sing like wildflowers

My full and kooky life as a homeschooling mommy to 2 great kids, raising a child with HLHS (Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome), coping with depression, following Jesus, and being much too camera happy.

Category: hospital

  • We finally tried using this duck as the warmer duck it was meant to be. Elliot had a stomach ache last night, and Ellis reminded me that we could warm up this duck as a heating pad. I searched the duck for a velcro opening where a separate bean pouch could be warmed up in…

  • Wednesday was our heart clinic day at Lucile Packard Heart Center. The time we spend there varies each time, but the last couple of times took less than an hour, so I presumed this visit would be the same. It was not! The whole appointment took 4 hours with Ellis getting an echocardiogram, EKG, and…

  • This hospital was established by Queen Kapiolani in 1890, who was very interested in the health of mothers and babies. She was the queen consort to the king of Hawaii named Kalakaua who reigned from 1874 to 1891.

  • RSV. What a day! Both of us were pooped out waiting to hear what the course of action was with the discrepancy in test results and x-ray readings. I’m just extremely thankful it’s over, and we can treat the symptoms at home. Oxygen saturation is still low, but doctors think it’s ok for now since she…