When Things Go Wrong…
They usually go wrong all at once. For example: Yesterday I was cooking lunch and the metal pan lid that was resting against the side of the pan slipped off…
The Big Chop!
Today was the day - Oma's "Big Chop!" I was rousting mother at 4am - while Paul was already working... from home, today (thank the Lord for telecommuting). There wasn't…
Here’s blood in yer eye!
We were finished with lunch at Culver's and I was holding the door open for Paul to push mom's chair out to the car, when I felt as though something…
One or two things…
A few odds and ends to report from the last couple of days: Yesterday, after working with our medical team since April to heal up mom's foot wound, and undergoing…
Fryday
.... because at the end of the week, my brain is... FRIED! A few random, unrelated, diverse and whimsical goings on of this past week, in no order of importance…
Time to Celebrate!
In light of our trip to see the doctor and the morning's revelations, it seemed only right and fitting that the family all go out this evening to celebrate. Celebrate…
The Upshot: In Which We Learn The Fate Of The Foot
Today at our weekly visit to the wound clinic, we saw Dr. Segrest, (a partner with our vascular surgeon, Dr. Brink) who examined the integra on mother's foot to see…
Taking Advantage
A quiet weekend at home is afoot, while my younger kiddos and their dad are trotting around the White Mountains having endless good times. (Except for the boy, who does…
Any Given Sunday
Readers of this blog have come to expect that, on any given Sunday, we will have between 10 and 20 kids at our house for the afternoon. Today was no…
Another Surgery Update
Over the course of the last several weeks of visits to the wound clinic to manage the integra on her foot, Mother has been awaiting, admittedly with some trepidation, the…