To give you a little history, Courtney was born with Cerebral Palsy and is in a wheelchair. She cannot, walk, talk, sit or stand. She was born 7 weeks early and was as big as her daddy's football when we brought her home. She communicates much like a baby would with certain cries and sounds for certain reasons. Courtney has a sweet and kind disposition and is usually happy and smiling. Although her disability is challenging at times one thing is certain, she will be my baby forever. I can cuddle her anytime I want without her pushing me away to go hang out with friends or talk on the phone. I am so fortunate to have her.
Jordan, whom people call "mini-me" is the average active, sassy, funny 10 year old girl. She helps so much with her big sister and is such an amazing kid. She and I have very similar personalities... silly, goofy, overcritical and talk way too much. She right now is going through a tom boy phase and instead of doing hair and dancing around she wants to play soccer with boys and ride scooters. Throughout all of these different phases that my daughter experiences, her heart shines through it all.
We live in Salt Lake City Utah and have lived here our whole lives. My dad is from Utah as well and my mom is from Canada. Courtney's dad lives here and also helped me raise Jordan while we were together. Her dad lives in Ohio so they are only able to talk on the phone. It somewhat confusing at times but we make it work. :)
We are facing a journey this week as Courtney gets admitted to a care center for a month prior to an invasive surgery. She is being admitted so that we can get her pre-surgery weight up and get her as healthy as possible in hopes that a speedy recovery is in our future.
Having my sweet baby away from me for a month is going to be uncharted territory for me completely. She hasn't ever been away for that long. Having her go into a new and scary environment is also very scary. I'm hoping that she will adjust and feel as comfortable as possible there. As a mom you want to protect your children as much as possible. And this is one thing we have not had control of which of course is scary.
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