Tomorrow I already feel myself starting to sink. The eighteen-month anniversary of Ryan’s brutal beating, inflicted by Jonathan May and Austin Vantrease, arrives within hours. Not that I should be surprised, this feeling has been building since one day after the seventeenth month. It’s like a slow drain; I cannot empty the emotions fast enough […]
It’s a Good Day
Kari Home for Summer At 1:00 AM last night, Kari officially is home for summer! I drove the Mesmer’s SUV to WVU last night, with Katie as my co-pilot. Well, not so much a co-pilot as a chatter-box. It made the time go by quickly! I was delighted to see Kari had just about everything […]
In for a Long Night
Nurse Calls Out Within an hour of being due to arrive, the nurse’s babysitter fell through. So, here I go with another thirty-six hour shift. But, not to worry, I have Duke here to help. Yep, he’s been here with me staring at the computer screen. I pulled up my computer camera and snapped […]
Joseph vs. UHC: Update
UHC Approves Care for Short While We know firsthand what this family is going through. It happened to us last summer when we were literally being told every Thursday of a decision to send Ryan home. For us, the most frustrating was were left in limbo to decided about renewing a lease. This life they […]
Exercise Table Arrives: It was a Battle
November 2010 It took all of 5 months of not backing down (no thanks to Capital Home Health Care). There were hours spent on the phone. Yesterday, all the pushing and complaining paid off. We dug in our heels on this, like everything. Ain’t She a Beauty? In the end, it finally arrived. Ah, that […]