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A march, a birthday, a hospitalization

Posted on May 25, 2011 by earlybirdies

On April 30th, the kiddies and I walked for our local chapter of the March of Dimes. With the generous support of our friends (even ones we’ve never met!) and family, over $3300 was raised for our walk. For those … Continue reading →

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The Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Posted on December 26, 2010 by earlybirdies

A couple of weeks ago, Andrew stopped smiling and visually tracking. Completely lacking awareness of the world around him, Andrew became a shell of his old self. When a baby regresses in this way, it’s often because of seizures. We … Continue reading →

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Andrew’s EEG

Posted on December 5, 2010 by earlybirdies

Back in June, when Andrew was just recovering from a near-fatal encounter with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), we started to notice that his arms and legs would twitch. Sometimes, the twitches would come in clusters and would cause his tiny, swollen … Continue reading →

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