by Veronica | Oct 19, 2021 | LivingOpenHanded
Christmas 2020 So, it’s October. 2021. The last few years have been a bit of a drought for my blog, I have a plethora of blog post drafts in my head, my phone’s notes app, and my journal, I’ve just never sat down and sifted through the difficult...
by Veronica | Sep 3, 2020 | LivingOpenHanded
2019 by the Numbers 7 hospital stays 8 brain surgeries 35 days inpatient 14 MRIs 8 Xrays 48 clinic visits at the hospital 14 visits to doctors outside the hospital 16 speech therapy visits 4 physical therapy visits 13 rounds of antibiotics 1 new hospital bed 2 new...
by Veronica | Dec 7, 2019 | LivingOpenHanded
by Veronica | Feb 8, 2019 | Health, Littlest Life Story, LivingOpenHanded, Medical
One of the biggest hurdles Littlest has faced in life has been eating. Anything mouth based, really, is a struggle. He didn’t start speaking until he was five years old, he hasn’t been able to swallow anything since he was breastfed, and he has a pretty...
by Veronica | Jan 24, 2019 | Health, LivingOpenHanded, Medical, Quietness, Wellness
We have made it through I don’t know how many years without major illness. The last time we got influenza, Littlest had a two week PICU stay. The last time he caught a major cold, he had a weeklong sick-ward stay (there are specific respiratory wings in the...
by Veronica | Sep 21, 2018 | LivingOpenHanded
So my last post was about waiting, and then I had a bunch of blog posts started but nothing written well enough to publish for over a year. Welcome to waiting, V style! We have had a full and BUSY Summer/Fall/Winter of 2017-Spring/Summer of 2018. Oldest and Quietest...
