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Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Thoughts on Greg’s surgery

I’ve been trying hard not to think too overly much about Greg’s surgery. The whole house is jittery about it. Our biggest concern is that Greg will look fine in terms of hydrocephalus in the hospital, but in a couple weeks (months?) end up getting it. And since there is no neurosurgeon where we live, [...]

August’s plans and festivities

Here are our plans for August. These are based on whether or not Greg’s surgery is successful and how long he spends recovering in the hospital. 6 – The Transfiguration of Our Lord. Since this is the day that Greg goes under the knife, if I can pray the Luminous Mysteries; I’m calling it a [...]

Hearts for Home – July 20 Edition

1. Start working on the August feast day plans. July has been successful in that I can see what needs to be adjusted for next year and Greg really enjoys the special treats on the feast days. I’m sure Elise does, too. 2. Start writing out what I think Greg’s Mom should know for taking [...]

Surgery scheduled

Tuesday was our appointment with The Neurosurgeon for Greg to have an MRI done to help figure out what is going on. It turns out there has been some damage to his dura mater, which is another sign of over-drainage. The Neurosurgeon wants Greg to have a trial run without his shunt – he thinks [...]

We love The Neurosurgeon

Today was the meeting with The Neurosurgeon. I’m totally drained (we had to drive to the other side of the state, and back; which is quite a haul in itself), but we got a lot of news on Greg. Joy of joys, we get to go back next week. The jist is that The Neurosurgeon [...]

A turn for the better

Before reading the rest of this post, please play this appropriate song. Ready … okay? Greg FINALLY has an appointment with The Neurosurgeon! Hallelujah indeed! And we don’t even have to wait too long for it – it’s within the next week. I guess that everything (finally) turned up that was needed to schedule an [...]

The Story As I Know It

Now that I’ve had 1) a good cry and 2) a good rest, here’s what I know of the Great Neurosurgeon Drama of 2010: – The Neurosurgeon wanted Greg to have an MRA done and the results sent over to him in both electronic and non-electronic formats. That was on the 17th at our local [...]

And more run around

I’m glad I didn’t get my hopes up too high about maybe getting Greg’s appointment scheduled today, because nothing has happened on that front. At least, if you don’t count talking to endless voicemails and the few people who we do talk to that have a pulse immediately try and pass the buck to someone [...]

I’m pretty much worn out

I am so worn out with all this mess of trying to get Greg an appointment scheduled. There is a lot of “he said/she said” going on regarding the final piece of Greg’s MRA report from the local hospital. I don’t know who to believe or what’s going on, but thanks be to God I [...]

Hearts for Home – Week of June 29

Gae writes: In today’s busy and aggressive society mothers at home are not given much encouragement to be committed to their role in being home. In my weekly ‘Hearts for Home’ post I am encouraging myself and others to commit to thinking about what 4-6 things we can do each week to bring our thoughts, [...]

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