KerenOwens.com http://kerenowens.com Motivated by Love... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:59:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Keren gets Home for an Afternoon http://kerenowens.com/2010/02/13/keren-gets-home-for-an-afternoon/ http://kerenowens.com/2010/02/13/keren-gets-home-for-an-afternoon/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:13:29 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=561 We were able to bring wee Keren home to see Jed and Kezia in a more normal environment, and we had a lovely afternoon.

Thankfully our community nurse, Peter, was on hand to record this moment.

It was great to get home, and feel a bit more normal for a while.

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]]> http://kerenowens.com/2010/02/13/keren-gets-home-for-an-afternoon/feed/ 2 Keren…updated list http://kerenowens.com/2009/07/24/keren-list/ http://kerenowens.com/2009/07/24/keren-list/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:43:36 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=475 I thought it might be useful for new visitors, if I compiled a list of all the posts so far relating to Keren.  These are in order of posting, unlike the “Recently Written” links, which are listed most recent first.

  1. Welcome, to a family touched by Trisomy 18

  2. Our First Encounter with Trisomy 18

  3. Special Care Baby Unit in Antrim Area Hospital (SCBU)

  4. The Name…Keren

  5. The Confirmation of Trisomy 18

  6. Meeting their little sister, for the first time…

  7. Holding our new baby for the First Time

  8. Keren, Our Wee Fighter!

  9. Keren’s week in SCBU

  10. Knocklayde…with a slight difference!

  11. Tiny Clothes, for our Tiny Baby

  12. Learning to feed wee Keren

  13. Keren was so content

  14. Dublin Airport…overnight

  15. As Light as a Feather!

  16. Wee Keren…Fast Asleep

  17. Keren…Wide Awake!

  18. Keren gets home for an Afternoon

]]> http://kerenowens.com/2009/07/24/keren-list/feed/ 2 Catching a few Rays! http://kerenowens.com/2009/06/25/catching-a-few-rays/ http://kerenowens.com/2009/06/25/catching-a-few-rays/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:19:15 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=501 Sleeping by the window the other day… so peaceful.

Windowlight

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Here are…

Elijah & Joah

Elijah and Joah

Close-up

Adorable or what!

And as if these photos weren’t nice enough…

Proud as Punch

Wee miracles!

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Having learnt not to take anything for granted, I was reluctant to post here about the news that awaited me, when I returned from Kilimanjaro. Geraldine knew she was expecting before I went, but with it being very early days, she waited till I was back to break the news, so as not to worry me when I was away. At that stage she only knew she was expecting, and it was not until a few weeks later that she discovered two heartbeats in there.  :) :)
They were safely delivered at 36 weeks 4 days, being 5lb 7oz, and 7lb 9½oz… →13lb ½oz combined weight!

To say we are thankful to God would be an understatement,  I am reminded again of the verse in James 1 v 17 ” Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above…”

Because of this wonderful news I have not had my walking boots on in earnest, since we came back from Kilimanjaro, and now that the two little boys have arrived, it might be quite some time before I get on the trail again.

My walking companions and I had some laughs wondering what to call them…Kili and Manjaro, Ben and Nevis, or Slieve and Donard being among the favourites, Kenny’s suggestion of Magillycuddy and Reeks didn’t get much consideration I must admit.

I might let you in on the names we have chosen in a future post  ;)



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It doesn’t seem like three years since wee Keren was born. Three years ago today.

I can still say that I am truly thankful to God for having known her. All our children have such wonderful wee personalities, and Keren’s fragile beauty will stay with me as long as I live.

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]]> http://kerenowens.com/2009/04/07/wee-keren-wide-awake/feed/ 7 Wee Keren…Fast Asleep http://kerenowens.com/2009/04/03/wee-keren-fast-asleep/ http://kerenowens.com/2009/04/03/wee-keren-fast-asleep/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:08:21 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=405 It was so quiet in the room this day, and Keren was sleeping soundly, so I took the chance of taking a wee video.
Look at how many toys…all the size of her!

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]]> http://kerenowens.com/2009/04/03/wee-keren-fast-asleep/feed/ 4 As Light as a Feather! http://kerenowens.com/2009/03/19/light-as-a-feather/ http://kerenowens.com/2009/03/19/light-as-a-feather/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:47:32 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=382 As the days passed, in the Causeway Hospital, wee Keren seemed to stabilize a bit, and we were able to take her out of the incubator for short spells. We had to keep the oxygen mask nearby, with a gentle flow of oxygen to help her breathe.

She really seemed to take it all in, with wide eyes, looking all around. Holding Keren was like holding the softest, lightest wee feather you could imagine.

Keren in my arm

She was fast asleep for this photo, but she looks so cute!

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]]> http://kerenowens.com/2009/03/19/light-as-a-feather/feed/ 2 Lapland, Winter Wonderland! http://kerenowens.com/2008/12/30/lapland-winter-wonderland/ http://kerenowens.com/2008/12/30/lapland-winter-wonderland/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:35:58 +0000 Glenn http://kerenowens.com/?p=360 Now that we have arrived at the other end of the Christmas celebrations (and I hope yours were peaceful and happy), I can share this fantastic experience, and wonderful surprise with you!

Jed and Kezia were offered places on the 2008 trip to Lapland, organised by the “Northern Ireland Children to Lapland Trust“, a relatively new charity, which has the aim of bringing a day of joy to some of the many terminally ill children in our country, and to  some, who although not ill themselves,  have went through a similar situation with a sibling.

It was a magical day for us, and we would like to send a huge Thank You to everyone involved!

This was the second year of this event, and some of the children were from the Royal Victoria Hospital Haematology department, and the rest were connected with the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice.

A fantastic day was had by all, an experience never to be forgotten, right from the airline staff, to the Husky dogs!

Check out their 2008 trip itinerary here , and if you ever come across this charity, do support them. This certainly is a fantastic cause, and this is a wonderful gift for all these children.

lapland_2

Husky Rides

View from the Sleigh

Reindeer Portrait

The Red Suit

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