Blaise was born January 1, 2009, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Because of a giant cyst, her small intestine twisted on itself in utero, cutting off its blood supply and causing most of it to die. Blaise has 45 cm of small bowel, including her terminal ileum, an ileo-cecal valve and a complete large intestine. Because she lost so much of her small intestine, she has a diagnosis of short bowel syndrome (a.k.a., short gut). She came off TPN/Omegaven after 5 months and stopped tube feeds at 15 months. She spent her first 148 days as an inpatient at Children's Hospital Boston and was welcomed home May 28, 2009.
More importantly, Blaise is smart, tough and fun. We brag about her shamelessly, but we have a lot to brag about.
11 comments:
Welcome home Blaise. You continue to amaze and inspire me from 1,000 miles away.
Yahoo. Can we have her room on 10 east?
Beautiful.
That is just so exciting! Congrats you guys! So happy for you!
Congratulations!
Welcome home!!! We can't wait for you to give us a tour of your new room. Good luck to you all, including the cats.
une très grande pensée de Paris où nous t'attendons avec impatience... Well done Blaise! Home run !
With love
Julie, Mathieu et little Erin
CONGRATS, CONGRATS, CONGRATS:)
nice work, Blaise. You begin your superhero life, in a predictably amazing way.
Congratulations Blaise. We are so proud of you!
Love,
Amy, Pierce, and Aoife
Welcome home Blaise.Yeah!!!!!
Yay Blaise!!! Congrats to the wonderful parents.
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