Posted on April 15th, 2008 by mmj
The blog has been pretty quiet this past month. It has nothing to do with lack of material or motivation. We, as a family, have been extremely busy lately. Our little one’s appointment schedule is work than my work schedule. Add to that, our older ones deserves (and demands) more attention. [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by mmj
As you know, we have to make another trip to Cleveland Clinic soon. It was supposed to occur in March, but was pushed back because of the little one was sick and had a setback with her new medicine. Our next visit is on May 5th. we have the hotel lined up, but have been [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2008 by mmj
I just realized I missed a week. We had a doctors appointment last Monday for our little one. There was great news in that they were able to remove the G-Tube button that was stuck and replaced it with a new and smaller one. We felt this was a minor miracle as [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by mmj
It is that time of the year again. We need to register the older daughter for the next school year , with a $50 non-refundable fee. In the back of my mind, I always think about the added cost that this bring to us. Tuition this year at the school she attends [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2008 by mmj
…kind of. We are all home tonight. While I was taking the older one to school, the little one was being prepped for the endoscopy. This was halted when the anesthesiologist took a listed to her and looked at her chart. It seems that she is not fully recovered from the RSV yet. It may [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2008 by mmj
The little one is getting better. She has graduated to drink a few ounces of pedialyte from a bottle. Whohoo!! Tomorrow night she will be cut off from any nourishment in preparation for an endoscopy on Monday. The one catch is that she must be completely healed from the RSV. [...]
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Posted on February 7th, 2008 by mmj
The little one is still at the hospital and will remain until at least Monday. Oh what fun it is! While here, she has contracted RSV, which was explained as a bad cold for kids. Because of that, she has to heal and get back to a normal feeding level before the doctors will scope [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2008 by mmj
Just got back from 12 hours at the hospital. Our little one was admitted today for multiple problems, but no diagnosis yet. She will be there until Wednesday at least, with my wife and I taking shifts. The poor little thing never gets any rest. Just when she steps forward a [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by mmj
My wife gets paid by the hour. Lately, she has been getting quite a few hours because of her promotion. The problem is that since our youngest has sometimes impromptu Dr’s visits, my wife looses out on pay. This is what happened on our recent trip to Cleveland and also today, as [...]
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Posted on January 17th, 2008 by mmj
A week back, I was pondering what to with our little one’s gift money. We could not open an account in her name as it would be a strike against the state healthcare she receives for being disabled. It was decided that we would have my wife open a saving account online so [...]
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