Jude had surgery today to place the port in his right chest. It will stay in for the next 8 weeks or so. Jude has a good friend who also has a port, so luckily I don’t think he thinks it’s that big of a deal. But, he hasn’t seen it yet. It will hopefully remain bandaged for …
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Jude’s Hearing Results
The hearing exam was the last of the many exams that Jude had to take. It was this morning. He passed, in spite of his respiratory sickness. Now, I can only hope that we all start feeling better soon and that we can stay healthy for awhile. That way, Jude could wait 3 more months …
Update on Jude
On Wednesday, we had a long day. We left at 9-ish for Children’s Hospital and got home at 6-ish. Jude had an MRI, spinal tap and suture removal scheduled in St. Paul and an appointment with the oncologist in Minneapolis. At arrived in St. Paul at the time they told us to arrive, but I …
Podcasting About Jude
Jessica and I sat down this afternoon, using my experience with podcasting, to talk about our experience over the last couple weeks with Jude. The music that opens and closes the show was provided to me by my friend Laurence Anderson, from his album 7 Songs, 6 Strings, 5 Kids.
Another Medical Scare with Jude
Jude, his Grandma Forbes and I built a gingerbread train today. Tonight Jude did something he has never done before. He shoved a candy from the train up his nose. Jude came up to me and Andy and said “there is candy up my nose.” He said that he tried to get it out, but …
Day by Day
I’m having a hard time keeping track of what day it is and what happened when and haven’t really processed all that has happened, so this post is for me. November 21, 2010 (Sunday) This all began on Sunday, November 21, 2010. Jude, Levi and I were outside playing hard. We were sledding in the front …
Back Home!
Today we awoke with the expectation that we’d be moved upstairs to another room. Jude was only in ICU because of this saline drip, and so they could watch his sodium levels, but that came out last night and he was doing well. It was a bit of waiting to see what was going on, …
Saturday Update
Today was another pretty good day. This morning, Jude’s neurosurgeon came in and said that he wanted Jude to have as normal of a day as possible, as if Jude were at home. He did a pretty good job of it. Jude has a scooter that he found in the family lounge that he has …
About Jude
I’m no different than other parents. I am absolutely crazy about my boys and think they are truly exceptional kids. I really can’t say enough about Jude and I’m sure my bragging borders on obnoxious sometimes, but I can hardly help myself. From the day he was born, Jude was the love of my life …
Friday Update
Today was another good day. Jude continues to improve. He is still very thirsty, and begging for water. We hope that tomorrow he can begin having water. He has been very crafty in his requests. My mom was heading out to use the restroom when Jude said “While you’re gone, can you get some water …