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After 2 days in the PICU, the TPN was the miracle that saved her. She began to get color back, she was gaining weight and each day was just another step closer. I couldn’t stay overnight in [...]

I was guided again to pre-op. This time it was almost 10pm. There was an uncomfortable but necessary rush to get Kaila prepped. I gasped when I realized, Kaila was starting to feel cold, she [...]

It was getting late, I was paging Kaila’s father to let him know we were headed to surgery. No response. I called home, they heard nothing. Dr. Downey entered, already dressed in scrubs. He [...]

I started sleeping pretty much with one eye open. She was too little and weak to awaken her feeding instinct. Weight gain was key to keep her home. My clothes were becoming loser again, the [...]

I placed Kaila gently in her bassinet and the nurse rolled her away into a room that resembles nothing like heaven only its bright white lights and linens. Again, Kaila wasn’t with me. [...]

I was inspired by a recent read from pro Triathlete Jessie Thomas in juggling Triathlon-Life. Well, not only do I myself do triathlons, but my husband partakes in the madness also. Not only do we [...]

It’s really hard for me to describe the feelings that day. Pain emotionally and physically that were undeniably from somewhere that I never knew I could go or ever wanted to go. My heart [...]