Trying to adjust to the “real world”

With Hannah’s condition getting back to the baseline she was at before she was hospitalized (and even better in some places), we decided that we need to start getting back out into the real world and doing things as a family again. After a few attempts out  (few restaurants, shopping, Freemont Street, and a craft […]

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Steps to Success

When Daddy took Hannah to Occupational Therapy on Monday, he mentioned that the OT had tried Hannah on the stairs up to the trampoline…and she did it!   She complained and cried and tantrumed the entire time, but she made it up the stairs…TWICE! I took Hannah to physical therapy today (same place as OT), […]

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Kyle

I think a lot of my anxiety over the past few weeks has to do with the uncertainty of Hannah’s prognosis.  Seeing her disease progress, realizing that she is falling farther and farther behind developmentally, dealing with more complicated medical issues, etc. But a lot of it also has to do with Baby Kyle.  He […]

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Pulmonology Appt and Trachiitis…again!

Last night was a really rough night.   Hannah seemed to have developed trachiitis again, and she was just miserable overnight.   I must have suctioned her trach out about 30 times between midnight and 6 am (we rarely need to suction her at night normally).  It was thick, junky, and green — obviously another […]

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Neurology Followup

We had our 2-month followup with our local neurologist today. It went exactly as I thought it would.  Then again, in all honesty, I went in there knowing exactly what was going on, what she was going to say, and what medication changes I think would work best for Hannah. She put Hannah back on […]

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Needing to “get over it”

Sometimes I tell myself that I would be better off talking to a therapist about the things going through my head. But then I tell myself that I already know what the therapist would say. It is not that I need to talk things out, I just need other things to fall into place. This […]

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