Category: Kate

Life Without Grandma

Well the house hasn’t self destructed and I haven’t thrown myself in front of a bus. It has only been three days however, since my mother left, so there’s time yet! My mom came to stay for six weeks, and what a huge help she was: holding babies, reading books, holding babies, walking dogs, holding babies…

If there was one good thing about Kate’s hospital stay, it was that we were able to transition slowly into normal life. Eddy had the two boys at home, and I was with Kate, so when Kate and I came home (to a very messy house!) it was an easy (easier) transition. On the other hand, Kate is having to learn what her bouncy chair is for!

The boys asked what we are going to do today, and I in turn asked them what they wanted to do. They said that they wanted to go to grandma’s house! But then they remembered that they can’t go until after Jonah’s birthday. They’re starting to learn about time.

Kate’s Calling

Calling in the sense of future career, not telephone use!

I think she’s going to be a doctor, since she’s so determined to spend as much time at the hospital as possible. Her cold over the past few weeks turned in a slight case of bronchitis, and on Wednesday our family doctor sent us to the local children’s hospital for observation. We stayed Wednesday and Thursday nights, and came home Friday around noon. They didn’t give her any medication, but she was on oxygen for a day and night, and also had respiratory therapy, which she’ll be receiving for the next ten days as an outpatient.

She’s doing much better now- she was a sick little girl for a few days, but has returned to her happy smiling self again!