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 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 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 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 Read more…
I’m bummed out today. I woke Amy up this morning and was rubbing her special leg. She stopped me right away. She said I was hurting her and needed to put her brace on. She’s never done that before. It Read more…
Just got the call! Amy’s surgery will be happening at Stanford on February 21st! We will be in the hospital only one night, so we will be asking not to have any visitors while we’re working on pain management. ❤️ I Read more…
Amy’s surgery was just pushed off to the end of April, due to hospital availability/privileges. Poop. ? We’re going on a cruise to Mexico in June. We can’t go with her being a couple weeks post-op! No!!! ?
We have a (tentative) surgery date! March 15th- Modified McFarland Bypass. It’s tentative because we have to wait for permission to do the surgery at a different hospital. Time to make plans… time off work, arrangements with daycare, wheelchair/walker, contact Read more…
Decision Day. Wait for her to break, or surgery? California, Texas, or Pennsylvania? Never have I ever, been so nervous. Amy, of course didn’t care. She’s playing and having fun while her daddy and I are sitting quietly whispering Read more…
