A little late posting this, but we got to bring Peanut home from the hospital late Thursday! It’s been busy, busy ever since with homecare nurse visits/lab draws, and getting back into the routine of setting up and priming her TPN/Lipids tubes and getting her connected and disconnected from her IV pumps. She is currently […]

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Reunited and it feels so good!!! Lulu is here for the day…Peanut’s mood and activity level has instantly changed for the better. Peanut also got to skype with Potato Boy and Sissy last night!!! Sibling love melts my heart! Hopefully Lulu can get Peanut to eat today! Peanut had a rough weekend with constant fevers […]

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Peanut had a picc line successfully placed in her upper right arm yesterday afternoon. She was tentatively scheduled to come home today, however, she spiked a pretty high fever late last night. Since the risk for infection is so high with a central line, they immediately started intravenous antibiotics, ran labs, and are running blood […]

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Peanut continues to struggle nutritionally, so until her intestines get back on track, she will go home on TPN (which is what she came home from the hospital on as an infant). She is still able to eat, but she’s just can’t absorb the nutrition. She is preparing to have a picc line placed today […]

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Good Morning…beautiful sunrise in Iowa City! Thanks to Daddy’s cousin, Julie, for the stunning daffodils for Peanut’s room. We’re learning that slow and steady wins the race for Peanut’s recovery from this illness. We’ll be here for at least a few more days.

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Good morning! Feeling pretty good this morning!

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Night #3 away from home. BUT Peanut was just gifted these rockin’ crocheted Elsa & Anna hats! She was really happy to show them to Daddy & Lulu over FaceTime a little while ago.

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A tell-tale sign that spring has arrived….DANDELIONS! Here’s our solution… Just give them a bucket and let ’em go….hours of entertainment! If all else fails…mow them off – just not in front of the kids. We had a minor meltdown when “daddy cut off the rest of my yellow flowers!”

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Our one and only little boy…is now officially in the double-digits. We celebrated Potato Boy’s 10th, along with my Grandma’s birthday this past weekend. Potato Boy is growing up right before our eyes…no longer a little boy (by his standards…not by mom’s) he is a wonderful brother to his three sisters…he’s becoming quite the cook…and […]

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We knew this day would come…I just didn’t believe it would get here so fast. 13 years have passed at the speed of light! In my mind, our now 13 year-old daughter should still be 7. I can’t help but feel a wee bit sad about this, but all of that is overshadowed by the […]

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