Posts Tagged With: toddler
In a Toddler Mind for About 5 Minutes
As I watch my toddler, Ashley, move about her day, I can’t help but wonder what goes through her little toddler mind. The things she does and things she says can be baffling as well as cute, sweet, and completely frustrating all at the same time. She is lovingly destructive and sweetly irritating, causing me [...]
Why Teenagers Are Easier Than Toddlers
As a mother of several small children, I am often engaged in small talk with strangers in places like the grocery store and the like. I hear the phrase, “You have your hands full!” more often than any other phrase in the english language. They are right, of course, I do. Lugging around four kids, [...]
Last Doctor Visit! Is It All Over??
This afternoon we had another doctor visit. Actually we had two, but it was in the same office at the same time, just with two doctors. She tried to charge me two copays, but that didn’t fly…I only paid one. Good Lord…anyway… The first doc is the one that we have seen the most often. [...]
An Ode To My Kiddos: Love, Your Mother
You have filled up my life In the last 6 1/2 years With joy, love, and happiness, And occasional tears. When you were babies, We’d snuggle a lot, Well all except Ash, Who’d rather we not. Your first year was filled with trials and feats, and dreams of all [...]
Another Trauma to His Foot!
I kept trying to wake up from this awful dream I was having. The kids ran into the kitchen where I was making lunch to tell me that Derek had hurt his foot again. Someone had dropped a weight from Daddy’s weight set onto his bad foot. This can’t be for real, can it? I [...]
Not the Best Doctor Visit Today
We seem to live in the orthopedic’s office these days. We went in again today for what was supposed to be a routine cast change and wound cleaning. While we were in the waiting room, the doc saw us there and asked how we were doing. We weren’t supposed to see him today, just his [...]
Derek is Improving, But Slowly
After dodging trains, red lights, and traffic, Derek and I eventually made it to the hospital for what we hoped would be his last appointment for the next 5 weeks since he seems to be improving. After we got there, we got right in. The nurse took the cast off using the loud cutting machine, [...]
I saw Derek’s Wound Today
That darn wound vac was beeping again. I cleaned out the valves again, worked out any kinks in the hose, and still it kept beeping. The screen said it was either blocked or full. I could see it wasn’t full, so I just had to find the blockage and clean it out. But this was [...]
Getting the Skin Graft
Well, yesterday, Derek went in for his 7th surgery. The woman in the waiting room actually recognized me and knew my name. Well, anyway, we got there and they got us right into the waiting room. We saw the usual parade of nurses taking his vitals, OR nurses asking me the same questions, and anesthesia [...]
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