1. It's warmer outside.
2. More flowers.
3. No more jackets.
4. Don't have to worry about getting sick.
5. School is almost over.
6. Don't have to come to school until after school.
7. Everybody is so bubbly.
8. Schools almost out.
9. NO TAKS!
10. Graduation this year.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
18 Reasons I am Thankful for my Parents
I am thankful for my parents because:
1. They work hard to support me.
2. They have taught me respect.
3. They clothe me
4. Changed my diapers
5. Feed me
6. They motivate me
7. They put up with all my mistakes
8. They gave me hugs and compliments
9. My mother gave birth to me
10. They taught me to walk
11. They taught me to speak
12. Gets me gifts even when i don't deserve them.
13. Bought my Twilight series books
14. They take care of me when I'm sick
15. Keeps me on task
16. Gets me in trouble when i need it
17. They give me LOVE
18.Lastly they would give their lives for me and my sisters like i would for my whole family
5 Reasons I'm Grateful for My Daughter:
1. She's hardworking
2. She's a great daughter
3. She's very loving
4. She's a great person all in all
5. Lastly she would give her own happiness and life for her family.
1. They work hard to support me.
2. They have taught me respect.
3. They clothe me
4. Changed my diapers
5. Feed me
6. They motivate me
7. They put up with all my mistakes
8. They gave me hugs and compliments
9. My mother gave birth to me
10. They taught me to walk
11. They taught me to speak
12. Gets me gifts even when i don't deserve them.
13. Bought my Twilight series books
14. They take care of me when I'm sick
15. Keeps me on task
16. Gets me in trouble when i need it
17. They give me LOVE
18.Lastly they would give their lives for me and my sisters like i would for my whole family
5 Reasons I'm Grateful for My Daughter:
1. She's hardworking
2. She's a great daughter
3. She's very loving
4. She's a great person all in all
5. Lastly she would give her own happiness and life for her family.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Human Interst Story
Miracle Baby Born Twice!!
When Chad and Keri McCartney say their infant daughter, Macie Hope, is born again, they aren’t referring to religion — the month-old miracle baby really was born twice.
The first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital took the tiny fetus from Keri’s womb to remove a tumor that would have killed Macie before she was born.
The second time was on May 3, when the McCartneys welcomed their surgically repaired — and perfectly healthy — baby girl into the world.
The happy couple talked exclusively to TODAY’s Ann Curry on Friday from the hospital, where they were joined by Dr. Darrell Cass, the fetal surgeon who led the team that performed a surgery that has been successfully completed fewer than 20 times around the world. In Macie’s case, he said, “We were very, very fortunate. It really turned out perfectly.”
The McCartneys’ story began in Keri’s 23rd week of pregnancy, when the couple took their entire family to their obstetrician’s office to discover the sex of the baby Keri was carrying.
“We had our whole family,” Chad McCartney told Curry. “Our four kids had piled into the van, and we headed to our routine ultrasound to find out what the sex of the baby was going to be. That was the big discussion on the way up, so there was lots of excitement.”
A deadly revelation
Everyone went into the ultrasound room, eager to see the image of the fetus displayed on the screen. “All of a sudden the ultrasound tech had a very concerned look on her face,” Chad said. “She rushed our kids out of the room and then informed us there was a large mass on our baby.”
The ultrasound image showed what looked like a balloon growing out of Macie’s tailbone — except that it was full of blood vessels and was as big as the fetus itself. The tumor was noncancerous ... but still deadly.
“This tumor was gigantic,” Cass said. “It was the size of a grapefruit.”
The McCartneys’ obstetrician had never seen such a tumor in all her years of practice. After some research, she discovered that Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston — six hours away from the family’s Laredo home — was one of only three hospitals in the world that specialized in such conditions.
“This is incredibly rare. It’s about one in 40,000 births,” Cass said. “Many times, these tumors
Baby Macie’s ultrasound showed the tumor.
can grow and remain small and they don’t really affect the fetus very significantly. In Macie’s instance, this tumor grew incredibly rapidly … and basically it was stealing the blood that her body needed to grow. She would have died if nothing had been done.”
A fitting name
Keri and Chad went home with the desperate prognosis and decided they needed to name their infant right then.
“We both made a decision that we have a name for her, because we had been told that there was less than a 10 percent chance that she was going to make it,” Chad McCartney said, fighting back tears as he told the story. “We wanted to pick a name that would be appropriate, so we named her Macie Hope — because that was all we felt we had.”
They went to Houston for the surgery, which Cass described, with a surgeon’s understatement, as “tricky.”
“It required that Mrs. McCartney went under a very, very deep anesthesia, about seven times deeper than the average operation,” he said. “That’s necessary in order to have the uterus very, very relaxed.”
He and two other surgeons opened Keri’s abdomen and brought her uterus entirely outside her body. “We had to find an area of the uterus that we could open safely so that we didn’t disturb the placenta,” he explained.
When they found such a place, they opened the relaxed womb and extracted about 80 percent of Macie Hope’s body — which weighed no more than a quarter of a pound — leaving just the head and upper body in the womb. Exposing the fetus to the air carried the danger that she would go into cardiac arrest, and the surgeons worked quickly to remove the tumor and return Macie to the safety of the womb.
That part of the four-hour procedure took about 20 minutes. The surgeons then had to carefully close up the uterus so that it would be watertight, to keep the amniotic fluid from leaking out.
“Then we had to hope that the pregnancy was going to last,” Cass added.
Born again
That hope was also answered. Macie Hope didn’t make it the entire nine months, but, Cass said, “The pregnancy lasted another 10 weeks, which allowed Macie to recover from this tumor that had been killing her.”
On May 3, Macie Hope was born again, this time to stay. She and her mother have remained at Texas Medical Center since as they both fully recover from the miracle surgery. Macie still has a large scar on her backside, which surgeons say can be repaired when she gets older.
Keri and Chad McCartney were expecting to take their miracle baby home on Saturday, and they couldn’t have been happier.
“We are doing great,” Keri McCartney told Curry. “I am so excited to think that we’re leaving tomorrow.”
She cradled Macie Hope in her arms. The infant, sporting a thick head of hair, slept through it all, prompting her mother to say, “Obviously she is completely at peace and content with it all.”
When Chad and Keri McCartney say their infant daughter, Macie Hope, is born again, they aren’t referring to religion — the month-old miracle baby really was born twice.
The first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital took the tiny fetus from Keri’s womb to remove a tumor that would have killed Macie before she was born.
The second time was on May 3, when the McCartneys welcomed their surgically repaired — and perfectly healthy — baby girl into the world.
The happy couple talked exclusively to TODAY’s Ann Curry on Friday from the hospital, where they were joined by Dr. Darrell Cass, the fetal surgeon who led the team that performed a surgery that has been successfully completed fewer than 20 times around the world. In Macie’s case, he said, “We were very, very fortunate. It really turned out perfectly.”
The McCartneys’ story began in Keri’s 23rd week of pregnancy, when the couple took their entire family to their obstetrician’s office to discover the sex of the baby Keri was carrying.
“We had our whole family,” Chad McCartney told Curry. “Our four kids had piled into the van, and we headed to our routine ultrasound to find out what the sex of the baby was going to be. That was the big discussion on the way up, so there was lots of excitement.”
A deadly revelation
Everyone went into the ultrasound room, eager to see the image of the fetus displayed on the screen. “All of a sudden the ultrasound tech had a very concerned look on her face,” Chad said. “She rushed our kids out of the room and then informed us there was a large mass on our baby.”
The ultrasound image showed what looked like a balloon growing out of Macie’s tailbone — except that it was full of blood vessels and was as big as the fetus itself. The tumor was noncancerous ... but still deadly.
“This tumor was gigantic,” Cass said. “It was the size of a grapefruit.”
The McCartneys’ obstetrician had never seen such a tumor in all her years of practice. After some research, she discovered that Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston — six hours away from the family’s Laredo home — was one of only three hospitals in the world that specialized in such conditions.
“This is incredibly rare. It’s about one in 40,000 births,” Cass said. “Many times, these tumors
Baby Macie’s ultrasound showed the tumor.
can grow and remain small and they don’t really affect the fetus very significantly. In Macie’s instance, this tumor grew incredibly rapidly … and basically it was stealing the blood that her body needed to grow. She would have died if nothing had been done.”
A fitting name
Keri and Chad went home with the desperate prognosis and decided they needed to name their infant right then.
“We both made a decision that we have a name for her, because we had been told that there was less than a 10 percent chance that she was going to make it,” Chad McCartney said, fighting back tears as he told the story. “We wanted to pick a name that would be appropriate, so we named her Macie Hope — because that was all we felt we had.”
They went to Houston for the surgery, which Cass described, with a surgeon’s understatement, as “tricky.”
“It required that Mrs. McCartney went under a very, very deep anesthesia, about seven times deeper than the average operation,” he said. “That’s necessary in order to have the uterus very, very relaxed.”
He and two other surgeons opened Keri’s abdomen and brought her uterus entirely outside her body. “We had to find an area of the uterus that we could open safely so that we didn’t disturb the placenta,” he explained.
When they found such a place, they opened the relaxed womb and extracted about 80 percent of Macie Hope’s body — which weighed no more than a quarter of a pound — leaving just the head and upper body in the womb. Exposing the fetus to the air carried the danger that she would go into cardiac arrest, and the surgeons worked quickly to remove the tumor and return Macie to the safety of the womb.
That part of the four-hour procedure took about 20 minutes. The surgeons then had to carefully close up the uterus so that it would be watertight, to keep the amniotic fluid from leaking out.
“Then we had to hope that the pregnancy was going to last,” Cass added.
Born again
That hope was also answered. Macie Hope didn’t make it the entire nine months, but, Cass said, “The pregnancy lasted another 10 weeks, which allowed Macie to recover from this tumor that had been killing her.”
On May 3, Macie Hope was born again, this time to stay. She and her mother have remained at Texas Medical Center since as they both fully recover from the miracle surgery. Macie still has a large scar on her backside, which surgeons say can be repaired when she gets older.
Keri and Chad McCartney were expecting to take their miracle baby home on Saturday, and they couldn’t have been happier.
“We are doing great,” Keri McCartney told Curry. “I am so excited to think that we’re leaving tomorrow.”
She cradled Macie Hope in her arms. The infant, sporting a thick head of hair, slept through it all, prompting her mother to say, “Obviously she is completely at peace and content with it all.”
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thru a Dogs Eyes
My name is Muffy I'm a house pet, i have wonderful owners they treat me like I'm a human being. You don't find that everywhere ya know. Well I'm 1 year old and i like to go on lots of adventures. There was this one time when i was playing outside and my owners son Jorge came out and he's barley 1 year old to just like me. Well anyway he came out and started playing with his little lawnmower toy and i went up to him and licked his hand. He is only a few inches taller than me but i kind of scared him because he made a face of surprise but he got over it soon and he started playing with me.
Well
i went and grabbed a chew toy it was a pink and lime green frisbee its my favorite so anyway i went and got it and we started playing he threw it and i fetched it. Then My owners and his parents came out and called us both in to eat i love when its dinner time or lunch time because we always sit as a family and i get to eat with them but of course on the floor because the baby makes enough mess for the both of us. I love being a dog especially with the great owners i have they are wonderful.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
5 Senses of Christmas
- Smells of Christmas - Tamales, pozole, and punch.
- Sights of Christmas -lights, snow, and Christmas trees.
- Sounds of Christmas - Christmas music, bells, and carolers.
- Touches of Christmas - Cold snow, people you hug, presents, and ornaments.
- Tastes of Christmas - Hot cocoa, hot soups, and candy canes.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Room 101 and Christmas Cards
My Room 101 would have a tub to put someone in it and it would be filled with snakes because i totally hate them they freak the crap out of me.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Christmas Story
I once had a friend named Frosty.
He was a very jolly guy and a very good eater. As you can tell
but the truth this is him after he cooked his big feast for all his friends.
The night before Christmas Frosty was drinking eggnog
and all of a sudden he thought well Christmas is tomorrow I'm gonna cook a great big meal so he did and ended up looking the way he looks now. Well he didn't mind he just knew he had a great time with all his friends gathered around the Christmas tree
So he decided to just walk it all off and that is why now he goes to every town and gives toys to all the children he meets and ever since then he is known as Frosty the snowman because so he travels so much a lot of people know him and still he hasn't lost much of his weight but he doesn't mind hes okay with it and so is everybody else.
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