From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Long road to recovery

March 31, 2008
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4 steps forward, 1 step back

March 28, 2008
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Happiest day of my life

March 27, 2008
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This story has no denouement

March 26, 2008

For those of you waiting for some huge climax to Emma’s story, I have some bad news for ya. The ending will continue to be a long drawn out process. There are no clean, quick wins here.

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…and a few special thank you’s

March 25, 2008

As I read my last post, I figured I’d be remiss if I didn’t do a special shout out to few folks.

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Emma is the new Chuck Norris

March 25, 2008

I wanted to take moment to mention all the wonderful things that have been done for us or written about us over the last week. It has truly been amazing, tear wrenching and downright funny. They have all provided us with much needed positive energy when we were at our weakest, and we wanted to [...]

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Cautiously optimistic….again

March 25, 2008

I think we have some good news about Emma. I’m happy but trying not to be celebratory just yet. The blood culture from Sunday morning still has not grown positive for bacteria. Her previous cultures were positive in 8, 12 and 20 hours respectfully. The longer it takes to grow, the less of the pathogen [...]

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Holding tight

March 24, 2008

No real news on Emma so far today. She is basically the same. The last blood culture grew positive in 20 hours, which is up from 12 hours, so that is a good sign. Doesn’t really mean much, but we are taking every bit of good news that we can get.

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Don’t count her out

March 23, 2008

I just left the hospital to spend a few moments dealing. Actually, I left the hospital an hour and half ago and went for a very long walk in the rain.Very cathartic. Very necessary.  Long walks surrounded by unadulterated nature provide time to reflect on who you are and what you are dealing with. Emma [...]

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Beating the odds so far

March 23, 2008

I’m sure most of you are wondering about my last post. Well, the infection in Emma has gotten worse. The doctors called us tonight at home with some amazingly bad news. The infection has prevented Emma from removing excess fluid. Her kidneys stopped functioning, her blood was not getting oxygen and she had fluid pockets [...]

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