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Monthly Archives: September 2009
So, where were we?
I want to recap where we’ve been and where we are but man, it’s all moved so fast it’s a little hard. We’ve had a whirlwind couple of days and it’s calmed down a lot, since we’re not waiting for … Continue reading
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Donor Letter
No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here. ~John Greenleaf Whittier~ Dear Cheryl, I sit listening to my daughter’s hospital monitors buzzing wondering how … Continue reading
Lights Out #pkdtransplant
I am tired, tired. Quinn is awake, awake. Together that might now work, but we’re going to see how it goes. She is resting well and is remarkably very comfortable. By all accounts she is ahead of schedule. Doing “awesome,” … Continue reading
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Not for the squeamish.
This is for my friends who do not mind looking at diseased kidneys. Cheryl’s on top. Obviously, Quinn’s on bottom. Just a link for now. Because of Tina. http://twitpic.com/jlzp3 Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. … Continue reading
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Kidneys; Old and New
We hear that at 11:30am the native kidney is still in Quinn and that the new kidney just got here with it’s fan club of the reporter and PR person and doc. A friend ran into the kidney in the … Continue reading
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My girl, she was loopy. #pkdtransplant
It all has gone down about an hour and a half early – which is both good and bad. Quinnlin didn’t have to sit around hungry and anxious. That means that Cheryl was the first patient and it was going … Continue reading
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A Letter 8 Years in the Making
Dear Quinnlin! Quinny! QB! I’m sort of not believing it is your 8th birthday. I can’t believe I am sitting in the dark and you are asleep in the hospital. Resting peacefully. Which is kind of unusual in the hospital. … Continue reading
Spoken in the Mutant Family Household, Hospital Admission Edition
On our drive over to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta there was a lot of chatter. As Quinnlin will do sometimes she goes on about nothing and everything all relevant and not to what is happening. I asked her how she … Continue reading
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Transpired
A multitude of things have transpired over the last day; most of it fabulous, and some of it exhausting. I’m writing this from the haze that is the first night in the hospital with your daughter – but your daughter … Continue reading
The Markings of 2 1/2 Years
Yesterday as we prayed at our church in a healing service for Quinnlin and Cheryl, Jody, Gage’s donor, offered her support and love. Her support came on a day where 2 1/2 years ago she herself gave a kidney to … Continue reading
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