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The Story of the Delivery
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Guardian Article
November 14, 2009 // 36 Comments -
What's God's plan for May?
November 25, 2011 // 35 Comments -
Milestone for May! Her first steps! (VIDEO)
July 18, 2012 // 27 Comments -
The Amazing Half-Brained Baby blog has been taken over. ...
January 30, 2011 // 24 Comments -
May made me cry today. My amazing half-brained baby.
September 19, 2011 // 24 Comments
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Why I'm grateful for socialized medicine
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Scenes from the hospital
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How is May post-op?
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Tomorrow is the day I've been dreading
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The one good thing that happened between all the puking ...
May 30, 2013 // 1 Comment
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Why I’m grateful for socialized medicine
May's first photo post-surgeryPraise here to all parents who lovingly pack a bag for their child, knowing they will be cut open the following day. As an emotional experience, May’s surgery was a complete disaster. There is no getting around that. When we entered the recovery room post-surgery, a child was rasping with the force of his own [...]
Scenes from the hospital
May's room at the EvelinaMay was meant to be discharged yesterday. But, complications with her recovery – an infection, need for a blood transfusion and particularly her pain level – has pushed the discharge to Monday now. I only held her for the first time today, and that lasted ten minutes. Sharing a hospital bay with a loved one [...]
How is May post-op?
May in recovery (note the Minnie Mouse bedding care of Grandma Bar)I posted a photo of May on Facebook last night, and then took it down. Something about May in a hospital bed slowly working its way down a popular newsfeed made me feel sick. Instead, here is a photo for you, where it can be followed by a lengthy paragraph of gratitude which feels far [...]
Tomorrow is the day I’ve been dreading
May relaxes in the grassStrange isn’t it – how some moments are so significant that even the most unassuming of locations – a street corner, pushing Ieuan in a stroller – sear in brilliant detail on your memory. It was at a street crossing that I received the test results, six months late, about May’s hip displacement. The crosswalk light [...]
The one good thing that happened between all the puking and screaming
Click on the photo to enlarge and see the Vomit Monster stalking his preyMy son is a Vomit Monster. On our trip to Wales this week for one last visit with Nana before THE SURGERY, Ieuan turned into Godzilla. That is, if Godzilla demolished Tokyo by puking. I’ve turned it into a poem: Puke On the way to Wales Puke Coming home from Wales Puke On the car [...]
