Questions to ask when orienting a new nurse
We are orienting a new nurse. We’ve done this before. Several times actually. Through this process we have secured some excellent nurses, such as Parker’s current nurse, Chris. We’ve …
Category: Life With Special Needs
Siblings and kids with special needs.
They’d been planning this for the longest time, my Blue-Eyed Girl and Parker. Halloween would find her as Batman, and her little brother, Robin. Kind of fitting considering the …
Overprotective Special Needs Parent Society
For the past, almost ELEVEN years now, my focus has mainly been on Parker’s health. Keeping this Brave Hero of ours alive has always been priority number one. …
Inclusion, Acceptance and Respect
Because, Inclusion, Acceptance and Respect. I know many within the Down syndrome community are posting each day in October to celebrate Down Syndrome Awareness month. Never being one to …
How to survive a breathing treatment
Parker receives a breathing treatment 4 times a day, morning, afternoon, before bed, and once during the night. That’s a lot of sitting and waiting for a Brave Hero …
Special Needs Guilt
Parental guilt isn’t something you have to go looking for. Like the extra pounds that seemingly sneak up overnight, guilt has a way of sticking to you and wrecking …