My Baby Had RSV—And God Had Us
When my son was a mere two weeks old, he contracted RSV. My older kids had come down with it…
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When my son was a mere two weeks old, he contracted RSV. My older kids had come down with it…
Continue ReadingBlue paper pants. You know, the huge ones with the weird, recycled-looking waffle texture, they swish really loudly when you…
Continue ReadingJust like that, she stopped breathing. “Your little girl went to Georgia and brought back the flu.” The nurse was…
Continue ReadingIf pictures are worth a thousand words, this picture would be the one I choose to sum up my experience…
Continue ReadingWith staggering COVID-19 case numbers, hospitals at or near capacity, and death rates climbing, one almost becomes desensitized to the…
Continue ReadingI bought my firstborn into this world on June 17, 2020, in a labor and delivery ward with closed waiting…
Continue ReadingShe lifted the young child into her arms and experienced, for the first time, a love so big her heart…
Continue ReadingThis sounds absolutely horrible. But it's real. And it's raw. And let's just be honest, we probably all have some…
Continue ReadingAs I strained through the phone to hear my husband’s words—shallow, barely audible, delivered in the staccato cadence in which…
Continue ReadingToday was a beautiful day. My intubated patient who has been squeezing my hand for the last several days finally…
Continue ReadingMy heart hurts today. It's officially been three weeks since my husband, who is a nurse in the ICU, has…
Continue ReadingHe leaves before the sun comes up and does not come back until the sun goes down. I wake thinking…
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