Keeping it in the family

When the girls were little they removed their umbilical chord stump so that they could access veins through their belly buttons. In turn, Stella and Zoe developed Umbilical Hernias (clown noses as I called them). "No big deal" the doctors told us, they would most likely correct themselves by the time the girls turned 2. Well, they were right, they do have some pretty cute, "normal" belly buttons now. Although Abby never had an umbilical hernia, she did have an inguinal hernia which required surgery to repair when she was 4 months old. Hernias, another common health issue with preemies, but I would never have thought that Rowan too would have hernia issues like his sisters-another umbilical hernia. We will have to see if they will treat his hernia in the same manner as they did the girls.

Stella:

Zoe:

Rowan: