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  | wellygirl   Senior Member
 
   
 
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  | Shezamumof3   Senior Member
 
   
 
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  | WestiesGirl   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Beautiful      Happy birthday little man    | 
 
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     Our Angel July 08    Gone but not forgotten  
   And to complete our family, our princess has arrived
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  | kabe   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   You know what us Oct 07 aunties think of your wee fighter. You are all      | 
 
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  | kmarie   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Aw that's so beautiful!  So glad you posted it on here as I remember reading how he was going in the early days, then I never managed to follow and find out how you all are.  What a little fighter!  Happy Birthday!!  xx
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         twins in heaven Oct07
 Is 40:11 "He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart."
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  | Huggles   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 31 December 2009 at 9:15am | 
 
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   Jacob you are definetly a little fighter and you make your mummy and daddy so proud. Happy birthday for the other day!      | 
 
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  | whitewave   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Aww, I had tears in my eyes too.  Congratulations on your first birthday Jacob!!      | 
 
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  | NikkiB   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 29 December 2010 at 12:44pm | 
 
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   I thought I’d update this post for those of you who were following our story.  Jacob is now a 2 year old!!!!!    Wow, 2 years old!!!  Onwards and upwards! Its been a long year, Jacob was meant to have his full heart repair back in February, he finally had it in November.  There has certainly been no looking back since then.  He is now almost walking, almost eating and drinking enough so we can take his feeding tube out     That’s the next challenge.  But I know we’ll get there.  We’ve been up to Starship three times this year, one cardiac cath, one MRI and his open heart surgery. Apart from his heart surgery, we were only in our local hospital once with a bacterial infection in his lungs – not bad for a little one which such complex medical problems    Jacob is a little boy who has such a strong will, real spunk, a fun loving personality and a smile that captures your heart.  He certainly gives his brother a run for his money.  I now know that if Jacob sets his mind on something, then there will be no stopping him.
 I’m the proudest mum ever, proud of my little fighter, proud of my family and proud of my husband – we’ve made it!  We’ve survived the two hardest years of our lives.  We are so excited about the future and are now making plans -  because we can!
 Once again, thank you for all of your support.  Especially the October 07 girls, you guys rock!
 Happy Birthday my little fighter, we are all so proud of you xoxo   | 
 
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     A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys:
RB 3/10/2008
 JB 29/12/2009
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  | zoeymil   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 29 December 2010 at 5:34pm | 
 
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   Nikki i remember reading your post last year and crying my eyes out..... my wee girl was born at 28weeks on the 29th of December 2008!!! So we have been celebrating her birthday today!!! You certainly have had an amazing journey!!! COngrats and good luck!!!!
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  | troutpout   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   that was beautiful! happy birthday little man xoxo
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  | NikkiB   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Thanks Zoeymil.  How is your daughter these days?  Happy Birthday to her     Congrats on being pregnant again and making it to full term!!!!!!
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     A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys:
RB 3/10/2008
 JB 29/12/2009
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  | Huggles   Senior Member
 
   
 
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   Nikki you are an extremely awesome mumma. Jacob is lucky to have you as his mummy too... Happy birthday for yesterday Jacob... keep being a fighter!
well done mum and dad xxx
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  | BugTeeny   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 We are so excited about the future and are now making plans - because we can!
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 Awesome awesome awesome!!    Happy 2nd  Birthday little guy!  
 Congrats Nikki and family, what a great post update to read!    | 
 
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  | peanut butter   Senior Member
 
   
 
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  | kabe   Senior Member
 
   
   
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  | _Deb_   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   That's lovely Nikki. It's so nice to hear about how far Jacob has come, thinking back to when he arrived and you had no idea what the future would hold. Just look at him now! He's proven what a strong little fighter he is and you're an amazing mum.   Happy Birthday for the other day Jacob.   | 
 
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