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Ruptured

On April 8, 2013 · 18 Comments · In appendicitis, baby #2, health and wellness, pregnancy

On Friday, I wrote a post about my appendicitis—at 22 weeks pregnant—as I was lying in my hospital bed, waiting for my impending surgery. It had been a hell of a 30 hours, but I was OK. As long as I was lying completely still, the pain wasn’t that bad. And when I did […]

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Unexpected Hiccup

On April 5, 2013 · 24 Comments · In appendicitis, baby #2, health and wellness, pregnancy

This baby. It is trouble.

First, we had a scare with his/her heart. And now, I’m sitting here writing this from my hospital bed. And I guess it’s not technically the baby’s fault—it’s my body causing the issue—but still. What is it with this pregnancy??

Let me back up a little bit.

I woke up […]

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Unphased

On February 18, 2012 · 2 Comments · In health and wellness, nora

It’s really the best word to describe Nora when it comes to dealing with her ear tubes surgery.

Girlfriend was a ROCKSTAR.

Our surgery arrival time was scheduled for 7:45 a.m., so we got up early this morning in order to be ready to leave the house by 7:15. Thankfully, the timing was pretty […]

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An ENT Experience

On February 8, 2012 · 12 Comments · In health and wellness, nora

Given that I’ve posted several times about our trials and tribulations with Nora’s frequent and persistent ear infections, I would be remiss if I didn’t share the latest developments.

As I mentioned a few weeks ago when we were in every-day-antibiotic-injection hell, we were finally referred to an ENT specialist. The […]

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Double Trouble

On January 24, 2012 · 9 Comments · In health and wellness, nora

We went into the pediatrician’s office this morning for Nora’s ear “recheck” appointment from her latest ear infection diagnosis two weeks ago. I had an inkling that things were not going to go well.

Sadly, we’ve gotten pretty good at diagnosing Nora’s ear infections on our own, just by observing her behavior and her […]

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