She's Home!

Maggie was finally able to come home on April 21, 2005!

20 days old


She would have to wear an apnea monitor for at least 5 months,
to monitor her breathing in case her windpipe collapsed again.

It was very scary for us to have Maggie home, because we feared something else would go wrong... but we knew that ultimately God was in control and Maggie is in His Hands! We praise God in this storm and we will praise Him through every day!

We are so thankful to have Maggie home!

Maggie and her sister, Shelbi

Tests, Tests... and more Tests

They ran many tests on Maggie to determine why she stopped breathing... As soon as she was admitted to the hospital she was put on antibiotics in case of an infection.

She was seen by a neurologist, who gave her a clean bill of health

She was given a PH Probe Test and a Sleep Test-
She had a 24 hour Heart Monitor-
Also, 2 EEG's

ALL these tests came back negative for any problems!

It wasn't until we had Nurse Laurel (a true gift from God!)
that we were able to make the doctors hear us!

We were still concerned about that raspy "honking" noise that Maggie was making. She made that noise the night she stopped breathing and she continued to make it while in the hospital. We felt strongly that the noise had something to do with her trouble, but the doctors just didn't hear us! Finally, Nurse Laurel took it upon herself to talk to the Resident doctor about it. She even gave Maggie's noise a name- called Stridor

Maggie was given a Broncoscopy and the results came back with a diagnosis for Laryngomalacia (basically she had a floppy windpipe) It was something that would gain strength with time.

Coming Home- but not for long

The hospital ran many tests on Maggie's heart. They decided that she had a wandering pacemaker that would not cause her any harm. She might outgrow it, or it might remain her whole life... but it wasn't anything that was alarming.

In order for Maggie to be released from the hospital it was mandatory for Eric and I to pass a few tests. One of which involved taking a short class on CPR. Being that we have both taken many CPR classes throughout our teaching careers, I was a little annoyed at this waste of time. Then Eric insisted that we practice on the dummy. I was frustrated and just wanted to go home!

We took this picture at about 5PM on April 5, 2005...

At approximately 8:30 PM Maggie stopped breathing. We couldn't believe it... is she really turning blue? All within a few seconds, we looked at each other, I grabbed Maggie from Eric and said, "Call 9-1-1!" I checked her pulse and she didn't have one. I gave her 2 rescue breaths and checked her pulse again. Still no pulse. I began giving her 2 more rescue breaths preparing to start resuscitations.. but THANK GOD she started to cry! What a beautiful sound.

(God's hand was upon us as we had just practiced on the
CPR dummy just a few hours before this happened)

Next thing I knew the police, firemen and paramedics were all in our house. Asking questions, tending to Maggie... all the while we just couldn't believe this was happening.

Maggie was taken in ambulance to a local hospital where the tended to her until Loma Linda's ambulance transport team could arrive to take her back. The transport team recognized us as they were the same team that transported Maggie 2 days before. They were very sad for us, but made sure we knew that they were going to take great care of her.

This was by far the worst night of our lives.....

Something's wrong...

The nurses were concerned with Maggie's heartbeat.
They decided that she needed to be transported to
Loma Linda's Children's Hospital to have more tests run on her heart.

Maggie is inside this helicopter...
she's only 2 days old.

When we finally arrived at the
hospital this was very scary for us to see...
we didn't know if she would live or die-
all we were told is that they are concerned!


We were also concerned about how Maggie sounded in the hospital the first night she was born. If you listen very carefully to her you will hear her make a sort of raspy "honking" noise. This noise will prove to be what caused all of her trouble from this day on...

She's Here!

Maggie Corine
was born April 1, 2005

8:03 AM
7 lbs 15 ounces
19 inches