Monthly Archives: February 2015

Four Months

Posted on February 27, 2015 by saussi77

Gracie’s last dose of antibiotics was on October 17. She has made it four months and about a week, which is either her longest stretch ever or her second-longest. When she was 8 months old, she got RSV, which turned … Continue reading →

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Mourning

Posted on February 24, 2015 by saussi77

This past weekend, Gracie and I attended the funeral of the little boy whose sister goes to the school that kicked Gracie out last fall. It was heart-wrenching; those poor parents look haggard, as to be expected, and there is … Continue reading →

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Loss

Posted on February 17, 2015 by saussi77

When Gracie was at the school for blind kids, she had a classmate who also had significant medical needs in addition to being blind. I always felt extra-connected to her mom, because we both knew what it was to have … Continue reading →

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Puddles

Posted on February 13, 2015 by saussi77

Gracie is doing amazingly well lately. In fact, she’s thriving. She is doing great at school, she is learning to write and draw (she drew her first-ever stick figure family the other day), and she is getting stronger and stronger. … Continue reading →

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Brave

Posted on February 3, 2015 by saussi77

We had our first doctor visit of 2015 yesterday. I had texted with Gracie’s pediatrician Saturday because the wound on Gracie’s index finger, where she pulled out her little stump of a fingernail, started to look like it had exposed … Continue reading →

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