Just keep moving forward. That’s how it’s been around here since getting home from the hospital a little over a week ago. Kendall’s care can be overwhelming sometimes – just the thoughts of having to keep her healthy and infection free and functional – so much of that responsibility rests solely in my hands. We …
my thoughts are random and jumbly right now, so please forgive me if this post is hard to follow. I am ecstatic that we are all working today on plans to finally be leaving this place. But what will it mean when we leave? I had a very very very hard conversation with Kendall’s doctor …
Dear Teachers of my children this year – We are about to embark on a new school year. Today you will meet my two middle children. They will be with their dad and their hair will probably be crazy and they will be full of their usual giddy excitement bridled by their shyness at meeting …
This morning, for the first time in her life, I got to witness my child take her first breath. When she was born, she was whisked away from me because she was not breathing. She was intubated and extubated in the NICU without me there. I’ve never been present any other time she needed to …
When we are in the hospital, life is turned upside down. If you’ve ever been there, you know what I’m talking about. If you have not, you think you can imagine the craziness, but I would just about guarantee it’s even crazier than you can imagine. But many of you do know, and the rest …
