April 2011
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Embracing the storm
I actually meant to talk about this the other day. On Sunday night we had a crazy, windy, loud thunderstorm, and Namine could not sleep.
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Video made of awesome
Words fail me. Click the link. Click it!
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Chest x-ray results
What the title says. Unfortunately, “Namine is not sick anymore” is not part of it. We’re still fighting whatever she has – whatever is giving the raspiness in her chest. On the plus side, though, Dr. Gordon is back in town and we got the okay to bring Namine in for a chest x-ray. Thanks…
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A call and a promise
Namine’s cough is still present; worse, it seems to have deepened. We suspect it has gotten into her lungs. So we called the special needs doctor on call – unfortunately, Dr. Gordon is out of town – and the woman who called us back is an idiot. Yes, I frequently put my foot in my…
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Again to the ER
The night was not kind to Namine.
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Sicker tonight
I am sitting in the living room typing this post, with the baby monitor sitting next to me so I can hear Namine’s every cough. It’s taking me a lot longer to type tonight’s up, with many a break in my train of thought because every time she coughs, I run into her bedroom. Each…
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The strength of a child
You might recall, from before all the excitement about Namine getting her own room and the genetics appointment, that Namine has a cough.
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Monitoring growth
I had originally meant to cover everything about the genetics clinic visit in a single post, but you know me. I get a little long-winded. So I decided to split it up, and now I’ll cover what I consider the truly meaningful stuff that came of the’s appointment.
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By any other name
Today Jessica and I took Namine to her genetics appointment. It wasn’t so much for her benefit, however, as it was for ours, as her caregivers and advocates.
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Taking down the Easter Tree
I’ve got a confession to make: our Christmas decorations are still up.
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Third time’s the charm
Namine woke up this morning, crying and coughing. When I heard that wheezing, barking cough, I thought, Oh no. Not the croup again.
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Pain and progress
Namine is a peculiar combination of tough and delicate.