Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cape
Day
“While some superheroes battle scary villains, at Children’s
our superheroes fight something much scarier – illnesses and injuries that many
of us could never imagine. But when they
wear a cape, nothing is impossible.
Please join us as we celebrate all of our superhero patients”
Abby has been wearing her cape annually since 2016, and this year Chloe joined in on the fun for the first time too! The sisters have been having a great few weeks of getting along, and I was excited to see them excited about this :) Plus, I'm sure it was great to have each other at school, since no one else ever wears one. The old school nurse used to, but the new one doesn't. And actually in four years of cape wearing, no teacher/ staff, not even the nurse, has ever acknowledged it or asked Abby about why she wears it. Abby was lamenting that she's the only one that ever wears one - all the while, never saying she didn't want to, which I loved. So it was super fun for them to wear them together. They each have a printed sheet to take to school that highlights their story and the why behind why they wear them. Awesome Mrs. Shakespeare, Chloe's teacher and a good family friend, read her story to her class!
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| she's a superhero in my book for sure! |
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| they were all about posing themselves which makes for a happy, picture-loving mommy :) |
From Abby's print-out ::
Our Abby was born in April of 2010 with the diagnosis of a
multi-cystic dysplastic kidney - basically she only has one kidney [just like
her mommy!]. However, we quickly realized
that her one functioning kidney wasn’t functioning like it was supposed
to. Abby was admitted to the Scottish
Rite emergency room on April 28th and spent the month of May in the
hospital. Lots of tests, scans,
bloodwork [including an IV in her head and a picc line], a very scary UTI, two
nights in the PICU, a nephrostomy bag, a failed stint, and three surgeries
later, Abby is an incredibly healthy, athletic, joyful, fun-loving girl. To meet her now, you would most likely never
know or believe all she went through to get to this point. From birth, she has shown amazing strength
and spirit and resilience.
Our family owes her life to CHOA. The doctors, nurses, techs, and staff there are
nothing short of amazing. While I hope
no one ever has to go through what Abby did, we are so thankful for this
wonderful organization and all they did for our baby girl.
Today, Abby is perfectly healthy and in no way limited or
affected by having only one kidney. We
had follow-ups regularly throughout her early years, but she was released from
her urologist’s care at five years old, and only sees her nephrologist once
every two years for a routine ultrasound and checkup.
From Chloe's ::
Chloe’s
first experience with Children’s came at ten weeks old. After several outpatient visits, she was
admitted to Scottish Rite with RSV. We
spent three full days and two nights there.
Chloe has
also visited the Scottish Rite E.R. two different times for two different
broken bones – both times she broke both bones on her left forearm requiring
sedation to reset and cast them. We’ve
also had various outpatient visits, including pneumonia when she was six.
For more on
our family’s appreciation of and gratitude to CHOA, see her sister Abby :) Abby was admitted to Scottish Rite at 15 days
old, and over the course of a month and numerous surgeries, CHOA saved her
life. We are forever thankful for this
wonderful organization. What a blessing
CHOA has been to our family!
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