Betty –
Thought you would enjoy the picture of my youngest grandson – Luke Timothy Whitaker - taken on Easter Sunday evening. Luke is our little ‘miracle’ baby – my daughter and son-in-law’s fifth child and third boy. He was born on September 18 weighing 3 pounds, 9 ounces at 36 ½ weeks and remained in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Seton Hospital for 10 days and then was transferred to Dell Children Medical Center where he stayed in the NICU until October 31. However, his problems were more than just being premature:
· two holes in his heart - one has closed and the other is ok for now and hopefully getting smaller
· a tethered spinal column - will be having surgery on April 21 to correct that which will hopefully allow him to walk correctly. Without the surgery there is a chance he won’t walk.
· brain cysts – which may require surgery at a later date but do not pose any kind of threat at this point
· developed NEC (necrotizing enterocoloitis) – he almost died at 10 days because of this condition which is common in premature babies. He had major abdominal surgery on September 29 which required the removal of part of both intestines and resulted in a colostomy for 2 ½ months. Then, on December 15 he had surgery to reconnect the intestines and remove the colostomy which was a 5 day hospital stay.
· In late January he was hospitalized again with adhesions (strictures) of the colon related to the December surgery. The surgery for removal of the adhesions was really tough and he stayed in the hospital for 10 days.
· In mid February he was again hospitalized with a possible stomach flu but was able to be released in a week.
· Then, about three weeks ago he developed a severe respiratory infection and was in the hospital for 48 hours for oxygen and breathing treatments.
He is such a happy baby at almost 7 months and weighing 11 pounds. We call him “Sir Smiles a Lot” because even when he was so sick in the hospital he would smile at everyone. His physical development is on target in spite of his small size – sitting up, rolling over, standing up, etc.
I can provide you with the high resolution picture if you like. The attached photo is not as sharp as the high res one.
Yep, pretty versatile basket – for cute ‘little’ baby boys!
Debbie
From: Kathryn Whitaker
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 8:18 PM
To: Debbie Farnum
Subject: basket
hey mom, you should send that Longaberger basket picture of Luke to your Longaberger consultant...maybe corporate would like to see how "versatile" that basket can be!
K
Kathryn Whitaker
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