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Things That Work, #7: MY LIVER!!!

Posted in Things That Work, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »

We got the results of my final follow-up Liver Function Test, and the liver specialist has proclaimed my liver NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!  Yipppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  Now we are 100%, rather than 90%, sure that my disease was limited to pregnancy and is OVER!  and I am HEALTHY!   How boundlessly grateful am I.

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Things That Work, #6: the NICU

Posted in Things That Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Specifically,
Nurses Carol, Sue, Jen, Karen, Linda, Wendy, Lynn, Lynne, Sharon, Alix, Bob, Trish, Chris, Joy, Patty, Connie, Tatiana, Dana, Beth, and many others I can’t remember the names of. Doctors Stoltz, Sweeney, Kamitsuka, Demmers, and many others I can’t remember the names of. Maternal steroids, Delayed Cord Clamping, Endotracheal tube, 3 Blood Transfusions, Supplemental O2, [...]

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Things That Work, #5: Boppy as Bumper

Posted in Things That Work on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Do you see this baby about to tip?  He will not bonk his head on the floor and cry in distress, because he is using his boppy as a bumper!  Brilliant! 
 

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Things That Work, #4: Therapy

Posted in Things That Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I wish therapy had been required postpartum treatment. Then it wouldn’t have taken me so many months to finally seek it myself.
Dots are being connected. Healing is happening.

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Things That Work, #3: My Honey

Posted in Things That Work on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here she is hard at work, doing web design work for a downtown non-profit arts organization. That’s her super cool boss on the other side of the modern-day non-cubicle. At this time of year in Seattle it’s dark by 4:30.

We picked her up from work the other day.

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Things That Work, #2: Two Pairs of Socks

Posted in Things That Work on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One pair of socks comes off in the blink of an eye, but two pairs stay on!  Observe this sock-pulling specimen:

The sock is pulled, and therefore droopy, but not lost.  Works best when under-socks are on the smallish side.

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Things That Work, #1: Scientifically Engineered Baby Music

Posted in Things That Work, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »

What is it about the xylophone and the synthesizer that seduces babies so?  Why do these tender listeners prefer crude electronic renditions of classical hits instead of actual musical instruments?  I imagine the laboratory testing that must have taken place to figure out the musical frequencies that will pacify The Baby.  I am a music [...]

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