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Tag Archives: infection
Happy Fourth of July!
Today, we celebrate our country’s independence. We celebrate our freedoms, our triumphs, our patriotism. But Gracie and I are having a different sort of celebration. We are celebrating the beginning of healing from infection. Gracie is still in the hospital … Continue reading
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Tagged cellulitis, Fourth of July, holiday, hospital, infection, prepatellar bursitis
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Sometimes
Sometimes I think I can’t do any more wound care. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I just left those dressings on one more day. Sometimes I just want to scream when I see a fresh bite wound on … Continue reading
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Tagged antibiotics, blindness, infection, painless, school, wound care
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Mysterious
We had our first ER visit of 2015 this week—on Easter, in fact. (Of course! What would a holiday be without some health scare, amiright other parents of special needs kids?) When we were sitting in church in the morning, … Continue reading
Precious
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now I’m found. Was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear, And Grace my fear relieved. How … Continue reading
Four Months
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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Tagged antibiotics, cellulitis, infection, osteomyelitis, pylonephritis
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Brave
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
Fingers
About 100 times a day, I tell Gracie to get her fingers out of her mouth. Each time I see her chomping on a finger, it makes my heart beat a little faster. She has done some serious damage to … Continue reading
Superstitious
Last year began with a hospital stay. On New Year’s Eve 2013, I took Gracie’s gloves off after daycare and her right index finger was red and swollen. Since she didn’t have a wound on that finger, I thought maybe … Continue reading
Advocate
One of the things about being a special needs parent that you don’t hear about right away is how you have to become your child’s advocate. You know your child best, so you know when something is not right, and … Continue reading
Arr, Matey
Today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arr, ahoy, shiver me timbers! The kids went all out to celebrate this year – last Saturday, Jackson bit down hard on a Lego and knocked out one of his bottom teeth. … Continue reading
Amazing Gracie 