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 [...]
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I can totally fly…sort of…
...and it's so AWESOME! Well, it's sort of more like floating, but I really like it. I feel like I don't weigh nothing at all. My mom says I'm like a balloon, and she's worried that if she turns her head I will fly away, but I'm not that good yet. I'll keep practicing! [...]
I’m gonna need 250 cc’s of Cabernet…STAT!!!
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 [...]
Which boat (car) can float?
I didn't have school today. I made a video on which boat can float. They weren't really boats. They were more like cars, but it was fun anyways. My doctor saw my experiment and liked it.
Hope is in the Air!
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! [...]
Everything is Awesome!
Today was a great day. I worked hard in school today, and my teacher gave me TWO new Hot Wheels cars! Mom said I was getting spoiled, but I told her that wasn't it. My teacher was just so PROUD she had to buy me some cars. After lunch it was MOVIE DAY...and guess what....I [...]
Please don’t steal my baby…
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 [...]
Solo Student
This afternoon I was the only one at school because Amber had her surgery today and the other boy only goes in school in the mornings. Sometimes we have new students, but the new students this week just had surgery too, so I was the only one there. My other friends are too young to [...]
The Gift of School
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 [...]
I like to move it move it…
They made me a walker here. It's pretty big, but I can push it all by myself. Everybody laughs and says they can't believe how good I am at walking. That's funny because I used to always walk. Sometimes I get stuck in doors or go into walls, but someone always helps me unstick. They [...]