Monthly Archives: October 2009

Friday Photo Fun, Interpretive

One thing I’ve learned is that if you can get a kid to draw when they can’t find the words then they might find it through pictures. So last week during her clinic visit when Quinnlin was really feeling frustrated … Continue reading

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You could say it was A Day.

It was just a day. Not a great day sure, but honestly, just a day in our life. To sum it up in many words… – Woke early to straighten Gage’s hair for crazy hair day, shower and get Quinnlin … Continue reading

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Impressive Month

Cheryl, We rocked the first month of Quinnlin’s use of your kidney, didn’t we? Except for this past weekend’s mild major freak out set back with not hydrating the kidney enough (sorry about that!) it’s been all good. We’re kind … Continue reading

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In other news…

Well, there is no other news. Only regular news. Gage is having good days and bad days. We have an appointment with his old behaviorist. It will be good to get his input. Gage is very complicated. Is the bad … Continue reading

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31

Thirty-one months ago, our family embarked on what we would consider the next phase of our life with two kids who have a whole lot of needs and top of the list was kidney transplants. I honestly don’t know how … Continue reading

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Can you all do me a favor?

I have an Internets Peoples friend who is very, very supportive – with first-hand knowledge – of  Gage’s mental health issues going through a rough time. Planned for a while, she’s admitted herself into a psych ward of a nice … Continue reading

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Join Team Gage & Quinn

We are recruiting members for Gage & Quinn’s Team because I know something like 20 friends haven’t registered yet!  Signing up can be a little pesky, but it just takes a few minutes to get through it, set up your … Continue reading

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Doubled

Quinn’s creatinine was 0.5 when she got out of the hospital. I got off the plane to a message telling me that Quinnlin needed to get labs that afternoon or in the morning because her creatinine had increased to 1.0. … Continue reading

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Friday Photo Fun

Quinnlin enjoys her last drive as a native kidney owner. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe … Continue reading

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Life keeps moving.

It still keeps moving. We have to act like a family even though the family seems broken with Gage so sad and at odds with happiness. It is excruciating to witness his struggles and not be able to fix them … Continue reading

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