I'll give you one guess as to where I was today...here are some hints:
1) This morning the radio weatherperson said, "There's going to be a little sunshine this afternoon, and that'll be about it for the rest of the week."
2) I saw a billboard for a financial institution that suggested I "Save for a sunny day."
Yes, that's right, I spent the day in beautiful Washington state, where even the largest mountains (Mt. Rainier) can be completely obscured by clouds and visibility hovers around 200 feet.
I kid, but it wasn't too cold and the scenery was very pretty. I even got to enjoy the predicted afternoon sun, which allowed me to see the mountain in the distance.
I'll be headed to the hospital from the airport when I land (I'm currently on the tarmac at Seattle Airport), so I'll post a little more about Andrew tonight. From what I've heard, he's having a pretty good day and can't wait to see his daddy. Okay, maybe I made that last part up.
About Me
- JR
- D's husband. Andrew's dad. Son, friend, cousin, nephew, grandson....the list goes on.
About This Blog
This blog was originally created to disseminate information about Andrew, our son who was born on June 15, 2007. Andrew was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) that allowed abdominal organs (stomach, intestines, etc) to migrate into his chest cavity during development. This prohibited normal lung growth, making it difficult for him to live without significant life support, including a ventilator, a lung bypass machine called ECMO, and a long list of medications.
Andrew spent the next five months at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, undergoing multiple operations for the hernia repair, intestinal rearrangement, stomach tube insertion, etc. Multiple attempts to help him breathe on his own without a ventilator were unsuccessful due to a number of anatomical and developmental difficulties. Andrew's failure to progress and an abundance of overwhelmingly unfavorable test results led us to remove him from life support and let nature take its course on November 19, 2007.
We greatly appreciate the time we were able to spend with Andrew, and this blog continues as a source for information, a tribute to his memory, and a continuation of our lives without him present. From the emotional to the mundane, our lives have been forever changed by his presence; those lives are now chronicled here.
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