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Why I’m grateful for socialized medicine

June 13, 2013 at 23:31

Mama Lewis

May's first photo post-surgery

Praise 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

June 7, 2013 at 22:47

Mama Lewis

May's room at the Evelina

May 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?

June 5, 2013 at 11:42

Mama Lewis

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

June 2, 2013 at 20:54

Mama Lewis

May relaxes in the grass

Strange 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 [...]

Why I’m taking a break from BabyCenter

May 24, 2013 at 12:27

Mama Lewis

So, we all know about May’s surgery on June 3rd. This isn’t a post about that, but it goes a long way to explaining why I need a break from BabyCenter and can’t write to deadline for a bit. BabyCenter and it’s community of women, especially the bloggers that I write alongside, has been a [...]