It feels good to sit down and write again. Well, type. Life has been extremely crazy busy, and I definitely needed every and any free moment I had and used it to just exist. To just take up space. Do nothing. And heal. Now that some time has passed, I feel ready to share the latest on Ian. Something that… Continue reading Ian Update
With father’s day weekend, I thought it would be nice to share a post about my hubby. AKA the father of my children. I know if there is one thing I do right in my life, it was who I chose to be the father of my kids. From day one, Mike has always shown up for our kids. Our… Continue reading To the Father of My Children
““Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 What blessings we have been given recently. Especially with our little… Continue reading Ian Update
We are possibly adding another set of hands inside our specialist pot. Today, we took Ian to his PCP. He has had a cough since December, with no clear sign of any illness. He was tested for all the big stuff back then- RSV, Covid, and flu. Everything came back negative. This was the same time Ian had his breakthrough… Continue reading Ian Update
With the hustle and bustle of Gabby’s birthday, her party, Mother’s Day, and everything else in between that is our normal, daily life, I haven’t had the opportunity to update on Ian’s recent appointment with Endocrinology. Another specialist we see to make sure our boy is thriving. We started seeing endo after Ian’s brain injury. Between the brain injury itself… Continue reading Ian Update- Endocrinology Appointment
It’s hard to believe that in less than 24 hours, I’ll be a mother to a 14-year-old. It feels like just yesterday she was my baby girl in diapers, pinks, bows, and dresses. But today, she’s a young woman finding her place in this world. I’ve had more people than I can even remember tell me to “just wait” for… Continue reading One in a Million
Yesterday was scan day. The days leading up to it were filled with anxiety, as usual. My nerves were so on edge the few days beforehand, I dropped and broke so many things. We knew Ian’s ventricles were slowing starting to increase in size from the previous scans, and we were worried that it be the continued trend with this… Continue reading Ian’s Scan Update
Ian’s next MRI is on May 1st. And this time around has had my nerves in a bunch. The last couple MRI’s we have had, while they have been stable, there was notice of Ian’s ventricles increasing in size. When this happens, this is a sign of hydrocephalus, and it was one of the things that landed us in the… Continue reading The Days Before Scan Day
“You are a crayon in a drawer full of pencils; Life is far more brighter with you in it.” Something I don’t talk about too often is the grief I feel when I think about the child Ian was before his brain injury and the child he is now, after the brain injury. I don’t like to talk about it… Continue reading Perfectly Imperfect
I got on Facebook this morning, and one of the things I like to check on it each day are the memories. I enjoy seeing what happened on this day in years past. I enjoy looking at old pictures and events that may have happened in my life. One of today’s memories was from 12 years ago. And it simply… Continue reading Happy Days