Our 30th visit to Shriners brought rainbows, goodbyes, pool time, and a major turning point. One chapter closes. Another begins.
Posts tagged AFOs
Greene Does Greenville – Rollercoaster Ride
Our two-day, twenty-sixth visit to Shriners Children’s Greenville is behind us. (Thankfully) In ways, like with other visits, this one was a follow-up from our last visit, where Harrison was measured for new AFOs last…
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…
Why I Gave a Cartoon AFOs — And What It Says About Inclusion
Note: This post was originally drafted for Fatherhood Reloaded, but it quickly became clear that it belonged here Meet Greeney Before Harrison’s birthday this year, I opened up Affinity Designer to create something fun —…
Greene Does Greenville – Year 2 – The Beginning
January 14th was the last time we were in Greenville, SC for a visit to Shriners Children’s. Despite having over 3 months between visits, and loads of changes and growth, we went into this latest…
Greene Does Greenville X: The Next Chapter
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…
Five Months and Counting
We’ve officially made it to the 5-month mark! We crammed a decent amount of things into the last month, including HG’s second hike and third waterfall, his first trip to the beach, fireworks, new AFOs,…
Greene Does Greenville VI: The Next AFOs
Another visit to Shriners Hospital in Greenville, SC has come and gone. In terms of follow-ups, this one proved to be a rather mundane visit on the HG scale. We started off with a quick…
Greene Does Greenville V: Setting a New Bar
The New Sleep Setup It’s fair to say that we were a little nervous going into our first follow-up appointment to Greenville Shriners Hospital, after receiving the AFOs 5 weeks ago. Thankfully, Dr. Hyer said…
The Seeds of Doubt
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…
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…