Category: The Samantha Years
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You raise me up
So, I’m having a day….I really am. Samantha has been battling with a urinary tract infection and as a result I have to cath her a couple times a day to empty her bladder properly. The whole process- an infection that won’t go away, seizures, sticking a tube up my daughter’s ‘parts’ has hit me…
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The Detour
Hi Everyone! I am starting to post snippets from my book, The Detour. Pull out your red pen and let me know what you think. I sat in the emergency room at Children’s Hospital assessing my neighbors. Young mothers with runny-nosed toddlers, large families who didn’t speak English arguing amongst themselves…a TV in the corner…
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Baby C and Ode to the Grandmas
Baby C is doing very well! In fact he was able to go home last week. The doctors even threw out the word ‘miraculous’! This is huge….docs keep the ‘M’ word very close. The M word is good. The M word should be coveted, an M from a doctor is well…..miraculous! Thank you to everyone…
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I didn’t want to go to Holland
So, I wanted to write this post about my FIRST night away with my husband since Samantha got sick and what a fun time we had BUT then I got diverted. I learned about the birth of Baby C and he and his parents have been on my mind all day. Without divulging too much,…
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Ok, ok, ok
So, as a friend of mine put it, “You told us you were going home and that was it.” Yes, she’s right….it’s been a while since we sent an update. I gotta tell you though, the hospital sucked the life out of me; suck, suck suck. I don’t know how we got through 45 days…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 