I realized about half way through January that I never did write a December update. So backtracking a bit… December started with an MRI and surgery to place a tube in Josiah’s right ear. The MRI showed “No evidence of disease”. The following week we were back at the hospital, but this time instead of […]
DAISY Award – Part 4
I had really hoped to post for four days in a row. I was doing so well and had great intentions of finishing up and posting last night…then Josiah threw up. So I did what any good mom would do – I fell asleep right along with him! He does seem to be feeling better […]
DAISY Award – Part 3
Today’s blog post is super easy, since it consists of a simple copy and paste from InSight – News for University of Missouri Health Care System employees. A huge thanks to MU Healthcare Public Relations for allowing me to post the following article that was written for employees. We were also told our picture appeared […]
Daisy Award – Part 2
An overview of the DAISY Award celebration that we were able to be a part of. On Thursday morning we were up earlier than normal to head to the hospital. Josiah was happy to be going; he never is once we get there, but he sure likes to go. Our other kids joined us as […]
DAISY Award – Part 1
On Thursday morning, December 11, 2014, our family was invited to be a part of a ceremony for three of Josiah’s nurses. Each nurse, Renae, Kathy, and Kristen were awarded with the DAISY Award. While in the hospital each week with Josiah, we saw cards available to fill out to nominate outstanding nurses for the […]
November 2014
Aside from all the doctor’s appointments, we had plenty more going on in the month of November. On November 1st, we were honored to attend Jefferson City Cross-fit’s fundraiser they had put on for Josiah. It was called “Journey for Josiah” and they raised money for us to purchase gym mats for our basement play […]
November 2014 Medical Update
November was a month full of doctor appointments for Josiah. In October, Josiah started complaining of pain in his neck area. It wasn’t consistent and he simply grabbed the side of his neck, said “owie” and then went right back to playing. The weekend before we planned to take him to get checked out, we […]
More diet changes…
I mentioned in a previous blog that I’m attempting to cook allergy friendly meals. This has made life more interesting than before! In September we took Ruth Ann to an integrative doctor who several of our friends recommended for allergy testing. He told us to avoid wheat, corn, dairy, eggs, and the obvious peanuts. We […]
October 2014 Medical Update
I didn’t really have a reason to post a September medical update, since the only thing that happened was the MRI, which I had already written about. Time has also been an issue with getting some writing done. I was surprised at how challenging the months of September and beginning of October were for me. […]
October 23, 2014
There is a toddler bed in the boys’ room that NEVER gets used because Josiah sleeps with us. However, tonight, Josiah climbed up in the toddler bed and Samuel sang him to sleep. Girls are both asleep. Nathan is gone visiting with his cousin who is in town for the weekend. It’s been a long […]