So Lily has glasses. Sorry, let me rephrase that, Lily is rocking glasses. During her eye surgery last year, our ophthalmologist was able to get a better look at Lily’s eyes and after our follow-up appointment a couple of weeks ago, she told us that Lily was probably a bit near-sighted and recommended that we …
A Post Full of Heart…
February is Heart Month – the month that celebrates love also takes a little time to bring awareness about CHD (Congential Heart Disease) to the forefront of people’s minds. Yesterday my Facebook page, twitter feed and blogrolls were all filled with people sharing their experiences – hopeful experiences. I struggled all day trying to figure …
Fierce
If, fifteen years ago, you had told me that I would be able to sit in a room, reading medical records and understand the following sentence, “loss of grey-white differentiation consistent with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopthy; insult occurring in the bilateral parietal, temporal, occipital lobes and occurring the the posterior frontal lobe along the vertex”, I …
Looking Forward
The snow just keeps piling up and all I want to do is bury my body under 6 layers of blankets and my head in an amazing book, but already the sounds of September and school are starting to call. A little background here. When Lily was first placed with us, we had found an …
60% is a Passing Grade
That’s a pretty amazing number. It wasn’t some big amazing goal to start with, but we’re at 60% and I’m proud and grateful! So please keep sharing this page, please keep telling people you know….because think about the difference that 50 people will make…. 1. For each donor, up to 8 people’s lives can be …
Into the New Year
The miracle of Christmas may just be that we made it through December. Between our big cardiology visit, Lily’s birthday, a giant ice storm that made our power go away, Christmas and New Years, I’m honestly just a little happy that we are into January and a fresh start at a fresh year. Don’t take …