06/06/2019
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Mom, Ashley Huygens, has an especially potent message for todays’s focus... coping. 💚
“Our sweet little pineapple will forever by in our hearts. She showed us strength that no human has shown as before. Mila had a way of making any room light up. The bond her and her brother share will forever be missed.
I remember the day we found out about her condition, nearly feeling shattered as I had no idea what risks/chances we would be running bringing our daughter through a full term pregnancy. But as a he continued to grow, in those additional 21 weeks, I began to build an even stronger bond and excitement for the day we would welcome her on Earth and call her our little princess.
I remember the 48 days of being in the NICU, sleepless nights from beepers, alarms, monitors, medical personnel walking in and out, multiple attempts at feeds, paralysis, cries, not being able to hold her at first, dilated intestines, blood transfusions, no bowel movements, suggestions of surgery and so much more!!!
BUT, I also remember, how peaceful she looked sleeping, the twinkle in her eyes when she beamed up at us, her tiny fingers grasping on to one of our fingers, the first time she could keep food down for a day, the first time I could nurse her, the first time she POOPED, the first time brother met his little sister, the first time she made it out of her NICU room (for a fashion show), and the first time we heard the news about making it home!
I remember so many milestones after making it home with her! Her first real bath, snuggle in our arms in our couch or bed, her first foods, toys, shopping day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentine’s Day.
Mila is by far the most independent LOVING child I’ve ever met! Though she be but little she is fierce! Preferred to feed herself, hold on to me while nursing, push your hand out of the way when reaching for anything, push to herself to crawl for further larger objects, and more. We always joke with their nanny, who has two boys of her own, looking back how Mila had 3 older brothers who will always look after her. It didn’t matter what she did or sport she played, but one day she’d become tougher than them. One thing that wouldn’t change though, is that mommy would still make her wear a bow!
Since the last moment we watched her take her last breath in the ER, and held her in our arms, God had shared her presence in so many beautiful ways. Tree frogs, pineapples, butterflies, the sound of music as the wind chimes go, memories, brother talking about her and pictures of her beautiful smile everywhere!
The pain of her losing her, I know, will never go away but her time on Earth was well lived. Her time in Heaven can only be even more beautiful! God only takes few so young and pure because they make Heaven that much more precious!”
