Medicare and Social Security At the end of my last post, I griped about the increase in health insurance and how I might need to consider getting a second job to make up for the additional deduction coming out of my paycheck to pay for the insurance. If you didn’t…
I promised in the last post that I would share a picture of James in his Halloween costume, but before we get to the Halloween pics, let me take a few minutes to go over this past week in the life of James. I guess if you really want to…
I hope I don’t jinx it by saying—or writing—this, but James seems a bit different this year. Last year he spent so much time home from school because he was sick. It got to the point that we started to think that he was either allergic to school, or he…
We were hoping that James was going to make a turn for the better when we put him to bed last Sunday night. Unfortunately, he didn’t. Monday morning he was about the same as when we put him to bed. Still having breathing issues and an elevated heartrate. We called…
If you saw a woman walking down the sidewalk with an empty stroller, what would you think? Would you be concerned that maybe they left their kid somewhere? Or would you feel sad for them because maybe they lost their child (as in passed away), and taking the empty stroller…
James is our little rockstar. We don’t know what changed this school year, but he’s making some awesome progress in physical therapy. Even at home when he isn’t required to work, he still shows us what he can do. I should probably put a little bit of a disclaimer in…
We had a very good meeting with a new pulmonologist on Thursday. He was very thorough, informative, and has put together a plan of action. His recommendation is to stop giving James one of the meds he is taking to help manage his secretions and instead use this special patch.…