by Jennifer | Jan 24, 2016 | 31 days of creativity, fun, hospital, marriage
Claustrophobia On Friday I had a post-treatment scan to find out where the radioactive iodine had gone in my body. My friend Stephen greeted me and waved me into a room with a big machine. I’ve never had any kind of scan before, so I was interested to see the machine,...
by Jennifer | Jan 14, 2016 | a mom's life, hospital
A little background: In November 2015, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Mine was treated as most thyroid cancer is, with surgery, followed by radioactive iodine therapy. ❖ ❖ ❖ Yesterday I drove to the hospital, entered a special lot I’ve never parked in...
by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | hospital, pain, philosophy of boys
You’re supposed to get tackled by your brother the linebacker. That’s what you expect when you take the handoff and run around Daddy’s block, making a dash for the end zone. But you’re not supposed to be whipped around by your jersey and smash...
by busyboysam | Apr 7, 2009 | hospital, pain
Boys fall off their chairs all the time. Mostly they just get back up. But sometimes they fall backwards and hit the corner of a cabinet. After they split their head open, they go to the ER in L.A. and get 4 staples. See how I know? Options include: strapping the boy...
by Jennifer | Feb 18, 2009 | hospital
While Ken has been totaling up our medical expenses, I’ve been counting debt of a different kind. The night Geneva was born, four doctors attended to me, along with countless nurses and other medical support personnel. Several of them visited me in the SICU, but...
by admin | Feb 15, 2009 | hospital
The competition was stiff, but after deliberation (and some read-alouds to Geneva) we have the results: Honorable Mention “Okay, so here’s how it works. You climb up to the top of the tree house and just wait. You are the Damsel in Distress. Then we fight a bunch of...
