Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBDWhen Your Child is in PainYears ago, I wrote this post about my son Lowell’s pain. I remember thinking that the chronic pain he had then experienced for about two…Sep 171Sep 171
Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBD“Little Blockages” and Intestinal Ultrasounds + Sayings, Adages, and Truisms: Do they help us…The only way out is through.Dec 27, 2023Dec 27, 2023
Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBDIBD Shorts.Frustrated and Working Hard to Raise Money and Awareness for IBDMay 14, 20231May 14, 20231
To Myself and EveryoneThere was no time to be bored. There was no time to take the quiet of the mornings and allow my mind to gather itself into something that…Dec 5, 20221Dec 5, 20221
Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBDCaregivers Month, Bowel Blockages and not Having all the AnswersThis post gets a little more in the weeds about IBD as I provide an update on what has been happening with Lowell and his Crohn’s disease…Nov 28, 20221Nov 28, 20221
WarningThis is not a post about IBD or chronic illness or special diets!I read this a novel by Robinne Lee called The Idea of You and the ending gutted me. I can’t stop thinking about this book.May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBDDo People Know What We Go Through?Recently I was texting a friend who was also dealing with a family member with health issues. We were comparing notes. Both of our loved…May 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Published inThe Scope: Diverse Perspectives on IBDIBD affects everything.Lowell had a Hickman central line through which he received TPN for nutrition, fluids when he needed them for dehydration, meds when he is…Nov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Moving, Vaccines, Minimalism, Hosptials, The Kitchen Sink Blog PostI am way overdue for a blog post. I don’t know about you but my brain fog ebbs and flows with each different phase of this pandemic. I…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021