June 27, 2019
Another Six Months The past six months have been mostly wonderful with a few setbacks. Dottie is growing and so healthy with her HPEN...
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March 16, 2019
One Year!! One year ago today we brought Dottie home from the hospital. After 75 days it was finally our time to say goodbye to what had...
January 1, 2019
Girl Wonder Woohoo, we did it! Dottie turned one year old (Dec. 31st) and is, all things considered, so very healthy. She is 29 1/2...
November 10-12
Our Magic Number 100.5- this is our magic number When Dottie gets a temperature of 100.5 (a fever) we head to the ER, these are the...
October 1, 2018
It's been too long The leaves are beginning to change color once again, going from green to orange, yellow, or red and then to brown. As...
June 20, 2018
Defying Science Today Dottie had a checkup with the GI doctor and nutritionist. It was an early morning and a long drive to Doernbecher...
May 29, 2018
Good News! Today we went to Doernbecher's for an ultrasound on Dottie's right leg. This was to check for the blood clots Dottie had while...
April 16, 2018
Home Sweet Home Dearest Family and Friends, We have been home just over four weeks now. Our time together has been sweet, and often...
Thursday March 15, 2018
Day 75 Journal entry by Megan Halligan — Mar 16, 2018 Thursday March 15, 2018 Tomorrow marks day 75 in the hospital, Dottie’s 76th day of...
March 4, 2017
IV It’s been quite a day. Dottie needed an IV for a blood infusion (getting extra blood) and surgery tomorrow (for the Hickman line). If...
March 1, 2018
Two Months Old! Tuesday Dottie's nurse going off shift at the end of the night thought her right leg might be a bit swollen. This is the...
February 23, 2018
Slow and Steady Dottie continues to make progress. We know this process will take awhile to figure out, how much food can she take in...
February 12, 2018
Care Conference We had a meeting today with our team of doctors. This was an opportunity to touch base and hear from each person their...
February 7, 2018
A Little Milk Our dearest Dottie is looking good. When she's awake her eyes are wide open and she looks around with curiosity. We love...
February 3, 2018
Test Results Yesterday morning (Friday) Dottie’s x-ray showed that the contrast done earlier this week had cleared. At 2:00 she went in...
January 31, 2018
Test Results Pending Yesterday Dottie went to radiology to have the contrast done. They did an enema and took pictures of the die in her...
January 27, 2018
Poop The one thing I never imagined during 41 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy was that I would be celebrating my daughter pooping. And I...
Wednesday January 17, 2018
Wednesday January 17, 2018 We are so very happy to share that yesterday Dorothy got a PICC line in! This is exciting news because the...
Monday January 15, 2018
A Thank You Some occasions are easy, they come with happy sayings that have been pre-established over the years, like "happy birthday,"...
Thursday January 11, 2018
Game Changer Today we had the opportunity to meet with the gastroenterologist. She is an amazing doctor who has specialized and done her...