CARDIOLOGIST Nolan had a cardiologist check-up today. He hasn’t been since August and today he had his first echo since the Glenn. I was glad they did the echo because it gives me a better peace of mind knowing they got better pictures to be SURE everything was okay. For some reason I went in […]
September 21, 2015. 1 year ago today. 2 days after our awesome gender reveal. We were entering a new week having just found out awesome news. We were going to have our sweet baby boy. We both wanted a boy! The pinata opened, blue confetti fell, and we had our Nolan Robert! We didn’t think […]
We wouldn’t have decided to start a business selling essential oils if we didn’t absolutely believe in them. Again, we absolutely see the benefit of modern medicine. After all, we have a son with half a heart, without modern medicine we wouldn’t have him. However, we want to try natural remedies before we fill our bodies […]
Essentual oils have been around forever! They are not a new thing. But it seems like over the past couple years their popularity has risen. I hadn’t heard about oils until probably 2 years ago. My initial thought was it was the dumbest thing I’d ever heard of. Seriously, the only people using oils were […]
I was driving home from Target today when this song came on the radio. Oh, how I wish I would have heard this song after we found out Nolan’s diagnosis. I felt a lot of these emotions and prayed countless times that God’s will be done. But praying for God’s will is hard! Not […]
I can’t believe I’ve had Nolan for 6 months (and 2 days)! It’s been an incredible and sometimes difficult six months. We’ve made it through two open heart surgeries and miserable headaches. June was the first month so far that we didn’t have to stay at least one night in the hospital. I love this […]
Our hospital stay with the Glenn was only 6 days! It was so much easier and “better” than the Norwood… as far as the hospital stay and surgery go. But Nolan was pretty miserable. Those headaches are no joke! I’m pretty sure I was fairly close to going crazy and pulling all of my hair […]
I’m holding and rocking you right now because it’s all you want. But I’m wishing you put off less heat! The power is out so it is HOT! I’m thinking about a conversation your dad and I had the other night. About whether or not the surgeries were a good idea. We absolutely believe we […]
We officially have a Glenn baby! Nolan had his Glenn surgery Thursday, May 19th. It was 4 months and 1 day after his Norwood. We had pre-op on Wednesday the 18th. My sister went with me because it’s nice to have someone to go with us to these appointments. For pre-ops they like to get […]
This weekend, my family and I will be walking (or running) at the Congenital Heart Walk in our area. You can go to this page to find a walk near you. The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness and money to help fund research. Honestly, before having a child with a heart defect I really […]
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