It has been five weeks since we were last at Greenville Shriners Hospital. Five long weeks. To most, having five weeks off from having doctor’s appointments would sound great. Especially when you consider how many…
Browsing Category Harrison’s Journey
The Hurdles of Arms & Hands
I’ve probably started and stopped this post a half dozen times already. Well before sharing the blog publicly. It’s just one of those subjects that is not only hard to cover but is so broad,…
The First Waterfall – Anglin Falls
Anglin Falls is a local waterfall, near Mount Vernon, Kentucky, and it is practically criminal that it’s taken us this long to get out there with HG. Well, we finally made the short hike, along…
Greene Does Greenville IV: A New Hope in AFOs
Seventy-one days. HG has been on this earth for 71 days, and for 57 of those days, he has had casts on his legs. After 57 days, I’ve been able to change my son’s diaper…
Greene Does Greenville 3: Green on Greene
Well, surprise, surprise! Remember how I said last week we were still a few weeks away from the tenotomy procedure? Whelp, I was wrong! I mean, I wasn’t wrong wrong, I have the card that…
Greene Does Greenville 2: Electric Boogaloo
As exhausting as it is proving to be, two weeks in and our trips to Greenville, SC are already proving beyond any doubt that they’re worth it! Our second trip to Greenville Shriners proved to…
Greene Does Greenville
Greenville, SC. I can’t say I ever considered Greenville a place to visit, but now it feels like we were always destined to. Once we wrapped our heads around our new conditions and situation with…
Lexington Shriners Hospital – The Good, The Bad, The Infuriating
We made our second visit to Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Lexington, for HG’s first cast change, along with his first set of splints on his hands/wrists. Not only that, we had our first official bath!…
Lets Talk About Serial Casting
Serial casting is a procedure that is geared to help improve a patient’s range of movement in a joint that can’t be flexed or extended, potentially caused because the muscle connected to a joint is…
Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center – Lexington, KY
After being home for just a week, we had our first appointment with Shriners Hospital for Children Medical Center – Lexington today. We went in nervously, not knowing what to expect. We came out with…
The Day When Life Took a Left Turn
The day our son was born, started out like any other. We woke up; we packed up our stuff, and we headed out. Having a scheduled c-section meant it took the guesswork out of the…
This is Harrison Greene – Our Introduction to Arthrogryposis
Harrison Greene, named after a family ancestor, born on what would have been his great-grandfather’s 99th birthday, and ensuring he broke the mold of any and every preconceived notion placed on him prior to his…