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  • Playdates

    Playdates

    For the past couple days Namine has had playdates, and she couldn’t have been happier.

  • Bad timing

    Bad timing

    Namine’s cardiologist had great news. His timing, on the other hand, not so much.

  • Training a child

    Training a child

    We were in the car on Sunday, headed to the grocery store. “Daddy,” Namine said, “can you play the crystal Jesus song?”

  • Hospital surprises

    Hospital surprises

    Namine’s frenulectomy has come and gone with no surprises. This is good; when it comes to surgery, we don’t like surprises. We did receive an unpleasant surprise on the day of surgery, however.

  • Our ALS ice bucket challenge

    Our ALS ice bucket challenge

    It’s been more than the typical “24 hours to respond” since Jessica and I got our nominations to participate in the ice bucket challenge for ALS awareness, but here we are.

  • On donating to ALSA

    On donating to ALSA

    For those of us who don’t support embryonic stem cell research.

  • Namine’s ALS ice bucket challenge

    Namine’s ALS ice bucket challenge

    Namine was challenged by her friend Beanie from therapy to do the ALS awareness ice bucket challenge. Here’s her video.

  • Home again

    Home again

    We made it home safely from the hospital. Namine is doing well, and in no pain.

  • Frenulectomy complete

    Frenulectomy complete

    Namine is in recovery now, and she’s doing well. Her airway looks good, and we expect her to wake up soon.

  • Bronchoscopy

    Bronchoscopy

    Namine has a bronchoscopy and possible partial frenulotomy.

  • Friends new and old

    Friends new and old

    Jessica, Namine, and I made the drive up to Medford for Namine’s school orientation (which she’s been calling her “ornamentation”) today. We had a great time.

  • Making pretzels

    Making pretzels

    Namine got to pick little strawberries and help make pretzels and pretzel dogs.