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Category Archives: Gage’s new kidney adventure
Year Five of Kidney Function
Five years ago this morning we sat with our son. He was curled up on the bed sitting in my crossed legs. My arms were wrapped around him and we were both scared. There’s a picture of it and I … Continue reading
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World Kidney Day x2
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In honor of World Kidney Day, I made this video to promote kidney donation. Thanks Jody and Cheryl for making this video possible. Thanks for letting us use our story for greater awareness for ARPKD and kidney donation on this, … Continue reading
The 13th Year
Gage, oh Gage. Dreamer, smart, kidney recipient, collector. Happy, sad, mad, funny, energetic, demanding. Brother of Quinnlin, in Atlanta. Animal lover, environment protector. Owner of Lucy, The Wonder Dog. Friend, silly. Witty, resilient. A teenager. There, I said it. You’re 13 … Continue reading
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Always, change.
One thing is a given in our world and that is change. It can be for the better or for the worse, but change will come. We will either welcome it, as we did with Gage’s mental health stability, or … Continue reading
When mental health treatment works.
I was going through some pictures from Quinnlin’s 2nd kidneyversary dinner with her donor, Cheryl, husband Steve and daughter, Glori and this one caught me off guard. First, there is a picture of me with both kids (which rarely happens) … Continue reading
On the Backs of Educators
I know I’ve written about our public educators at our little neighborhood school. Particularly about how I felt on the day of his 6th grade graduation. I wrote about how Gage’s educational team surrounded him in so many ways so … Continue reading
Spoken in the Mutant Family Household, Hospital Edition
Gage: “See this bite? It hurts a lot. Like before when it got really gross and really cool.” ———– Gage: “I don’t want the IV right there because of that one time when it didn’t feel right.” Me: “You mean … Continue reading
Experiencing. Living.
We are only a few days into our European vacation and besides Jman being sick (he’s on the mend hopefully) we’re having grand time. Because of a heck of a lot of sky miles (1,000,000) and generous friends (Kirsten & … Continue reading
A Powerful Village
Today Gage graduates from 5th grade and moves to middle school. No one is as grateful and surprised as I am to be celebrating this day. He’s been near death and suicidal and there were many days when age 12 … Continue reading
Testing My Ability To Understand
It’s been a couple of weeks since I returned from the beach. Did you remember I went to the beach? No? Well I barely remember it. Sometimes it’s best to just go with the flow; to just keep your expectations … Continue reading
