Since Daddy was let go from his job, we have been doing a lot of thinking about what to do next. Should he find a job here in Texas or do we take this opportunity to move closer to family? More specifically, do we remove Hannah out of the care of local wonderful doctors, especially […]
[Continue reading...]“Baby” food steps
As I have mentioned before, we removed basically all finger foods and solids from Hannah’s diet. For the past 6 weeks, she has had nothing but bottled pureed food, milk, juice, and formula (yes, all together sometimes!). We have allowed her ice cream dots, syrup with whipped cream, and any other liquid or melting kinds […]
[Continue reading...]Hannah’s disappointing DAYC review, 18 months

I had been dreading this day for two weeks. I have to admit, this is the first time I had been dreading Early Intervention’s quarterly or so assessment of Hannah’s life skills. Her last one was at 15-1/2 months and today she was counted at 18 months even though she will be 19 months in […]
[Continue reading...]An Unexpected and Unexplainable Surprise
We met with Dr. Roy yesterday, Hannah’s ENT. He is one of those doctors that you just feel a trust with, someone that is going to tell it to you straight, but also willing to actively “ride the ride” with us. Dr. B., our pediatrician, searched him out for us after our first ENT wanted […]
[Continue reading...]A Devastating Blow
Daddy lost his job today. After four years with the company and only three months in this dream-job position, he was let go. He is our main source of income plus our insurance was under this job. Hannah’s livelihood and survival to this point has relied exclusively on the generosity of our insurance — the […]
[Continue reading...]Yummy alternatives

Yes, we know that pretty much all “by mouth” foods are not an option for Hannah anymore, at least for now. Since we stopped giving her things like goldfish, cheetos, and cheerios, she has not had one gagging episode, not even a little one! We have not even had to touch the oxygen we have […]
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