HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEWT and EMMA: Three years ago today was the greatest, scariest day of my life. Below is the story that I will recognize every year to remind myself and everyone of 2 of the greatest miracles I have been blessed with. Today is Newt and Emma’s 3rd birthday and I am so proud of the children they already are and I look forward to watching them grow and enjoy life with all of us. They are so loving, compassionate, smart, funny and beautiful children! I am extremely fortunate to be able to call myself their mommy. They have had a fabulous birthday week starting last weekend with a fun party and then we spent this last week at the beach and started off this morning with homemade banana pancakes with candles! We have a fun day in store for them!!! They have such a bright future and I love them so very much!!! Happy Birthday Newt and Emma you are amazing children and we love you! Here was their birthday invitation: Turning three must be easy to do, I just blinked my eyes and it happened to you. Seems like the days just go speeding right by, Why you’ll probably turn four in the blink of an eye. So let’s take time to celebrate your birthday today, And cherish this moment before it slips fast away. Here was our beginning together: Our Children’s Incredible Journey I am sharing this with all of you in ultimate hopes that we can save other children and wish that all of you find it as inspiring as we have. On February 1, 2010 Chris and I found out we were expecting our first child. On March first (8 weeks pregnant) we found out we were expecting twins and at 16 weeks pregnant during a routine sonogram we found out that we were having a boy and a girl and our son had an occipital encephalocele. We were told that our son would probably not make it through utero and if he did he would only live to be a few hours to a few days old. We were told that if he made it he would not be able to breathe on his own, eat on his own, or see. Our doctors told us that we should selectively terminate our son. Well, selective termination was not an option. We saw 9 different doctors prior to our son’s arrival all with the same diagnosis. On September 23rd 2010 at 9:44 pm our son Newt Christopher Phillips was born weighing in at 5lbs 12oz and 17 ½ inches long. His sister Emma Jane Phillips was born at 9:45pm weighing in at 5lbs 6oz and 15 ½ inches long. Newt came out breathing, ready to eat, and he could see… a true miracle! Three days after his birth he had brain surgery to repair the encephalocele and at 2 weeks old he had a second operation due to hydrocephalus. My son is perfectly healthy. He eats, sees, and cries; everything a newborn should. God is still performing miracles today! They are not sure what causes an encephalocele. It only affects 1 out of 10,000 children and unfortunately 80-90 % of women terminate the pregnancy. We have already met with many different physicians, nurses, nursing students that had never seen a child with an encephalocele and are taught that the family should terminate the pregnancy. We are trying to spread the word to keep your baby. Our son is living, breathing, seeing proof! My son was in the NICU for a week after he was born and when we got to bring him home on September 30th we were elated!!! We scrambled to get a car seat as we were told not to bring one to the hospital because we would not be going home with our son. He is home, happy and healthy! Around our house we call him “Big Bad Newt” he is so tough and such a fighter! Praise God! We knew throughout our entire pregnancy that God had a great plan for our son. Our son has an amazing story to tell and we will help get his testimony out there to try and save other children! I LOVE MY BABIES!!! Happy 3rd Birthday! Love, Mommy
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:52:25 +0000
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