WOW Anita! You are 3yrs old

WOW baby girl, you are more than 3 years old now.  You did go into the hospital 2 times in April, but came out OK.
Just before your birthday Grandma and Grandpa McCone came to visit and saw you AT HOME for the first time. They have visited you before, but you were always in the hospital. They stayed a few days and had lots of fun, and you loved it when Grandma cuddled you.  You had a very happy birthday with lots of friends and family.
You have the doctors confused because you keep changing so much.  Some Drs. have very high hopes for you but some don't. The ones that don't have to deal with daddy and I tell them that only GOD knows what will happen. In the meantime you have nurses all day and night every day. Everyone loves you very much.  Mommy and Daddy just love to enjoy you and make you smile so big every single minute of everyday. You seem to be getting stronger everyday too and that makes everyone happy.

Just remember my lovely baby girl, Anita Rose Bushak what Daddy said when you were first born.  DADDY'S HERE, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!

Feb. 2013

It has been so long since I wrote you a letter I almost forgot how to.  You were home for the holidays again this year, except for New Year's Eve when you wanted to go out with your friends so you went to your favorite hospital close to home and were back the next day.  Daddy needs to teach you about a thing called curfew because you weren't home until noon on New Years day.  You had been needing more and more oxygen, even though you were off of the vent since June.  You had to go back into the hospital on Jan. 16.  On Jan. 21 you gave us another big scare, the 6th or 7th time you've done that.  They put you back on the vent for 24 hours a day and you finally got to come home on Feb.8, 1 week ago today.  You did loose your day nurse, Oscar who has been with you for 2 years now, but kept your night nurses and your new day nurse is already falling in love with you.  You have had a few appointment's and have alot more over the next month. You haven't started therapy yet but we hope you can soon. Even the people at the hospital noticed how strong you have gotten.  We hope you can get off of the vent again soon but that is up to you and the Dr's.  Stay strong baby girl and keep getting better.  Daddy loves you so much that he sometimes gets scared, but then he remembers that God has his own special plan for you and right now all daddy can do is keep helping you get better, even when it makes doctors and nurses mad.  They might have gone to school for a long time and had alot of patient, but I am pretty smart and  only have 1 patient, YOU.  I love you Anita Rose and always remember what I first told you, "It's alright, Daddy's here" I love you baby girl, Daddy.