I’m Gonna File For Social Security

February 27, 2009

**Hey! My contest to win a new Kodak camera or printer ends this weekend! Don’t forget to enter!** Maddie had a check-up/15-month appointment with Dr. Looove on Wednesday. The good news? Maddie is WAY advanced in her brainz. She’s like, wicked smaht. Her head also got bigger, and she grew longer. The bad news? She [...]

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Don’t Look Back

February 25, 2009

I used to be obsessed with looking back. I wanted to see something until it could no longer be seen. I’d stare out the window of the car until the house disappeared, or press my nose to the glass of a plane until the earth was obscured by clouds. It was more than just objects. [...]

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Just Stopping In Before I Fall zzzzzzzzz

February 24, 2009

I am. So. Tired. I had a new oxygen rocket delivered for Maddie today. After the delivery man set it up and started to leave, I turned it on and it started to leak oxygen from every crevice. I had a small heart attack, then grabbed the guy before he drove off and had him [...]

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Home, Sick

February 23, 2009

**Don’t forget to enter my contest to win a new Kodak camera or printer! Think of the babies, people!** We’re finally home. All I have to say is, thank goodness for Dr. Looove, or I’m pretty sure Maddie would still be in the hospital. The resident that was in charge of Maddie on Friday just [...]

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Hospital Minutes

February 20, 2009

12:01 am: finally get Madeline settled, only for a Respiratory Therapist to enter the room for a breathing treatment. 12:05 am: try not to laugh when the Respiratory Therapist tells you she was certain Maddie “had some black in her,” because her hair is curly. Resist making inappropriate jokes and instead politely inform the RT [...]

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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One

February 19, 2009

So Maddie is in the hospital again. I feel like I say, “Maddie is sick,” or “Maddie is in the hospital,” the way others say, “I went to the grocery store.” Do you get sick of me saying it? Because I know I do. On Monday night Maddie was really uncomfortable and restless. I looked [...]

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