We were up super early this morning. I woke up at 4:30, finished packing and got us ready. We will not be returning to our hospital room because when we arrive back at Shriners they will put us right across from the nursing unit. So...that means packing up, and it’s amazing how much crap you [...]
Tag: surgery
10. Tomorrow’s surgery
So tomorrow is the day we've been dreading since our last big surgery three years ago. We will start preparations tonight and we will be the first and only patient for our doctor tomorrow. I will head over the the other hospital at 6:30 to register us as inpatients and take care of all the [...]
The Lump
We've had a pretty amazing year, but I have had some worries. The most significant worry this year was and is "the lump". I started noticing "the lump" in about November/December. I think it was there before that, but to be honest it didn't really start to freak me out until about February. It started [...]
A year ago today…
Ben's recovery from surgery a year later.
An awesome weekend!
I had another awesome weekend! Grandma and my big sister Alecia flew all the way out to see me and we played and watched movies and played some more. I now have 12 Hot Wheels cars because Grandma got me one and my teacher keeps giving them to me for working hard. We played and [...]
Hospital Negotiations 101
Clinic Waiting Area - Shriner's Hospital 🇨🇦
Courage
The ladies here gave me a new superhero doll. His name is Courage. I'm a bit taller than him, but his head is bigger than mine. He can't have a halo because his head is too big and it would rip. Sometimes he is in my bed, wheelchair, or walker, so I have to punch [...]