Things are going fine, except … a few weeks ago some angry patient on the pediatric psych floor above us purposefully set off the sprinkler system causing a flood and rendering a major portion of the oncology floor unusable. Oh yes. Because, come on now, this just isn’t designed to ever be easy. So all […]
We head back in to the hospital tomorrow morning, after a quick stop in the clinic for labs. His blood counts have been great for the past week (so great that he’s gone to school three days in a row — a veritable miracle!), so I don’t imagine we’ll have any trouble getting cleared for […]
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One of the features on WordPress allows me to see which pages on my blog people visit and each day, there are at least several (presumably new) visitors who read the “About Krissy” page. So I just looked at it and, wow, that sure can’t help anyone! It actually says, in those few brief paragraphs, […]
There is definitely something to be said for Facebook and birthdays. Thank you all for the many many well wishes today. I’ve had a lovely day, actually a lovely weekend including dinner out with my husband on Friday and again with my family yesterday. Today started with homemade waffles and bacon, much to the delight […]
I went for a run today, which wasn’t terribly productive. The sidewalks were nonexistant and the roads had several inches of hard-packed snow making me feel like I was running in place. Which is how cancer treatment feels sometimes. Like we put forth enormous effort and get all tired out, but don’t get much of […]
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They are not one-dimensional, these boys. Braedan is not all blue to Austin’s all red. They each have varied, and sometimes contradictory, personalities. Braedan, the “sensitive” one, is not at all shy. No, ask any teacher he’s had over the years, this boy is not quiet and not shy. He’ll talk your ear off, in […]
We are ever-so-slowly making our way through the boxes and putting together one room at a time (or in my case, putting together a tiny corner of one room and then one tiny corner of another, as every time I wander away looking for a screwdriver or curtain rod, I end up getting sucked into […]
I know why Austin enjoys the hospital so much. He has my complete attention when we’re there. All the usual distractions are erased: laundry to fold, computer to check, big brother to care for. Nope, when we’re there, even just for our twice-weekly clinic visits, I have nothing but occasional phone-surfing to draw me away […]
You should’ve seen me trying to put Austin down to sleep last night while he kept insisting, “We are NOT sleeping at the hospital!” It was after ten when he finally conked out only to be roused a few hours later and whisked off into the cold dark night. But he happily watched the empty […]
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The past day and a half have been a little better. Austin learned (through some trial and error) that flying into a rage wouldn’t prevent him from being re-hooked to his pole, so he makes the most of his few minutes of freedom and then begrudgingly allows his nurse to screw that IV tube back […]
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Stir Crazy
Things are going fine, except … a few weeks ago some angry patient on the pediatric psych floor above us purposefully set off the sprinkler system causing a flood and rendering a major portion of the oncology floor unusable. Oh yes. Because, come on now, this just isn’t designed to ever be easy. So all […]
Half a World Away
We head back in to the hospital tomorrow morning, after a quick stop in the clinic for labs. His blood counts have been great for the past week (so great that he’s gone to school three days in a row — a veritable miracle!), so I don’t imagine we’ll have any trouble getting cleared for […]
The Cliff’s Notes
One of the features on WordPress allows me to see which pages on my blog people visit and each day, there are at least several (presumably new) visitors who read the “About Krissy” page. So I just looked at it and, wow, that sure can’t help anyone! It actually says, in those few brief paragraphs, […]
Still
There is definitely something to be said for Facebook and birthdays. Thank you all for the many many well wishes today. I’ve had a lovely day, actually a lovely weekend including dinner out with my husband on Friday and again with my family yesterday. Today started with homemade waffles and bacon, much to the delight […]
Running in place
I went for a run today, which wasn’t terribly productive. The sidewalks were nonexistant and the roads had several inches of hard-packed snow making me feel like I was running in place. Which is how cancer treatment feels sometimes. Like we put forth enormous effort and get all tired out, but don’t get much of […]
Multi-dimensional
They are not one-dimensional, these boys. Braedan is not all blue to Austin’s all red. They each have varied, and sometimes contradictory, personalities. Braedan, the “sensitive” one, is not at all shy. No, ask any teacher he’s had over the years, this boy is not quiet and not shy. He’ll talk your ear off, in […]
The purplest
We are ever-so-slowly making our way through the boxes and putting together one room at a time (or in my case, putting together a tiny corner of one room and then one tiny corner of another, as every time I wander away looking for a screwdriver or curtain rod, I end up getting sucked into […]
One goal
I know why Austin enjoys the hospital so much. He has my complete attention when we’re there. All the usual distractions are erased: laundry to fold, computer to check, big brother to care for. Nope, when we’re there, even just for our twice-weekly clinic visits, I have nothing but occasional phone-surfing to draw me away […]
Back and forth
You should’ve seen me trying to put Austin down to sleep last night while he kept insisting, “We are NOT sleeping at the hospital!” It was after ten when he finally conked out only to be roused a few hours later and whisked off into the cold dark night. But he happily watched the empty […]
And then freed
The past day and a half have been a little better. Austin learned (through some trial and error) that flying into a rage wouldn’t prevent him from being re-hooked to his pole, so he makes the most of his few minutes of freedom and then begrudgingly allows his nurse to screw that IV tube back […]