Last week Reed and I took Parker to get his monthly blood draws. Two results that always cause us to hold our breaths are his BNP and his liver function panel. An upward trend in either spells trouble. The next night Parker’s cardiologist called to let me know that both values came back elevated. I…

Today we are up at our local Children’s Hospital. More testing. The story of our lives. Parker has a major surgery coming up in November and we need to get some problems figured out before we hook everything back up. Yeah, we’re a bit worried about today’s procedure. Parker has a history of giving his…

Once there was a time when I spelled luxury : g-a-r-d-e-n t-u-b. Add a few candles, lots of bubbles, a good book, a bar of homemade soap from my own private recipe, and life was good. When the hot water cooled, I would drain it off, refill the tub, and repeat as often as I…