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Emily Ann you are a cutie pie
and a little princess in our eyes
Sweeter then Strawberry Shortcake,
heart of a Care Bear within you lies
We know these are your favorite things
Strawberry dolls and teddies that care
But for us Emily you are our favorite
no little girl in this world can compare
You're so tiny, so sweet and so delicate
like a ballerina who dances and twirls
You are a one in a million gift from God
yes, our very own precious miracle girl
Sweetie, we hope you like your new webpage
made especially for you, it's one of a kind
Done up in all of your favorite things
with even your very own personal rhyme
We are sure that all of your visitors
will enjoy reading all about you Emily Ann
Getting to know you they will love you too
and will become Princess Emily fans
Copyright ©2006 Island Princess
Welcome to Emily's website.
It has been provided to keep
family and friends up to date on Emily.
Emily Ann House
Born: January 9, 2004 @2:02pm Weight: 4 pounds, 7 ounces Length: 17 3/4 inches 
Emily Ann House was born premature at 33 weeks. My water broke for no reason on December 11, 2003 at 29 weeks. I went into the Birthing Center and had to stay there until I had her because I lost so much fluid. We tried to hold her off as long as we could. I stayed in the hospital for 1 whole month and she was born January 9, 2004. She was born via c-section because she was breech.
She had to stay in the NICU for 8 days. She was at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.
When Emily was born, she had a good heart rate. She had to have blow-by oxygen though. She was then taken to the NICU. Her APGARS were 8 and 8 at 1 and 5 minutes respectively.
When I was pregnant I had a fetal echocardiogram done because of my history of having 2 premature babies already plus losing a baby with several birth defects. During that fetal echocardiogram it appeared that Emily had a VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect). After she was born on day of life #2, she had an echocardiogram done. She had no VSD or PDA. She did however have a patent foramen ovale. This appears to be stable. She has no murmur. After she was born they had her on clear IV fluids. On day of life #3 they started feeding her breastmilk but due to spitting, they were held for about 12 hours. On day of life #4, feedings were restarted slowly. She has been tolerating feeds well. On day of life #6, phototherapy was started and discontinued the next day. She also had her hearing test and passed bilaterally.
Emily is a little developmentally delayed but not much.
This is Emily getting ready to come home.
This is Mommy, Daddy, and Emily walking out the NICU doors!
She was 8 days old weighing 4 lbs 4 ozs.
Journal
Saturday, March 1, 2008 4:56 PM EST Hey all.
Emily is doing well and being so growny!! She has started wanting to wear play makeup...I sure she would love to get her hands on some real makeup too, LOL.
We got her signed up for school again for next year but she will be going 3 days a week next year. She will like that though but it will be harder on me not having her here.
I am hoping that after the summer we can get her signed up to take dance of some sort but we'll see.
Emily finally got her a big girl bed. We had to get rails for it though because it was so high of the ground and her first night, she fell off. She still won't sleep through the night though.
She hasn't had to go to the doctor for anything in awhile but she is suppose to go for her 4 year old check up in March. I am sure she will check out okay....even for weight. She feels like she has gained some weight.
That's all for now but as soon as we have her appointment I can update with results.
Love,
Sherry & Emily
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Hospital Information: Home
Greenville, NC
Links: http://www.caringbridge.org/nc/michael This is her brothers site
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