Inspired by the “Listen to Your Mother” performances, my neighbor challenged a group of friends to present readings about motherhood last month. This was what I wrote and read for the group. My two year old calls it “milking the baby”. And, she might actually be on to something. After all, you have to call it *something* when you’re about […]
True Stories from The Big Summer
Call us crazy but since Scott has two months between the end of his residency training and the beginning of his career as a doctor, we decided to make some memories. Tomorrow we embark on an up to 7 week road trip in our Subaru outback with three children ages five and under. It’s “up to” 7 weeks because we […]
Unexplained Fevers in My Toddler: Pyelonephritis for Caitlyn (Part II)
Read Part I here. Caitlyn’s fever was 104.6 when we checked into the emergency department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Her urine sample was nearly clean of infection (as expected, since she had been on antibiotics for close to 48 hours already) but still positive for blood. She had refused to drink pedialyte or even lick a popsicle but thankfully peed […]