Lorelei’s birthdays will always be a bittersweet thing for me. This year, due to our crazy start, we had a nice family dinner on her actual birthday, but decided to postpone the celebration until the spring. When it was warmer and there were less cold and flu germs floating around. HA! For those who remember…
Fridays With Lorelei: A Rough Mito Mommy Day
This post was originally posted on my Fridays With Lorelei Facebook page along with several other updates. Tune in there for additional updates. It was one of those days… Definitely nothing compared to a day in the PICU, but just a normal rough day as a rare-disease mom. Oh how I pray that one day a doctor…
Fridays With Lorelei: Emotional Mess Mom
This post was originally posted on my Fridays With Lorelei Facebook page along with several other updates. Tune in there for additional updates. I found myself sorting mail last night. Oddly, there was more for Lorelei than for the rest of the family. And these were not hospital letters or appointment confirmations. They were greeting cards. As…
Fridays With Lorelei: We Are Home!
This post was originally posted on my Fridays With Lorelei Facebook page along with several other updates. Tune in there for additional updates. We. Are. Home. Let me say it again! WE ARE HOME! Thank you Jesus - all THREE of us are home! Michael may be sick, I may have pulled my back out, our nurse…
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Fridays With Lorelei: 15 Minutes of Happy
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Fridays With Lorelei: The Mito Forest
This post was originally posted on my Fridays With Lorelei Facebook page along with several other updates. Tune in there for additional updates. I know so many of you popped over to this page or my personal page yesterday hoping for an update… the thing is, Lorelei is what I will call “critically stable” and…
Fridays With Lorelei: She Made It Through The Night
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