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"Let's Start With the Feet"
I cannot believe it has been a year since walking out of our appointment with Milo's diagnosis. When trying to draft this blog post, I...
Mar 3, 2021
From Mom
For the past week, I have been trying to write down words that I wanted to share but every time I started, I just couldn’t finish or even...
Aug 5, 2020
From Dad
Dear Milo, I wish you could grow up to see for yourself how many people love you. I wish they could tell you in person how you’ve...
Aug 5, 2020
Milo
Our hearts are broken right now. Last night, Milo came off ECMO and continued to defy the odds for a while with "remarkable" numbers -...
Jul 28, 2020


Update: July 27, 2020 (Day 18)
Overall, Milo had a pretty good weekend in the PICU. Other than a temporary setback of his right lung partially collapsing on Saturday,...
Jul 27, 2020
Update: July 24, 2020 (Day 15)
Milo is two weeks old today – Kevin and I feel like our little one has been here for much longer, but we had a pretty good week! Since...
Jul 24, 2020
Update: July 20, 2020 (Day 11)
Milo is doing okay right now, but the little guy has been through a lot the last few days. As a family, it has been the epitome of an...
Jul 20, 2020


Update: July 16, 2020 (Day 7)
It’s been a couple days since we last provided an update which is actually a good thing! There really isn’t too much new news besides...
Jul 17, 2020


Update: July 14, 2020 (Day 5)
Milo is still doing great! As his body continues to recover from surgery and heal up, we were thrilled that today was completely...
Jul 13, 2020
Success!!!
Milo’s surgery is complete and had no complications whatsoever! Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Our tiny hero was missing...
Jul 12, 2020


Preparing for surgery!
Milo had a pretty good 2nd night! He is stable enough on ECMO that the team is planning on performing his hernia repair surgery this...
Jul 12, 2020


Update: July 11, 2020 (Day 2)
Milo was successfully put on ECMO during his first night, and Sarah was cleared to make the trip across the hospital to the NICU and be...
Jul 12, 2020
Update: July 10, 2020 (Day 1)
A timeline to provide a glimpse into Milo’s eventful Day 1... 8:13 AM - Milo is born and he is quickly taken to the infant stabilization...
Jul 11, 2020


He's here!!!
We could not be more excited to announce Milo's successful delivery this morning at 8:13 AM, weighing 6 lbs, 0 oz! The c-section went...
Jul 10, 2020


Update: July 7, 2020
Last week was very uneventful appointment-wise (which we love!). Milo had a great BPP and doppler check-in, resulting in a got a perfect...
Jul 7, 2020
Update: June 22, 2020
The c-section has been scheduled for July 10th at 7 am! Finally a date to look forward to and attempt to prepare for. For the past 3...
Jun 23, 2020
Milo's Name
We’ve been asked many times about how we decided on Milo’s name, but unfortunately the answer is as unexciting as it was for his brother...
Jun 23, 2020


Introducing Milo
If you’re reading this, you probably know we are expecting our second son in July. We’ve given him the name Milo Bradner Kunkel! During...
Jun 14, 2020
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