I’M STILL A LITTLE STUCK on how to make the best of a bad situation and this cartoon by Roz Chast came to mind. In my post from a few weeks ago, I was thinking about the notion that as baby boomers, we were raised with the expectation that all it takes to achieve one’s…
I READ AN ARTICLE recently in The Atlantic and it really hit home. I wanted to add to the conversation, since we’ve been asking ourselves some of the same questions, and honestly struggling with the answers. Here’s the link: What My Son’s Disabilities Taught Me About ‘Having It All’ – The Atlantic?. And as we’ve…
A COMA IS A FUNNY THING – well, not a funny-ha-ha kind of thing – but it wasn’t what I expected. After her stroke on December 5, 2009, Mary Elizabeth was in a coma for much of December and January – except when she wasn’t.
Mary Elizabeth is on her third day of doing better. I’ve learned the hard way not to look for trends, but I’m just enjoying her responsiveness and awareness. I spent a few hours with Mary Elizabeth this evening, telling her stories about the kids and reminiscing about “old times.” While she can’t respond too much,…
Despite the fact that Mary Elizabeth’s infection seems to be going away, I’ve been troubled by her lack of responsiveness. That fact, combined with increasing difficulties with sleep is leaving me a little ragged around the edges. So when I left the office today – later than I would have liked – I wasn’t exactly feeling…
Today was another quiet day for Mary Elizabeth. Although the nurses said she was responsive earlier in the day, I wasn’t able to get any reaction from her. She was far from sleepy however, spending most of the time I was there moving her left arm around, and attempting to free herself from some of the…
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