More questions
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Struggles with feeding (and control)
We were still struggling with feeding. Looking back, I wonder if it was from the brain damage taking hold, limiting her ability to handle basic things like swallowing. Not that I’m a doctor or understand fully what happened in my daughter’s body. But I was on my own on May 18, waiting for Travis to return from one of his twice-weekly trips home.
Connecting
As I look back on the things we wrote during our time with Samantha, I can see how much it was about connection, community, and longing for fellowship with others. Both this CaringBridge post from May 17 and my blog post that follows it reflect that need.
Decisions and dreams (re-run)
This blog post is part of a series that I began for telling our story. You can read the first …
Semi-controversial issues
This one gets into some areas that might make some of you uncomfortable. First up is a CaringBridge post about vaccines, followed by a blog post about the environment.
Feeding / Italy, Holland, or someplace else entirely
Two long posts again in one. First, CaringBridge from May 14, 2011:
Alarms and Priorities
This blog post is part of a series that I began for telling our story. You can read the first …
Storms and music (and halfway there)
Warning: long post ahead. I’m trying to include everything from a given day into one post, and on May 12 there were long posts on my blog and on CaringBridge. I think maybe Travis wrote the first one? Not sure anymore, it was definitely one of us though.
Hidden Population (re-run)
This is a post I wrote on my blog on May 11, 2011. As I look back on these posts, once Samantha stabilized I found my writing voice again. I could think beyond the immediate picture in front of me, looking back on my life and forward to an unknown future. Thanks for sticking with me on this journey!
HealthBridge to…home? (re-run)
The following post is from May 10, 2011, one that I wrote for my blog and copied to our CaringBridge (or maybe vice-versa?). This was the start of the hardest time period for me during her illness.
Blooming Joy! 