medication
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Presentation at MCW
Jessica, Namine, and I gave our annual talk on equipment and accessibility at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Virtual speech at the medical college
Jessica, Namine, and I were asked to speak once again to the Medical College of Wisconsin about equipment, accessibility, and patient support.
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Mindfulness and medication
Sometimes we need help remembering the “why,” and that’s okay.
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Virtual speech at the medical college
Jessica, Namine, and I were asked back to the Medical College of Wisconsin to give our annual talk on equipment and accessibility.
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Doc block
We had to go to the hospital so the pharmacy could refill Namine’s medication.
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One less med
Last week Namine had a cardiology appointment. It was just a routine check up.
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Trip to the doctor
Over the weekend, I took Namine in to the doctor. She had woken up with a barking cough and quite a lot of boogers, which tends to happen as soon as it gets cold.
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Drawing her own medicine
Namine has shown an interest lately in drawing her own medicine. She’s always taken her medicine seriously (pun intended), mostly because we’ve always been honest with her from the start about why she has to take so much medicine at all. (And to be frank, she doesn’t have nearly as much medicine as she used…
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Self-sufficiency
Namine wants to be independent, so we’ve done some things to enable her around the house.
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Cardiology appointment
Nearly a year after completing the Fontan, Namine’s doctor cut back her medication as a response to her healthy heart.
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Back to school
Today is the second full day that Namine is completely off her pain medication, with no trace of pain — abdominal or otherwise.* As her health has improved, we’ve been able to resume her schooling. She’s very excited to be learning again.
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To the doctor, again
We took Namine to the pediatrician. Yes, again.