Monthly Archives: December 2006

Photo Fun Friday

Ironing Frenzy Gotta love a kid who pretend plays ironing. I know the camera setting is off, so pretend in your head that I can actually take photographs decently, okay? Gage arranged a system for one of them to iron … Continue reading

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Hospital Buddies. With update.

Luke is now supposed to have his transplant this Tuesday. That is now the scheduled day for Gage’s liver biopsy and endoscopy. There’s no comparison really. Gage will be out the next day and Luke will be spending Christmas in … Continue reading

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Schooled in being foolish.

Back in the good old days (September) when we were blissfully ignorant before we knew dialysis would become a way of life, we had our first transplant evaluation appointment and we met everyone on our team who would assist us … Continue reading

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Just another business card for the specialist index file.

We just met with a liver specialist this morning. She seems to think that Gage should have a liver biopsy and a scope to check for varices. A biopsy is to see exactly what shape the liver is in before … Continue reading

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New Year's Resolution

Luke’s transplant has been postponed again. Yesterday he didn’t actually show signs of improvement with his breathing so they have called it off again. I guess first discussions were first of the year but Luke’s family still needs final word … Continue reading

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Friday Photo Fun.

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Um…yes, we did. Can we have another?

Yesterday was the first day that Julian had the (kidney) beeper since we got it over a month ago. He had it for about 2-3 hours. And he lost it. No, really. It’s missing. We’ve retraced all his steps, called … Continue reading

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Behavior Outlook: Zero – "No Hurt"

It’s no surprise that Gage has had his share of behavior problems. We’ve talked about it, I’ve written about it, cried about it, obsessed over it and I’m sure we made Dr. KATB’s holiday brighter by increasing his overall income … Continue reading

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Luke is resting, but not at the hospital.

I just heard that the Luke transplant is off. The extremely sad and frustrating part of the story is that Luke and Stuart (Dad/Donor) were prepped and ready, IVs in and they were outside the operating room. The surgery was … Continue reading

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Photo Fun Friday

This is Luke. He’s the middle child of a lovely friend of mine, Kirsten (their blog). She and I met through the PKD Foundation and were fast friends. Her Luke is about 1 year older than Quinn, so we got … Continue reading

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