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Colin’s MRI Results… and so Much More

Mom — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:22:49 +0000

Colin enjoyed three nights on the prowl (i.e. outpatient) before a planned admission on Friday for chemo to start on Saturday. He enjoyed his time out on the town, and it was great once again to have the family in one place. This was also our trial run of the new home health agency, which [...]

Kiss Your Baby Now

Mom — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:10:22 +0000

Life in the hospital always has an underlying tension, as the situation can change dramatically over the course of days or moments. We watched Colin’s condition deteriorate gradually over several days, with a mounting sense of urgency from the floor pediatricians. We later realized that he was seen by the “pediatric response team,” which is [...]

A Room With a Poo

Mom — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:18:55 +0000

Colin finally found a way to get private digs at the hospital, but the unfortunate price is the contraction of a highly contagious infection. He must remain in isolation for eight days now. On Friday morning, he woke up and developed a fever with diarrhea. His nurse quickly suspected C. Difficile, which people typically get [...]

(little)manscaping

Mom — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:25:46 +0000

Colin may have a budding career as a Geico caveman, or perhaps a more mundane sideshow act as a wolf boy. We have noticed thick hairs sprouting on his forehead, giving him the beginnings of uni-forehead (forget uni-brow — we’ve moved way beyond that). Dark whorls grow like moss on his back.

The new hirsuteness is [...]

Awaiting the G-Tube

Mom — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:23:24 +0000

On Wednesday, Colin was scheduled to repeat the swallow study, though it was widely thought that he would likely fail. Melissa, who did the first swallow study, sensed this and asked to visit him clinically before conducting a study. She suggested that he needed at least a week before retesting.

However, we realized that the question [...]

Tuesday Surgery

Mom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:45:03 +0000

There is no such thing as certainty. Colin’s surgery has been moved up to Tuesday, following a trip to the emergency room late Sunday. All day, he had seemed more agitated than usual and probably experiencing pain. He slept only while nursing and had a difficult time going to sleep. When he finally did, he [...]