One year ago today….

Wow, what a difference a year makes.   Hannah was trached one year ago today.   I don’t know what possessed me to look, but that was one of the single-most life-changing days in Hannah’s life (and ours). What is most ironic is that the same Dr. Roy from Texas is pushing forward with getting his Nevada medical license […]

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Changing nursing companies

From the moment we were in the ER, Daddy decided he had enough with the nursing situation.   We both know that a lot of my exhaustion has to do with not having lost so many days of nursing over the past couple months, especially last week. Within those few hours from admission into the […]

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My body was trying to tell me something

I just got home after being in the hospital for 3 days, 2 nights.  Yep, me.   For what? Viral Meningitis.  My spinal fluid was infected. It started last holiday weekend when we didn’t have any nursing since that Saturday afternoon (until Wednesday).  Monday, Memorial Day, I was really feeling run down to the point […]

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Memorial Day

Our house is about 75% unpacked and organized at this point (most of the remainder of the stuff is in our bedroom).  If it wasn’t for my in-laws, we would probably be at 20% unpacked!   We had a nurse on Saturday for 8 hours, but we haven’t had a nurse since then so either […]

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Trachiitis, ER, again

Just two weeks after Hannah finished her last round of Cipro for trachiitis, it seems to have snuck its way back into her system. She was doing okay during the day yesterday, but then about 4:30 pm she started burning up, becoming lethargic, really junky, tachycardic, and her respirations were really fast and shallow. By […]

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Trying not to dwell…

The last couple of days have been pretty emotional for me. Our nurse had left early on Monday, so I spent Monday afternoon cuddling with my Little Miss Hannah.  I didn’t mind one bit.   Then I was watching the Oprah farewell surprise show, and when Rascal Flatts came on to perform their song “I […]

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