This latest trip to Greenville marked our 10th trip. 10 visits to the Shriners Children’s Greenville. Over 6,000 miles driven. I don’t recall what I was thinking or what I was expecting when we made…
First Snow!
Someone loved the snow! From the moment he saw it falling through the window, I knew he was going to be a snow baby. What I didn’t anticipate was how much this kid truly loved…
Ten Months Bar None
We have made it to the ten-month mark! We survived the holidays and we’re at the calm before the storm that will be HG’s first birthday in just 2 months. (Crazy!) I don’t feel like…
Greene Does Greenville IX: The Boy with the Green Casts
Another visit to Greenville, SC is in the books. Another new set of casts covers our baby boy’s legs, and I come away yet again, thankful for all the doctors and staff at Shriners Hospital,…
Nine Months Worth of Thanks
Today officially makes 9 months since HG came into the world. We are officially 3/4 of the way through our baby boy’s first year! And I’m first to admit that my monthly posts are getting…
Three weeks down, three to go!
As always, HG is a trooper that handles everything that is thrown at him with a smile. We have been able to find our groove with the spica cast and it has become our new…
Grief and Gratitude: Facing the Holidays with My Disabled Son
It’s a strange thing, this whole grieving thing. Grieving and mourning a life anticipated. Of a child and a life that was anticipated but was completely fictional. It’s hard to put into words the emotional…
Eight Months of Brave & Fearless
On March 4, we sat in a hospital room in Lexington, our newborn son down in the NICU with countless monitors and tubes. The day’s events had left us speechless. We were scared and had…
Checking Out Caesar’s Head & Pretty Place
We’ve really not had an opportunity to explore Greenville or the surrounding area since our second trip here. With time to burn between pre-op Monday morning and surgery first thing Tuesday morning, we got out…
A Late Night Hospital Frame of Mind
So I’m sitting here, in a dark hospital room, with nothing but a fan, ocean white noise, and the sound of my typing going on. Jenna is asleep, and I’m sitting in the glow of…
Greene Does Greenville VIII: Hip to be Square – Pt 2
Surgery Day! Leave it to our son to ensure we have a rollercoaster of a day. Even on surgery day. When our day started today, we thought our timetable looked like this: 6 am –…
Greene Does Greenville VIII: Hip to be Square – Pt1
Pre-op day! It’s been hard to know what to say on here for everything going on today and tomorrow. I’ve tried thinking about it ahead of time. To attempt at gaining some reverence of coherent…