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Angela Frances Ricker      

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 Born: October 8, 2004

 

Orford, New Hampshire (NH) - Full Trisomy 13

7-15-09
Hello, Our daughter Angela decided to put a kink in our travel plans by coming into the hospital to spend the night. That's one way of avoiding the dreaded car seat! We came down to the ED yesterday as she had not eaten in 30 hours and was very lethargic, and had been throwing up bile. We've had her on an IV rehydrating but she's still sleeping a lot & has only eaten 2 oz of Pedialyte. It's still early morning so we'll see what the day brings. Please pray for her and for us. We were supposed to be leaving today on our vacation to see my husband's family (we only see them once a year on this weekend in Ohio) & then heading down to the SOFT conference. Our other kids will be very disappointed if we don't make it to the Farm in Ohio, and of course everyone is worried. This is actually only our 2nd trip ever to the hospital with Angela, first time overnight.

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Name: Angela Frances Ricker
Parents: David and Melinda Ricker
Siblings: Karina (5) and Dylan (3) Ricker
Born: October 8, 2004
Where: At home in Orford, New Hampshire, U.S.A.

Update: July 30, 2007

Angela is doing well.  She has recently learned to crawl and is pulling herself up to a standing position on all kinds of stuff inside the house and out. 

The following two urls will provide more info and photos (even a video of her first time crawling).  She is even better at crawling now. Yikes, we need to child-proof the house again!
 

Angela has an additional new sibling! A sister. Erin. 6 months old. And Karina is now 7 and Dylan 5. But the parents. We're the same age as always. ;-)

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ricker/
http://picasaweb.google.com/david.w.ricker

 

12-19-05

Hello, my wife and I have a daughter with Full Trisomy-13.
She was born at home on October 8, 2004 and was not expected to live beyond a few weeks or months.  Fourteen months old now and going strong with very little medical intervention, just plenty of love.

Her story can be found at:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ricker/main.htm

My wife's email and primary contact is:
mountain8@juno.com

David W. Ricker
Dartmouth College
37 Dewey Field Road
Hanover, NH 03755-3580
(603) 646-1065

submitted:: 12-19-05

 

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