Testing mobile blogging. I will update folks on Catherine’s progress after surgery so I thought I’d check the mobile version 🙂
Four more days. Ugh! Got to swim twice. And took a bunch of pics. Gotta figure out how to add those 🙂 all In good time. Please excuse the typos!
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It’s always interesting how sitting in the hospital makes me want to write. Catherine has pneumonia and we just learned she also has a bowel obstruction. That’s something that wasn’t on my radar! Her belly has been so distended for…
In the ambulance, I kept kicking myself. Why didn’t I print her medical history last night? I was lazy. Serves me right. I had updated it. All the info was there – just for emergencies like this. But I didn’t…
Two weeks ago, today, I was up at 5:00 AM preparing for my day like usual. Well, not exactly like usual because it’s a Wednesday, and I usually wash my hair on Wednesdays. Two weeks ago, today, I was dragging….
April 5th marked four months since Catherine died. It was 121 days exactly. She spent exactly 121 days in the NICU after she was born. Anyone else find that interesting?
So many people asked me, “What happened?” in the hours after Catherine died. I repeated the story over and over again – to paramedics… to doctors… to nurses… to clergy… to family… to friends… I finally got tired of it…
Years ago, when my parents got divorced, my Mom had me make something for her. She never told me why or gave me any backstory, and I never asked. She had an old piece of slate broken into approximately the…
It worked! No idea how to do captions or auto post to facebook, but that’ll happen in time. Yay!
Prayers for successful surgery for sweet Catherine and calm strength for you and Brian. Look forward to reading updates!
Ellen, Catherine is in my thoughts and prayers as she embarks upon another milestone surgery. I pray she will come through it stronger and able to advance and grow to her full potential. Your blog is a treasure – a mother’s love, aspirations and dedication. You are an inspiration and I truly believe a guiding light will continue to shine forward on this difficult path.
Thanks Amy! Still keeping you in prayer also 🙂 and yes I hope she can stand better and sit better and maybe even hold her head up! And after that?? Who knows??!!