Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides!! Please share with family and friends!

Have you been looking for a way to help out kids? I have the way!

Michael, Ariya and I are going to walk in the CF Great Strides event on May 19, 2012 and we would like you to help support us. For those who don't know, Michael and I are both carriers of CF which means that any kids we have will have a 25% chance of having the disease and a 50% chance of being a carrier. We just found out that Ariya does not have the disease but that does not change our decision to continue to support the cause. This is something that is very close to both of our hearts! If you notice the name of our team is "Born to Breathe"! Michael and I believe that every child should be born to breathe and the only way to make that happen is to find a cure for CF! Please support us and donate! Also, if you would like to join our team and walk with us, please contact me and I can get you all set up!

Here is some more info about Cystic Fibrosis!

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a devastating genetic disease that affects tens of thousands of children and young adults in the United States. Research and care supported by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is making a huge difference in extending the quality of life for those with CF. However, we continue to lose precious lives to CF every day. That's why your help is needed now more than ever to ensure that a cure is found sooner - rather than later.

We would love to have you or anyone you know join our team or at least make a donation! Remember, even $5 helps! Share this with friends, coworkers, family members, ANYONE! Also, if you work for a company that matches donations, that is great too! Share this blog with anyone you know and make a donation... Or join us for the walk!

Thank you in advance for your help!

Ariya's first week of life!

Ariya Juliet Torres was born on January 16, 2012 at 9:31pm. She weighed 7 pounds 8.9 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches in length! She is perfect. She has been a great baby so far and loves to "talk" all day long!

The Thursday after she was born, she wasn't eating well that day. She was sleeping most of the day and I thought that was weird. I told Michael that something just didn't feel right. We took her to Children's Dallas ER. We were expecting them to just say she is just a normal baby and she is fine. Well, that is definitely not what happened! They decided to do a spinal tap, blood culture and urinalaysis. I was in the hallway of the ER crying my eyes out cause I thought, "Why did we even bring her?" Due to the possibility of menangitis, we had to stay in the hospital overnight. We were expecting everything to be ok and go home the next day. Nope! We were told it wold be 48 hours. So Saturday rolls around and the doctor comes in and says that the urinalysis came back positive for bacteria. Ariya had to get an ultrasound to make sure that her kidneys weren't blocked or that urine wasn't backing up in them. Thank goodness that the ultrasound came back normal or we would have been in the hospital for a minimum of 10 days! NO FUN! They eventually let us go home on Sunday morning with a prescription antibiotic to give her for the next 8 days! Luckily it tasted good to her so giving it to her wasn't a chore! We were glad to be home and to know that everything was OK.

To this day, we still do not know exactly what caused the UTI. When I was in labor I ended up running a fever and getting an infection due to my water being broken for so long. That could have been it but it seems we will never know for sure. At least she is healthy now!

We had so many people praying for us and our little girl during this time and without those prayers, I don't know if we could have made it. It was one of the hardest times of my life. I don't think I have ever worried so much before!

She is growing everyday and is an amazing little girl. I can't wait to continue to see how she changes!

Here are some pics of her birth!

 I was in a little pain! The epidural came soon after!

 Just born! I cried!!

 Getting cleaned up!

 One happy baby!

This is how much she weighed!

Michael and I are so excited to have her!