This 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. I didn’t mean to have so much time in between these updates but looking back over the last several months and all the…

Warning: This 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. Its subtlety brings to light the difficult choices we must make as women and as mothers. At first, I thought I was upset about how tragically sad it was that this true love relationship would never…

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 ones had ports, and currently they were both dealing with low hemoglobin. In the context of our text conversation, she remarked, “Good lord, I don’t…

Lowell had a Hickman central line through which he received TPN for nutrition, fluids when he needed them for dehydration, meds when he is nauseous, and used it at appointments for any other infusions. He has had several different lines, Picc lines, Central lines, ports. They get infected. He gets…

I 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 haven’t always felt very productive but still a lot has happened. We moved from our home of 23 years, Jonah got a…

It had been the usual exhausting stay at the hospital with my son when I returned home to the piles of mail and other household things that needed my attention. But first, laundry! All of the clothes and linens (yes, I bring my own sheets, blankets and pillows) that had…

Pandemic Chronicles Continue How is everyone doing? Here is my update: We All Need to Step Up Before March 13th the day everything officially shut down here in Los Angeles, I often thought, “I am managing a lot, and I don’t always have the energy to contribute to change on…

In 2016 right after the presidential election which resulted in an unexpected win by a candidate who is a businessman not qualified to run a country and among other questionable character issues in my opinion, I immediately was sucked into the news. Our president instituted a travel ban that was…

It’s just warm, comforting, delicious, and turmeric and some of the other spices might have some health benefits. You can research those yourself or just drink it because it’d good! It can be a cue to take a break in your day. Prepare a batch and sip when you are…