It’s hard to put words to seeing your baby in massive amounts of pain and having no way of taking that pain away. I’m Daddy, I’m supposed to fix everything for her. Amy is very much so a Daddy’s girl, I am admittedly wrapped around her little finger. I would Read more…
2/21 5:03am. Surgery day. Couldn’t sleep, so Amy’s Daddy and I talked until 1, when we finally could sleep. Now here I am. AWAKE. I’m not supposed to be awake for an hour and a half. Sleep is impossible. ? My stomach is a tight knot. Last night she suddenly needed to cry herself Read more…
Time to head off on our hospital adventure! We are leaving now, and headed to our hotel in Sunnyvale. (Ronald McDonald House was full.) Amy will be the second case tomorrow, with surgery planned to begin about 8:30am. Thank you to everyone who has helped us prepare for this- especially Read more…
Guess what happened today? A care package for surgery arrived, just in time! It’s from one of Amy’s CPT friends, one who shares her doctor. She calls her leg her “lucky” leg, and everything in the package had a Lucky theme! Her favorite by far was the unicorn who was Read more…
Someday… someday you will read this letter. Someday you may ask me why. Someday you may ask me how. Someday, I may gloss over something that would have been important to you. To avoid that, I’m writing this letter to you today, and putting it in your baby book for Read more…
Amy is a little better today. Hopfully she’ll kick it this weekend. Right now she’s playing doctor with her brother. ❤
Amy has been having a rough few days. She’s had a fever, a deep cough, tummy troubles, and generally been not well. She can not not not not be sick! So after dealing with this for awhile, I decided to take her to her pediatrician to check her out. Thank Read more…
Today was a fun day. We got Amy and her best friend together to see a movie at the theater. Amy has never been to one before. We saw Peter Rabbit, and the kids were all so good! They loved it a lot. Amy and her little friend were so Read more…
Okay, here we go, we’re on our way! First we have an appointment with Child Life at the hospital, then we’ll be headed to see Dr. Hoffinger to see what the surgical plan is. At the hospital, Amy loved playing with all the toys and coloring in the same-day surgery Read more…
Amy has had increased pain in the mornings since Monday. I took comfort that we were due for x-ray a week later, and we coped with letting her leg rest, and Tylenol. On Wednesday night, I felt a hard piece of bone where I never had before. I was really Read more…