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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Sweet 16 - Happy Birthday Lexi!

Sixteen years ago today I was giving birth to my second child.  It was actually labor day and also my step-father's birthday!  I am thankful that it was a holiday as that meant my husband was home.  I ended up having a seizure and stopped breathing.  Lexi was born about an hour later by emergency C-section as it turns out I was toxemic and had developed eclampsia.  As it was a second child it was not something that anyone was looking for - and my blood pressure had been normal.  Of course, I had been having lots of kidney infections, fevers and my vision had gone blurry a couple of times.  The doctor knew about everything but the blurred vision - and maybe that would have tipped him off that there was something else going on - so now I tell everything that is not normal!



Lexi ended up in Milwaukee Children's Hospital for 16 days as she had a seizure right after she was born.  They think that it was due to her lack of oxygen when I stopped breathing.  She has been fine ever since though!  And at 5'9", being born 4 weeks early didn't stunt her growth at all. . .


HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEXI!

6 comments:

YA Book Queen said...

Happy Birthday to your daughter! =)

bermudaonion said...

Happy birthday to gorgeous Lexi! It sounds like all the trauma of getting her into the world was worth it.

fredamans said...

Happy birthday Lexi!

Cassie said...

Happy Birthday to her!

Anonymous said...

Happy Belated Birthday to Lexi!!! My youngest sister K'Cee turned 16 on Sept 6th as well =)

Book Bird Dog said...

Lovely daughter! Happy birathday, Lexi.

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