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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Where to start...

I've always thought it would be great to document what goes on in my crazy life, so here we go. My name is Nicole, and I am a wife and mother to an amazing 2 year old , Miller. I have a rare blood clotting disorder called antiphospholipid syndrome along with Lupus. I know, I hit the genetic lottery. Miller is our little miracle baby, being born at 31 weeks because I got something called HELLP syndrome while I was pregnant. Pretty much my liver was failing and I needed a blood transfusion and I was losing my vision in my right eye because my blood pressure was 200/160! The only cure is to deliver the baby. I woke up in the ICU and Miller was breathing on his own but only weighed 3 pounds. Without him, I would have never been diagnosed with my diseases until I possibly had a stroke or DVT, for that I will be forever grateful.