Day 4 has begun with another no-show. After getting up ridiculously early to drive down to Kona for a whale watching trip, we returned several hours later without a single whale sighting. We saw some spinner dolphins and some bottlenose dolphins, but missed the migrating humpbacks that have just arrived in the area and couldn't track down a local sperm whale that was sighted by some other boats.
They gave us a rain check, but we don't plan on coming back any time soon, nor spending another of our quickly-dwindling mornings trying again. Fortunately, the voucher is transferable and never expires, so let us know if you'll be heading to Hawaii any time soon.
We're taking a quick nap and then heading down for manta try #2. Wish us luck!
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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