I am a total stranger to you, really. I’ve no idea who you are and you don’t know me, but by reading this blog, I do know we have some things in common. :)

My mom had me 3 months early, I was born in ’85 and am 19 now (see what you have to look forward to LOL). I was 1 lb. and 10 oz., a little smaller than Rhys and Leilani….I just wanted to send you all the best wishes I can. They thought I wouldn’t make it and that I’d have all sorts of developmental things like CP, but I’m fine and dandy….

Seeing your photos of your children really touched me. I’ve rarely looked at photos from when I was a baby (Probably only 3 or 4 times in my life…) and I cried thinking of how my parents must have felt with such a tiny baby, seeing the picture of you and Heidi with her holding his hand and you cradling his head really got to me, because there is a photo of my parents doing the same somewhere in a photo album at my home…..You and your wife Heidi are truly amazing and you deserve all the best as does Rhys and Leilani is watching over you. :)

Thank you for sharing this with other people. Thank you so much. I can’t begin to explain how much this journal has touched me. I wish you guys all the best.

Thanks for the wonderful comment. I guess you’ve read the whole story. I keep meaning to highlight the beginning of the story of the kids. We’ve met a few people through those entries. Other’s who had preemies or were preemies.

It’s always the stories like yours that keep us going, and keeps our hope strong. So far so good. No signs of anything terrible with Rhys, and I have a good feeling that he is going to be just fine. We are still worried about CP, but only because they told us signs wouldn’t show until later in his life… Ugh… Hate that…

Well, your comment has inspired me to pay a bit more attention to this site (I’ve been neglecting it as of late), so thanks for that. I hope you stick around. :-D

-nods- I do plan on sticking around for more reading. :) It’s just nice to have things in common with people. :)

They said all sorts of tough things like CP etc would happen to me, too…I escaped with only a learning disorder, and the usual preemie ID marks like the IV scars. But that’s okay, I’ve lived 19 years with them so I think they make me unique. I think, judging by today’s technology that Rhys will stand a wonderful chance. The brain has amazing powers to heal and relearn things from the other hemispheres. :)

It’s really amazing how one thing like that can affect your entire life. I know how my mom felt this afternoon when I told her about this website. She was like ‘Yes, done that. I waited for 4 months till they let me bring you home. I know exactly how they feel’ I could never imagine being in her shoes. My parents are wonderful for sticking it out for me even when the doctors just sort of thought I was another lost case at my worst. Rhys will -really- appreciate it growing up, especially when he gets to the age where he can actually look back on a few years of his life. (I can only really look back about 10-12 and still remember anything useful lol)

What you figure out as a preemie child growing up, most of all…Is that more than anything, you are -loved- more than anything else in the world and that’s what really makes all the difference in the world. :) Rhys, I’m sure even now, has figured that out. :) Keep up the wonderful work.