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 …
“Today”
A mom post today…. We were driving to the zoo on Sunday morning and Jess turned to me “Do you know what today is? It’s today.” Such simple words but ones with so much meaning between the two of us – it’s almost like a secret language. “Today” was the day that we almost lost …
21 Magazine and Skeptics Be Damned!
A mom post today… Late last year, during Down Syndrome Awareness week, I saw a picture that the CDSS (Canadian Down Syndrome Society) had posted to twitter of a bunch of their staff sporting these awesome CDSS temporary tattoo’s. I sent a reply quickly, not thinking anything would come of it, asking where I could …
Push Hard
A mom post tonight… I love my job. I really and truly do. Like becoming a mother, it was the one thing I always knew that I wanted to do. I would spend my childhood summers planted at the pool and when asked I would tell everyone that I wanted to be a lifeguard. To …
Parties and Brains and Zombies…oh my!
We’re having a quiet day here at home. It’s raining outside and the mom’s say that makes people sleepy, plus I think I have this other tooth coming through and it’s making me slightly miserable. I’m thinking about having another nap, but at the same time it’s kind of fun to watch the mom’s get …
Where I Leave Off
One last mom post tonight before Lily returns and tells you all about her “re-birthday” party, her trip to neurology this week and our big plans for the rest of the summer. But until then…. Most of you know that Jess and I are very different – sometimes as different as two people can be. …