My little mountain climber

This little girl has been climbing a mountain since she was born. She was born very prematurely at 23.5 weeks gestation and it's been a battle to keep her with us. Her pediatrician told me recently that she has the longest medical record at his office. I actually have some trouble believing that because there are a lot of children out there with a lot of medical problems. But it's pretty clear that her health is complicated.

Recently she's had some kind of respiratory virus that put her back on supplemental oxygen for the last few weeks. She seems completely recovered but she's still needing the extra oxygen. It's been so frustrating to me. Finally tonight I tested her blood oxygen saturation and it was good enough to take off her oxygen until bedtime. We'll test her again in the morning but I'm feeling hopeful that just maybe we can go somewhere without taking that heavy tank of oxygen with us.

I love this picture of her. It was taken on a camping trip last summer. It was a great summer with no illnesses! She loves to camp and was so cheerful sitting in her special chair with that baseball cap on backwards looking so cute. She was closing her eyes because she was feeling a little shy. We love her!

Comments

Hansen Family Reunion 2024, Thursday afternoon

For lunch on Thursday, Lauren and Kurt made Cafe Rio which was delicious. On Thursday afternoon, we had free time at the lake. Heidi and Aaron rented a pontoon boat and took people out for rides. This was very popular. Some of us went on the kayaks and/or swimming or just hung out on the beach.

2024 Hansen Family Reunion, Wednesday

Recently we had another Hansen Family Reunion at Bear Lake. We've been having these destination reunions since 2008. There were about 70 of us in attendance. Bruce and Michelle organized the activities and did a good job. I enjoyed myself! Hopefully lots of other people did too. We showed up on Wednesday afternoon and enjoyed a taco salad dinner, served by Neil and Kristie's family. We also worked on two mixer games: a word search with the names of all 100 Hansen family members as well as a Bingo card that involved finding people with different attributes like recent high school graduation, birthdays in certain months, etc. The word search was definitely the most popular. Also popular was playing Nine-Square and Sandy Pickle (a cross between pickle ball and badminton). Thys and Katrina might have won! After dinner, we had an FHE activity/lesson. Liz had made a book with stories of the first ancestors to join the church. She had selected different stories for us to act out in g...

Hansen Family Reunion 2024, Thursday Evening

For dinner on Thursday, Mark and JoEllen served us yummy pulled pork sandwiches with chips and coleslaw and fruit salad. Afterwards we took pictures and had our traditional talent show. The 14-year-olds minus Drew Videos follow these pictures: Videos of the talents. The Bergesons went first: Followed by Neil's and Kristie's family: Bruce and Michelle: The Morris Family: Brian: Kent and Melanie: Kurt and Lauren's family talent: The Fergusons: Mom and Dad (mostly Dad):

Search This Blog