Blog post discussing our growth rod surgery and osteotomy surgery – in hospital stay at Shriners Montreal
I am always amazed at the instant connection hospital parents have with each other. It is a connection that goes beyond culture, language, and class. One of the volunteer jobs that I have at my local hospital is peer mentoring. This job entails the volunteers (hospital parents) to go and orient new parents to the hospital and [...]
Clinic Waiting Area - Shriner's Hospital 🇨🇦
So, one of the things that I do around here to keep sane (arguable) is to try to escape (somewhere) at least once a day. I usually try to do this while Benjamin is at school in the mornings. I like to either go for a run around the neighborhood or walk around the shops [...]
Alright....so today we are at 14 pounds of traction. I have noticed a few changes over the weekend, nothing too alarming EXCEPT THAT MY KID NOW LIKES TO HANG FROM HIS SCREWS!!! Ummmmm....yeah...that's right. No, I'm not joking. The staff here say that Ben is quite the acrobat with his halo...yay! He LOVES doing hangy things, which [...]
I received an email last night letting me know that Hope Airlines - a WestJet Cares for Kids partner charity is celebrating 10 years of flying Canadians to their medical appointments. I believe I read somewhere that they have donated over 65,000 flights over the past 10 years. That's a lot of free salty snacks! [...]
I know that I sometimes have a tendency for paranoia, but I have always thought that social workers were put on this planet to steal people's babies. Any time they walk by me in a hospital, I hold Benjamin a bit tighter. The last time we were admitted for a while, we had quite the [...]
Ben had a good weekend visiting with his dad and his sister. It is these little distractions that help make time pass a bit more quickly around here. Our weekdays actually go by fairly quickly, but our weekends seem endless. However, I was able to recharge a bit this weekend and spend some time with [...]
School in the hospital has three major benefits: it gives the patients a regular routine which helps to pass the days; it helps distract from the aches and pains of everyday hospital life, and it provides a critical and necessary opportunity to help the students keep up with their studies back home. It also pulls [...]
When I was a kid, it seemed like things were a bit simpler schedule wise. Our sports were whatever we chose to stay at school to do and appointments were only booked when absolutely necessary. Most parents worked all day, so we often fended for ourselves until they came home. As a parent now, my [...]
First of all, I apologize for the essay like nature of this post. The fact of the matter is, I have got way too much time on my hands, so I apologize. If you are a super busy person, you should just skip this one. Did I mention that we are in isolation? Yup...we are. [...]
Crooked Journey 