http://www.anibella.net One little girl's journey through surgery. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:21:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry about the delay! I know at least a few of you come back here from time to time to check in on Ani's progress, and some of you may have realized that her third surgery should have been scheduled some time over the summer. Well, we did go back ... http://www.anibella.net/2009/09/08/third-surgery-postponed/ Exactly one week ago this morning, Ani had her second surgery. And it was a littler rougher than Round One. We started with a very early morning, dragging the kids out of bed around 3am. The drive up to Seattle takes about 3 hours or so, and Ani had ... http://www.anibella.net/2008/12/09/second-surgery/ Sean posted a comment in our last post about Anikka's first surgery and, while I was replying to that, I realized that others might be interested and that I should go ahead and just make that reply a post in and of itself. (Thanks for the question, Sean!) Anikka's doing ... http://www.anibella.net/2008/08/07/ani-update/ Ani had her first surgery on Tuesday, May 20. She's doing well. She's much much tougher than I've ever been. The surgery and recovery were longer than we expected, and they were a lot more aggressive during this first shot than we thought they'd be. We assumed they would try to ... http://www.anibella.net/2008/05/22/first-surgery/ A few hours ago, we walked in the door after taking Anikka to see the ocean for the first time. We're all pretty much pooped right now, but Ani had a blast (she said the beach "is awesome"). Thought we'd share a slideshow of pictures we took over ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/07/15/anis-first-beach-trip/ A friend of ours, Jacob Hogg, just forwarded us a link to an article posted yesterday on CNN.com about vascular birthmarks and the use of lasers to treat them. If you've had a chance to look elsewhere throughout this site, you already know that Anikka's birthmark is a different type, ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/04/03/birthmarks-on-cnncom/ On April 8 (Easter Sunday), we'll be celebrating Anikka's third birthday! Hard to believe that she's already turning the Big 3... seems like we were just bringing her home from the hospital yesterday, and now we're almost done with the terrible twos. People always said the time ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/03/30/3-by-3/ If you've ever checked out Anikka's aStore, you've probably noticed that it's jammed full of CDs, books, and DVDs from Dan Zanes and friends. Since the first time she heard his music, Ani's been in love with all things Dan Zanes. She falls asleep to his Night Time! ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/02/13/anis-favorite-wins-grammy/ Hello, everyone. Just wanted to let everyone know that Anikka's Fund now has a presence on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/anikkabellafund). Like Anikka herself, the MySpace page is barely past its infancy and has a lot of growing to do, but expect to see frequent updates there as it takes off. And ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/01/15/myspace-and-the-saints/ Happy New Year! Just wanted to take a moment or two to mention a couple of updates we've made to the site, including new ways you might be able to help. First, you'll notice the new "eBay Store" tab in the horizontal menu running across the top of the screen. As ... http://www.anibella.net/2007/01/04/chipin-and-the-ebay-store/