I ate my deodorant.

April 25, 2008

This morning I had a banana for breakfast. About 20 minutes later I was at the bathroom mirror and I noticed a chunk of white on the collar of my shirt. Looking at my reflection, I picked the chunk off my shirt and put it in my mouth…and realized the white gob wasn’t banana, but [...]

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Still Not Paroled

April 24, 2008

Early this morning at 2 am, Maddie’s nurse managed to wean her off the oxygen she’s been getting. When her Pediatrician (looooove) came this morning, she said that if Maddie’s x-ray showed signs of improvement, she could go home and her bronchoscopy would be scheduled out-patient! Yay! While we were waiting for radiology and the [...]

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Hospital Kicks

April 23, 2008

As I predicted, Maddie is still residing in room 5446. Luckily, her fever is gone – Tylenol is a miracle drug. Her Pediatrician (loooove) visited on rounds this morning and Maddie’s morning x-ray showed that her collapsed lung still hasn’t improved. The Pediatrician and the residents that follow her like ducklings (albeit very smart, adorable [...]

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Hospital Couture

April 22, 2008

Maddie wasn’t discharged from the hospital today. A care partner (a fancy term for nurse’s assistant) brought in a bunch of blankets, towels, etc. for Maddie, and on the top of the pile was a little hospital scrub gown. It’s really meant for a toddler, not a baby like Maddie. Here is a delightful, not [...]

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Maddie’s Hospitalized! Part the Third

April 21, 2008

It’s time for another episode of “Maddie’s In The Hospital!!!” On Thursday and Friday Maddie threw up a few times. While she has stomach issues, she doesn’t usually throw up multiple times a day two days in a row. So there was our first red flag. Then Friday night she started to get a familiar [...]

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Guess who is back in the hospital?

April 20, 2008

Yep. I’ll write more when it isn’t, you know, three thirteen AM. This has been the urgent care/er/pediatrics visit from hell. Copyright The Spohrs 2007 – 2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – that means NO STEALING!

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