Special Needs Baby: Our Tracheostomy Journey {I am Strong}

I am strong!

I am strong because I got pregnant right after getting married.

I am strong because with my first child I was put on bed rest at 17 weeks because of pre-term labor.

I am strong because despite going into preterm labor at 17 weeks I gave birth at 41 weeks.

I am strong because I was in labor with my first daughter for 6 hours and pushed for 5 min.

I am strong because I breast fed her until she wouldn’t breast feed anymore.

I am strong because despite being on bed rest with the previous daughter I got pregnant again 2 years later.

I am strong because I delivered my 2nd beautiful baby girl at 39 weeks.

I am strong because after I brought our new baby home I knew something wasn’t right.

I am strong because I would stay up night after night with our baby watching her sleep praying I wouldn’t wake up and her not be breathing.

I am strong because I took her to the doctor every day for 3 weeks demanding they listen to me.

I am strong because I didn’t listen to that dumb doctor and took her to another doctor.

I am strong because after the 3rd blue spell we drove our baby 3 hrs away to a pediatric hospital.

I am strong because I saved my babies life by making that decision.

I am strong because I said yes to the biggest decision I had ever had to make. To putting in a trach on my 4 week old baby.

I am strong because while my baby was in coma for 2 weeks I would sit by her bed talking and singing to her everyday!

I am strong because when I no longer could produce breast milk for my special needs newborn I turned to my friends for breast milk.

I am strong because I learned how to care for the trach, change the trach, place Ng tube, and replace her G-tube.

I am strong because the 3 months we where in the hospital I never spent a day away from my daughter.

I am strong because I make the decision when it comes to my daughter… Not the doctors.

I am strong because for 15 + months we have had nurses in out house for 18 hrs a day.

I am strong because not a day went by that I wasn’t so thankful for everything we had gone thru.

I am strong because I was the proudest mother of a beautiful trach baby!

I am strong because I embraced the life that we had!

I am strong because my daughter at 17 months pulled her trach out while we where sleeping and her stoma closed.

I am strong because I kept my cool and made the decision to fight to be trach less.

I am strong because my 18 month old daughter is now trach less!!

I am strong because I have an awesome, loving, God-fearing husband that has been there every step of the way. Emotional and physically.

I am strong because with every step I take in life I rely on God to take care of me and my family!

I am strong because I make the decision every morning when I wake up that this is my life, and no matter what it throws at me I will make the best of it!!

I am strong because I am a proud momma of 2 of the most beautiful girls!!

{A story from Holly & Matt}