Facing It and Moving On

Now that my reflection is done, it's time to stare down the beast and be done with it.

And, so, I introduce to you, the source of my many months of terror and sadness: the esophageal duplication cyst that was in Sofia's chest. (Warning: not for the faint of heart.)

Here are photos taken during surgery. Her situation was so rare that they are writing up the case study for medical journals. Over the 9 weeks, her care cost $775,000, much of it paid by insurance, a very small portion of it paid by us. Worth every penny to save our daughter's life.

Now you see it, and now we never have to again.




I promise, the next posts will be about being a mother outside of the NICU. You know it can only get better from here.

Mama loves you, Sofia. You are all better now!