Earlier this week was our latest trip to Greenville, SC, and to Shriners Children’s Greenville. Thankfully, this was a scheduled trip and was not a repeat of our last 12-hour round-trip visit. Thankfully, by using…
Browsing Category Harrison’s Journey
The Next Step Forward with an Eye Gaze Device
As parents, we’re conditioned to expect and anticipate certain milestones from our children. We eagerly anticipate their first words, the sweet “mama” and “dada”. Those wobbly first steps towards independence. Harrison has and continues to…
Greene Does Greenville: The Boy Wonder
September has been a busy month, as we just made our third trip to Shriners Children’s Greenville this month. Similar to our last visit, this latest, impromptu visit came with a few firsts. Such as…
Greene Does Greenville: Red Leg Casts
Faster than we might have anticipated, we found ourselves embarking on our 21st journey to Greenville Shriners. The rushed timing, while unexpected, didn’t affect our usual cocktail of stress, determination, and optimism If I were…
Greene Does Greenville: The Next Milestone
Our 20th visit to Shriners Children’s Greenville is in the books. Twenty trips, of varying degrees of stress or relief. Over 11,000 miles, all driven towards the next step, the next milestone. Our 20th trip…
Shriners Children’s Lexington Hospital – Strike 3
I am not one to say negative things about a place or people, especially one such as a children’s hospital, but after experiencing the treatment we’ve received at Greenville Shriners and the high bar that…
Greene Does Greenville: Hero in TWO Half Shells
Another 24-hour Greenville there and back trip is in the books. Harrison’s tricky upper curve is giving Dr. Pete a run for his money. We came away with two braces to try out over the…
Greene Does Greenville: The Boy Who Makes No Sense
If someone were to come up and ask me what’s the one lesson I’ve learned in the past two years that rises above all others, my answer would be simple: not to get ahead of…
Greene Does Greenville – The Last Mehta
The sixth Mehta cast looks to be our last. Dr. Pete has tried hard, but due to the location of the curve in Harrison’s spine, we have reached a point where we are no longer…
Greene Does Greenville – Mehta No. 5
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mehta Number Five. The latest Mehta cast for Harrison, his 5th, is also his 12th overall cast. He’ll be in lucky #13 when he turns two in March. Remember last…
Greene Does Greenville – 10 Degrees of HG
This is actually the first Greenville post I haven’t at least started writing during the weekend once we’re back home. Considering we received good news (more on that in a bit) and, it’s kinda crazy…
Greene Does Greenville – It’s Mehta #3!!
Another visit to Shriners Children’s Greenville, another cast. We’ve hit Mehta cast number 3. Unclear as to how many more are in our future, but we do our best not to look forward too far…