Two years ago, September 18, 2012, I was 35 weeks pregnant, laying on an ultrasound table, hearing a doctor tell me words I didn’t understand. Words that scared us… spina bifida, myelomeningocele, neural tube defect, hydrocephalus, disabled, clubbed feet, lemon sign, neural tube surgery, brain surgery, shunt, Chiari Malformation, urology issues, bowel issues, development issues, […]
Colten and I arrived at Mott Children’s Emergency Room around 5:30 PM. They were expecting us, which made it easy to check-in. Heck, the ER staff even called me around 4:30 to ask where we were since we had not shown up yet but were on their “expect soon” list. Talk about good ER service! […]
[Today was a super-long day, so this is a super-long post!] Tuesday we came back to Mott Children’s Hospital for Colten’s follow-up cranial ultrasound and long story short, had some movement of appointments for the better. So today (Thursday) Richard and I spent the day in Ann Arbor for Colten’s first “Myelo Clinic”. During clinic, […]
Finally could get all three carseats in our Jeep Liberty since Colten can now back-lie! We will use the carbed for some upcoming longer drives but hope to be able to travel now as a family. Although Colten’s seat sits between Parker & Max. It could get interesting. Both of them were ecstatic to have […]
The Adventures of Colten Robert 