Have you studied? I hadn’t.
While Aunt Jennifer and I were visiting Gideon and he was showing off his blue eyes, a herd of doctors swarmed in on Gideon’s room. It turned out to be a good thing. They were testing Gideon to see how he would do if taken off the ECMO.
They removed the air [...]
Archive for May 10th, 2008
Testing, Testing, 1, 2
Posted in children, updates on May 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Giving Back
Posted in pictures on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ries Gives Platelets
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
Part of Clan Gideon (Me, my parents, Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Christopher, and [soon-to-be] Aunt Sydney) treked on over to the blood bank to donate blood. Most of them were O+, like Gideon, except me. There is a high need for platelets and since Gideon uses mostly platelets I decided [...]
The Whole Set-Up
Posted in pictures on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
A little blurry, but here is the entire set-up in Gideon’s room. You can barely see him back there, in his bed. We are hoping the most dangerous machine, the ECMO on the right, will be gone by next week. My boy has to continue to get better first though and [...]
The ECMO Machine
Posted in pictures on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The ECMO Machine
Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
This is the machine that is oxygenating Gideon’s blood and putting it back in his body. Right now they are slowly weaning him off of it because his lungs have started working a little more each day. He is now creating 2/3rds of his own oxygen. Hooray! Baby steps.
Gideon Asleep
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Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre
This is Gideon’s bed. You can see the sign his Grandma Boule made above him and the Paddington Bear from Auntie Katy at his feet. It looks scary, but you get used to it.
A Mad Lib Thank You
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I checked my email briefly today and was astounded. I decided this might be an amusing way to gain some time in reading and answering all the emails, Tweets, texts, and phone messages. Enjoy.
Dear Family member, friend, internet friend, or random person,
Thank you for your email, Twitter DM, text, and/or other message. I appreciate the [...]
What’s in a Name and Keeping the Faith
Posted in faith, nicu on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gideon is One week old today and that makes 7 days in NICU.
When I was looking around for boy names I knew two things: 1) I did not want an “ordinary” name. I grew up with at least one other Michelle in my classes and it was annoying. Plus, with a name like Smith, I [...]
