food
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Our Thanksgiving
Both Jessica and I are introverts. We are more comfortable with a small number of close friends, we don’t like parties or loud noise (for my part, except for music – but usually with headphones on or by myself in the car), and we treasure our alone-time. Namine exhibits many of the same qualities.
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Speaking with the prosthetic
We gave Namine a couple days off from the prosthetic, if only to give her a chance to recuperate from whatever infection she might have.
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Mummy dogs
Tonight was supposed to be leftover night, but Namine had a different idea. She saw on Jessica’s phone a picture of mummy dogs – hot dogs wrapped up in crescent rolls like mummies. “We should have that!” she said.
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Homemade donuts
Don’t they look good? I donut know which one I liked best. (And I don’t apologize for the bad pun.) We won a little donut maker at the KidReach picnic, and yesterday Jessica and Namine made some.
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Pizza time
Ever since Namine’s physical therapist came over last week, she (Namine, not the PT) has been craving pizza. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, since we all love to eat pizza. (Seriously, it’s probably our favorite food.) But Namine has been on a mandatory low-fat diet since the Fontan, and do you know how hard…
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Diuretics and liquid diets
This is what happens when the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing, kids. The other day during rounds, the doctors had a bit of a freak-out. You see, Namine was on two different diuretics and a restricted liquid diet. So of course they were worried that she would get dehydrated.
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Meet the new room, same as the old room
After having the central line removed – yeah, that happened – Namine is being moved out of the cardiac ICU up to a standard room. It shouldn’t be much longer until we go home, but for now she’s still on observation. When the doctors met in rounds outside Namine’s room this morning, they decided not…
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Doggies + tacos = happiness
Namine was paid a visit at lunchtime once more by a therapist with a dog. I think she must be getting over her fear of dogs, because she was thrilled to be able to pet this one too.
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Namine’s birthday pictures
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Namine’s first Icee
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Captain Cheetos herself.
Captain Cheetos herself.
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Fryburgers and salad sandwiches
Namine really wanted to have lunch with me, so I waited until Jessica and Namine could come pick me up after this morning’s therapy session. We went to McDonald’s, which is just up the road from my office.