Life has been tough on our kids over the last several years. Each of them have had their individual challenges to overcome, but so far they have made it through.

Saige had her fight against severe jaundice shortly after she was born, causing her to be hospitalized at Childrens at Egleston, where we spent a week through Christmas just after her birth at Piedmont Hospital in December, 2002.

The next exciting event was Dorian being born a 32-week preemie at 4lbs in August, 2004. Luckily, she just cruised thorugh the NICU at Piedmont Hospital on room air to quickly catch up, becoming Saige's best friend and well-loved little sister.

A year and a half later in March, 2006, our twin boys Kai and Riley were born at only 26-weeks. Kai had a prolapsed cord, which ultimately led to the need for an emergency c-section. They both, of course, had the hardest start of all. Riley first suffered from a collapsed lung, and shortly afterwards, Kai had to be transported to Childrens at Scottish Rite for Necrotizing Enterocolitis that required a few surgeries and resulted in extended jaundice and hospitalization over a four-month period.

Late last year, while the boys were struggling to catch up with the help of Babies Can't Wait early intervention, both girls came down with a bout of E. coli O157:H7 poisoning resulting in HUS. Saige was able to recover without too many complications. However, Dorian, with her condition being the most serious of the two, had to undergo numerous peritoneal and hemo-dialysis treatments in the PICU at Childrens at Egleston as a result. Although both have fully recovered, we're still on the lookout for any long-term affects the condition may have caused with both of them.

And recently, while working through the boys’ difficulties with catching up with kids their own age, we were finally presented with a diagnosis of Autism for both of them.

Needless to say life has been difficult for all of us. But, despite everything that has happened, we are making our way through it all. We are thankful for the support of our friends and family. Please keep our kids in your thoughts as we work through getting the boys the help they need to be able to live normal lives.

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We just want to give everyone an update on our girls who are both in Childrens Hospital of Atlanta at Egleston.

They have both been diagnosed with having E. coli O157:H7 and have developed HUS.

Saige, 4 1/2 years old, has developed a mild case and should be pulling out of it within the next week or so.

Dorian, 3 years old on Saturday, is currently in the PICU and been receiving both hemo and peritoneal dialysis treatments due to kidney failure as a result of the HUS. She is expected to recover in the next 2-3 weeks.

Our 17-month old twin boys are being cared for by relatives, and have been given the all-clear by doctors in NC.

We’re not sure where this originated, but the CDC is investigating all the places the kids have been back to three days prior to when their symptoms first appeared.

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