I had a date tonight with the most wonderful, funny, caring, loving, and beautiful woman I have ever met. Yes, Stacy and I were able to get out of the house without James and go on a date. Just the two of us. This was the first time we were…
My employer had a health and wellness fair a while back and there was a chiropractor there that was doing free consultations. I had never been to a chiropractor before and didn’t really know what they did so I stopped to chat with him. He gave me his spiel and…
One of the benefits of my job is that we have paid time off from Christmas Eve until January 4th. Since I was home, Stacy decided to take advantage of it and get out of the house for a little while. She made plans and went out with one of…
James had an appointment with his pediatrician this morning. He got the second doses of these vaccines: Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP) Hepatitis B (HepB) Pneumococcal (PCV13) He received the first doses of these vaccines at his first appointment with the pediatrician on November 6th. 2009 CDC Recommended Immunization…
Because James was in the hospital just a couple of weeks ago, we decided to stay home for Christmas. We didn’t want to risk James getting sick again. Normally we would spend Christmas Eve at my mom’s with my side of the family and Christmas Day with Stacy’s side of…
James went to see the eye doctor today. It was the same eye doctor that saw James in the NICU. From the exam James was given in the NICU, we were already aware that the optic nerve in his left eye didn’t fully develop. Now it seems that he is…
Having a disabled, or special needs child, we don’t often have the normal moments that most new parents have. Instead of the bond that mother and child have through breastfeeding, we have a machine that feeds James. We don’t have a baby that cries us awake in the middle of…