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Archive for March, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – Last night in Emanuel

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Jenny wanted Chloe to try doing the E-Sim test again today. The plan was for Chloe and I to both have the electrodes attached at the same time. That couldn’t be done so I took my turn first. ...

Monday, March 8, 2010 – 2 Days, 1 night left

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Oh so close. Two days! And figuring out what we will do at the house is the challenge. Today we received our suction machine. Tomorrow we are supposed to receive our oxygen and feed machines, along ...

Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 94 down and 3 to go…

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We’re getting close to going home now. Just 3 more days! Dana spent some time today packing up and putting things in the car. And Chloe is getting more energy with the thought of being in her ...

Saturday, March 6, 2010 – Four to go!

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I love Saturdays like this one. I got to the hospital at 9:15 so Dana and I would get to Colins’ choir contest on time. Of course, as we were trying to leave we had to do a ...

Friday, March 5th, 2010… last weekend here!

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Five days and counting. Chloe is pretty excited, as are we all. Today we started taking things away from the room and it already looks bigger. We are all doing our final touch-ups on what to do ...

Thursday, March 4, 2010

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We set a record last night. She was up once for a bathroom run but no suctioning for 12 hours! She was getting extra water so I think it thinned everything out enough that it cleared naturally. ...

Thursday, March 5th, 2010

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Daily News Post | 21 Comments »

More later but here's a quick update. Colin's backpack, book and computer were found by security and returned to him. Chloe had a great night. No suction for 12 hours. Sandy and Dana are still down ...

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Hummmm… interesting…. First Chloe got the creeping crud. She passed it off to Mama a few days later. So Sandy took the overnights. I came in this morning ready to relieve her for a day but ...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 – 3 months post surgery

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The whole ward has the creeping crud and Chloe and Dana aren’t immune. Although Chloe is coming out of it, Dana is going into it full bore. Not fun. And each other is worried about the other. ...

March 1st/2nd, 2010

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Daily News Post | 25 Comments »

Just a quick note. Chloe is still sick but a little better. There is a bug going around the floor and now Dana has it as well. So we are juggling things a bit to make everything ...