroke - 7 mo. old

Microcephalic with a thin, but present corpus callosum - 7 mo. old

Epileptic (though no seizures have been recorded to date) - 7 mo. old

Original diagnosis found incorrect - 2 yrs old, updated diagnosis is Cerebral Palsy secondary to Schizencephaly (not intrauterine stroke) and more hemiplegia (right sided weakness) than spastic quad

Right eye Strabismus surgery, 2 muscles - Feb. 2010 2 1/2 yrs old

Percutaneous Medial Hamstring Release and Tendon Achilles Lengthening - June 2011, 3 yrs 10 mos old

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

To learn more about our story in detail, go to post titled Rewind to the Beginning followed by post titled Hmmmm.