We've safely arrived on the Big Island of Hawaii, where we are staying at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort. Our room has an ocean view, though it's too dark at this point to see anything.
We were also welcomed by a basket of Hawaiian goodies (macadamia nuts, cookies, etc) and a sling filled with fresh fruit. Due to the nature of the container and the selection of fruit, we're calling it our banana hammock. Thank you so much to the Carlsbad Bunco girls.
Tomorrow is our day to explore the resort and relax. After that, we have activities planned every day until we leave. I'll post some quick updates (from my phone) but I probably won't be able to add pictures until we get back.
Aloha!
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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