Yesterday we made our way to Seattle Children’s Hospital in the dark. I hadn’t realized how nervous I was feeling about Sage’s MRI until I woke up in the night to nurse her and couldn’t get back to sleep afterwards. I just stared at her as she slept beside me. I knew an MRI was [...]
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Special Needs
It’s funny how sometimes even when you sort of expect something it can still shock you when it happens. On Friday we braved the snow and slush and went to Seattle Children’s Hospital for another neurologist appointment for Sage. It was the first appointment we had about her microcephaly where the doctor didn’t say, “well, [...]
2011: Shifting Ground
2012 is one day away and, like everyone does at this time of year, I find myself looking back over the year as well as looking forward. There is a part of me that wants to just rush forward, slam the door shut on 2011 and forget about this past year. But, I also feel [...]
If you come to my house….
If you come to my house for dinner… You can expect to be given a home cooked meal made of real food…but, it’s very likely that there will be dirty dishes in the sink. Expect to be eating largely organic, free-range, and grass fed as the case may be…but my toddler may sing ABCs during [...]
Microcephaly: A New Twist in our Journey
A few weeks ago my daughter, Sage, was diagnosed with microcephaly. It essentially means that her head is measuring more than two deviations too small. Microcephaly is a neurological disorder and there are a lot of different reasons why this can happen and a wide variety of problems it can be associated with. Our pediatrician [...]
Beth Stedman. wife. mommy. daughter. friend. homemaker. sinner. believer. writer. cook. dreamer. artist. yogi. photographer. expat.