A real eye-opener

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Today is a special day! Today happens to be my sweet baby girl's 8th birthday. She is my baby and I can't believe that she is 8 years old already. I was sitting here thinking about how to do a post that gives her a special "Happy Birthday" without causing major trigs to those readers that are presently TTC. I don't know a way to do it so forgive me.

In the past 8 years my daughter has been through a lot, a few things that make her who she is...

• She almost died before she was ever in my arms.
• She didn't walk/talk until 3 years old.
• She was diagnosed with Ataxia and rule out of Cerebral Palsy and they still don't have anything else definite.
• She has had 3 MRI's of her head and 2 MRI's of neck and back.
• She has had EMG, EEG, and EKGs along with many other tests.
• She has had 4 sets of tubes in her ears and 60% deaf in her Left Ear.
• She was moved cross-country away from her extended family because her mommy fell in love.
• She has the best big brother a girl could ask for.
• She can hear a song on the radio 1 time and sing it the next but can't remember what she did yesterday.
• She can memorize a book word for word, but doesn't really know what she has read.
• She will know the answer to a question, but not answer you until 10 mins later.
• She comes up with the most random things to say.
• She is an Angel.
• She is a miracle.
• She doesn't know how special she is.
• I LOVE HER TO DEATH!

It makes me realize that I need to concentrate a little more on the time I have with her, rather than so much on TTC.