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The Difference a Year Makes

It's hard to believe it's been a year since Jillian's Tetrology repair, but it has.  We can remember every moment, struggle, and triumph like it was yesterday.  I'll never forget the fear we all felt when we were given the news (at 20ish weeks pregnant) that our Baby B had a heart defect called Tetrology of Fallot.  Dr. Roten came at us with loads of information that none of us could quite process, but she assured me that Jillian would go on to live a normal healthy life.  It was hard to believe at the time, but she was right.  Fastforward 14ish weeks to delievery (a story in itself) and we were ever so glad that Harris, Baylor All-Saints, and Cook Children's Perinatal and Neonatal teams work so closely together, because EVERYONE knew what to expect from Jillian and were prepared even at midnight!  Jill recieved Prostaglandin (spelling?) for 10 days and had her first heart surgery.  4 months later we noticed that we had a bluer baby than anticipated so soon and her O2 sats were getting pretty low, not to mention she was getting really fussy.  Something was up.  Thanks to Dr. Roten we got in for a heart cath and had Jillian's Tet repair the very next day.  Let's just say Dr. Tam (Jill's surgeon) is the bomb.com!  We handed her over at 4:30 PM on Nov 8th and didn't lay eyes on her again until 4:30 AM Nov 9th.  Talk about having to have faith in God and the doctors He provided for us, HE is awesome!  Much to our dismay, Dr. Tam couldn't close her due to excessive swelling from being on the table and on bypass for so long.  We waited 5 long days to get her closed and then we began celebrating every milestone!  Closing, extubating (spelling again?), waking up, weaning off meds, moving out of PICU, going home, going home again, taking bottles, losing the feeding tube, getting a clean bill of health! We had our share of hurdles but today our sweet Jillian is doing everything she should be doing and more!  We've been through things no family should have to go through, but are so blessed that we have such a remarkable outcome.  It is no question that the doctors, nurses, surgeons, care partners, and volunteers who took care of both of our girls were called by God to do their work, and He is working miracles through them. 

 

Right after surgery

Closing day!

No more breathing tube!

Awake and drugged

A sleepy visitor

Up and cheering on the Pokes!

Moving out of PICU

Happy to be on the floor

Mommy couldn't have made it without Anna, what awesome friends we've become!

That yucky feeding tube!

Clean bill of health with Dr. Roten

And today...what a goose!

Let's not forget sweet Avery, she was a supportive and wonderful Big Sister.  : )

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles

The girls took their first for real bubble bath tonight!  They thought it was so much fun, and were cracking up at their bubble hairdos.  What precious babies we have!

 

Avery

Jill the ham

Having a good time!

Jillian

Happy Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween for the 2nd year with our sweet friends the Thompsons, the Huttons, the Sanders Family, and the Lewis Family.  We are so blessed to have such great friends here in Jacksboro.  Katie and Tyson hosted so that those of us who live out in the country would have somewhere to Trick-or-Treat!  The kids had a GREAT time!  The girls were Dr. Seuss' Thing 1 and Thing 2, Avery being 1 since she is 1 minute older than Jill.  The girls' Great Grandma Ferguson made  their costumes and they were a hit!  They of course wouldn't leave their blue fluff on their heads, but that was to be expected.

 

Happy Halloween from The McCurrys!

 

Avery

Georgia wanted to hold ALL the buckets

Jillian

Can we take the wrapper off now?

This doesn't taste right

Hitting up our first house!

Avery loved Georgia's bouncy cow

That's more like it...yum!!!!

Sticky and delicious

Ford (Micky Mouse), Tatum (didn't want to wear his pirate costume), Georgia (Elmo), the girls, Stockton (a sweet baby!)

Two of my students when I was pregnant with the girls

Pumpkin Patch and More

 

Jillian and Avery say, "Let's Go Cowboys!!"

Jillian LOVES her leopard lovey!

Today we ventured out to the Pumpkin Patch in Flower Mound!  We met up with several of my sorority sisters, their husbands, and kids.  It was a fantastic time!  We missed Daddy, but he got to be on TV during the OK State game...he's famous!  I am SO glad that there were lots of hands to help with the girls because they are everywhere all the time!!

 



Nick with Jill

Jenn and Avery

Mommy pulling the wagon (the girls, Bobby, and Max)

Avery picking out a pumpkin

Jillian "Hercules" McCurry had to try to pick them up!

Ok, this was the best I got of our group picture.  We were minus Aiden at the moment.

Avery in the pumpkins

Check out this stem Mom!

Posing 15 month olds is not easy.

Riding in the pumpkin trailor

Jamie and her still growing pumpkin Lang taking a rest in the wagon.

When we got home from our adventure we HAD to play outside!

 



Avery (I love this one!)

Such a big girl

Leaves are delicious!

Love this one of Jill too!

LEAVES!!!

 And just a baby girl update!  Both girls are cutting molars, Jill has one more to go and Avery has 3 to go.  They love to chase each other now and scream and squeal as they do it.  They are starting to say words and are great at no, night night, DaDa, and MaMa, plus all their different animal sounds.  In the last few days I'm pretty sure I've heard drink, shoes, and sissy.  And their latest and greatest accomplishment (much to my dismay) is they can climb up on the furniture.  They think this is great fun, we think it's terrifying!  Note the fun they are having below, they got up there on their own.