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My buddy and his tummy, Part 3
Hello. Below is an update on Eli’s tummy situation and as an added bonus information on your typical Oklahoma thunderstorm, which included a flying cow trough Saturday. If you care to read the past...
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A Mary Kay makeover in noir, Part 2
My journey into the hard-boiled world of Mary Kay makeovers continues. What did I see that I couldn’t believe? The answer is in the story below. In A Mary Kay makeover in noir Part 2, I meet a femme...
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A Mary Kay makeover in noir, Part 3
My journey into the hard-boiled world of Mary Kay makeovers continues in Part 3, the final installment. I have arrived at an office with my sidekick, Spiderman Cowgirl Princess after being told this...
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Mercy, MRSA
Well, the nanny has MRSA. Doesn’t know how she got it – a cut on her thigh became infected, landing her in urgent care over the weekend. Poor Lo. I won’t go into her personal business, but this was the...
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Hearts and stars from Eli
There are so many people who have been nice to us since we had our little buddy. Yes, we wish he didn’t have CF, but he does, and it’s brought out the best in the people in our lives. We’ve also met...
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My buddy and his tummy, 4: Guts under government surveillance
Good Wednesday morning. Mark and I stayed up late talking about, what else, this week’s news: the National Security Agency and the Snowden leak. Paha. Like I’m going to talk about that here! I read...
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Eli’s flight preparations.
Eli continues to do baby strength training moves to prepare for scooting and crawling. I think he waved ‘hi’ this morning while we were playing but I can’t be sure. I couldn’t get him to do it again...
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No trolls, just good souls
I wasn’t really sure how the public would respond to my Oklahoman article about Eli. When you put so much out there personally – there’s a good chance someone, somewhere, will find something wrong with...
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Our morning
I thought I’d show my morning thus far in vids. Laila, my darling, is not a morning person — more like a morning rain with cloudy skies and the occasional flash of lightning. Eli likes the day first...
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My buddy and his tummy: Cystic fibrosis and the pancreas
I didn’t have too much to talk about with the pediatric gastro doc. Eli’s tummy troubles — barfing up what he ate — appeared to be just normal infant reflux, us stuffing poor buddy in an attempt to...
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My buddy and his lungs, 1: Little baby coughs
In a move that was not sanctioned by Weight Watchers nor Jennifer Hudson’s thighs, I have attacked a plate of brownies. Few survived. Why? I’m an American, that’s why. My son may have his first cold....
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7 months
Eli is 7 months old today. When I prop him up like this he stays, then becomes a little perplexed. When he tries to move he topples over. He reached for me today for the first time. He weighs in at...
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My buddy and his lungs, 2: A cold and an epic battle
I had a moment when we were doing a little extra chest therapy the other day. I moped. Eli is a spry little fellow with lots of energy, even with his cold. He is a ray of sunshine. But my little ray of...
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Good vibrations
In my last post I wrote about the struggle between the negative and the positive, the darkness and the light, that goes on in my head when something new pops up with Eli’s disease, cystic fibrosis. I...
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My buddy and his lungs 3: Doing better
I’m at a cafe and it feels pretty darn good right now. We had a challenging few days, but I’ve gained new knowledge about Eli and the way his body works. Regarding little buddy and his illness, I got a...
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How do you piss off a baby? Like so
Sometimes you really just piss a baby off. Stop torturing meAnd Eli was a mad baby today, but only for a moment. We made him do his first puffs of an inhaler. It’s called Albuterol. The...
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My buddy and is lungs 4: scientific bacteria names lack…charm
Eli’s cough has left the building. We traveled together to Michigan, and I have a lot to say about my first plane rides with Eli. It went so well the stewardess asked if she could spike my coffee. It...
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Baby powers: activate!
Eli must have activated some secret baby powers recently. secret baby powers…. Before I get to that, I have to note that my husband is on a play date with his friends. He is playing PS3 football online...
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My son could have died. Instead, he lived.
My friend and fellow reporter Rachel Calderon was nice enough to give us a visit. Her station, KOCO 5, aired her story today at 5 p.m. on her fundraising effort for The Children’s Hospital at OU...
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Wee fat boy aka my buddy and his tum (5)
Eli is a fat boy, in spirit. I’m a wee fat boy in my spirit animal In reality, his BMI is a about the 5th percentile. I do not like percentile talk. I’ve always viewed it as some kind of twisted mom...
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