Today
Today, our miracle continues to grow and make daily improvements. There are so many people that have helped us thoughout Peyton’s incredible journey. We are forever gratefull to the amazing CHOP doctors and nurses for taking such excellent care of our daughter. The outpouring of support from family, friends and out cummunity has been incredible. […]
October 27th
On October 27th, she was readmitted to CHOP for a surgery to help control her reflux and place a feeding tube in her stomach. Luckily, she made it home just in time for Halloween!
June 27th
On June 27th, after 88 days of the scariest roller coaster ride of our lives, Peyton came home to Sea Isle to breathe the great Sea Isle City salt air!
May 13th
Then on May 13th, Peyton took another step towards coming home when they took her off of the ventilators. She was now on her own to breath. This was also the first time that we were able to see her entire face.
May 8th
After 13 long days, Dr. Liechty took her off of ECMO. Now it was up to her lungs to keep her blood oxygenated. Slowly (very slowly) but surely, her swelling began to go down and she began to look more and more like our beautiful little girl again. Finally on May 8th, 38 days after […]
April 17th
While on ECMO, Peyton swelled to about twice her size. It was painful to see. She was so sensitive to light that they kept her face covered. They also put little ear muffs over her ears to shut out the little noise in the NICU.
April 4th
On Peyton’s fourth day of life, Dr. Liechty performed surgery to put her organs back where they should be and close the hole in her diaphragm with a gortex patch. Surgery went well, however the next day she took a turn for the worst. Her oxygen levels were extremely low and her heart was beating […]
March 31st
After 34 days of endless prayers, well wishes from friends, and much medical intervention, Debbie was considered full term (37 weeks) and the doctors decided to induce her. It was a miracle that they were able to control her contractions this long and it gave our baby a chance of surviving. At 6:42 PM on […]
February 25th
On February 25th we got the shock of our lives when we learned that not only was Debbie in preterm labor, but the baby that she was carrying had a birth defect called Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). We were heartbroken and scared beyond belief. We had never heard of CDH. We had so many questions– […]