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Children: Our most valuable natural resource.
I Get My Smile From Her
I’m losing my mind. In the past four days I’ve lost a jacket, $100, and a new prescription. To be fair, I believe the jacket and pills were stolen from my vehicle while I was working, and I only think that because none of my camera footage at home shows anybody going into my vehicle at night. The $100 I think worked its way out of my back pocket at the post office when I went in for mail on the same day everything else went missing. I assumed I had misplaced all of it and couldn’t remember where because of my complete lack of sleep and a combination of said new medicine which makes me feel a little loopy.
By Vincent Maertz5 years ago in Families
Thankful for my son!
When I was 22 years old, I gave birth to the best part of my life, my son. When my baby was approximately 3 months old, I felt a lump in-between his rib cage. I made an appointment at the local Family Medicine clinic. The doctor told me it was a hernia. I researched hernias and my baby did not have hernia; it kept growing. I took my baby back to the clinic approximately 5 times. They gave me a referral to see a surgeon at The Children's Hospital in Denver. The only problem, it was 3 months away. I was referred to a local Surgeon. He confirmed that the lump was not a hernia, but the chance of it being cancer is so low, he recommended I wait the 3 months. The following day, I drove to Children's hospital and walked into the surgeon, Dr. Hendrickson's office. I was obviously distraught. He fit us into his schedule. After examining my son, he sent us to get a CT Scan. After the scan, I was approached and told that the mass was the size of a grapefruit. It was definitely cancer, they just didn't know what kind. They scheduled a biopsy. They told me I could admit him now, or go home pack and prepare because we would now be practically living at children's hospital. The night after learning of the enormous mass on my baby's liver, I prayed, called family and friends. The night after the CT Scan, I fed my baby like any other day, but this day has changed my life forever then he immediately started to projectile vomit. His screamed in pain, it was the worst feeling for a mother. I was terrified. I called 911 and Children's hospital. The EMTs arrived and said my baby's vitals are normal. I told them to take us to the ER. Once we arrived the emergency department had received the information from Children's hospital. I remember seeing my little baby tangled in medical equipment. They gave him an x-ray and determined that his tumor on his liver ruptured and he was not hemorrhaging. They took him on a flight for life to Children's that night. I don't recall what I said or how I reacted, all I do know is that I was scared, and angry at every doctor that told me to wait. What if I listened to them? They could not find the source of the hemorrhage. They pumped my baby with blood for almost 48 hours, then the pressure stopped the hemorrhaging. Dr. Hendrickson came to see talk to me. He told me the risk of the hemorrhage returning was high; he felt confident to remove the tumor and the left half of my son's liver. The surgery lasted about 3 or 4 hours. Dr. Hendrickson successfully removed the tumor and a portion of his liver. For the next 10 months, my baby was on chemotherapy treatments. 8/5/2020 was 15 years since my son's last chemo treatment; he is now a happy normal 16 year old boy. I thank god for him everyday.
By Tish Bendixen5 years ago in Families
Motherhood
Entering motherhood, you think its going to be a walk in the park. You believe that you are going to make it through all the obstacles with your significant other. But what happens if you’re doing it alone? What happens if you begin struggling with being a mom because even though you seem good, the stories from others that traumatized you.
By Viccy Cobbett5 years ago in Families
Miracle Babies
11/20/2020 It was a day ago, four years ago my life changed forever. I had played bachelor for thirty one years of my life. It had mostly worked out but my mental health and physical health were at risk as my responsibilities just exploded my world. I had always wanted a family, but it always seemed too soon. I'm sure others can attest to that. It just sort of happens. Sometimes we pick our partners and other times we spin our fates and throw knives to win. This is the way.
By FRANK? Piccolella5 years ago in Families
Winsley the Two-headed Monkey
Winsley the Two-Headed Monkey By Rev. Dana Bassinger Chapter 1: A lesson learned. Winsley is a monkey born in a zoo, a little creature standing just under a foot tall. His fur is dark brown with golden markings like his mother and most of the other monkeys in his exhibit. One thing however, set him apart from the others. It was the fact he was born with two heads.
By Dana Bassinger5 years ago in Families
Even Still, Hug Them -
As a mom of three boys, all under ten, believe me - I know what tired looks and feels like. Between working full time, 'mom-ing' full time, soccer practice, sincere attempts at creativity for dinner (even though hotdogs for the fifth time this month seems a lot less stressful), nothing can be more annoying at the end of a long day than that one, measly toy in the middle of the living room that you've picked up thirteen times already since making it home.
By Jaclyn Babers5 years ago in Families
What your Christmas Amazon cart should look like with hyperactive kids.
Get ready to get your sensory on! If you are struggling with a hyper active child, or your child is just hyper from quarantine, add these gifts to your Amazon cart now. If you create your list ahead of time, Amazon will notify you of free coupons and price drops on your items so you pay the best price.
By SouloCircus5 years ago in Families
Milk Baby For Breastfeeding Products
Milk Baby is a fresh initiative taken in the year of 2019, to offer breastfeeding mothers an alternative, more friendly selection of breast pumps for the process. With products like breast pumps, breast pads and much more available in their eCommerce outlet, they strive to make an easier world for mothers all around the world, starting with the local ground. Providing the best of competitive prices, Milk Baby offers quality breastfeeding products in Australia for all of their clients. Mother's go above and beyond to make life easier for their children. As the nurturer of a new life that’s been brought into the world by them, they put aside their lifestyles to bring forth the happiness of their baby. Milk Baby works on making this process of a changing lifestyle slightly easier. Standing in solidarity with all mothers, Milk Baby works to give premium products to both inspire and support mothers through helpful resources.
By Adam Marshall5 years ago in Families
Making Your Home Newborn Ready
Although infants are small and fairly immobile, there are many factors involved in getting your house ready to bring one home to live with you. The more you can take care of in advance, the happier you’ll be because sleep deprivation is real. Take care of what you can, so you can relax with your little one after he or she arrives.
By Robert Cordray5 years ago in Families
Two Children Stories Together
The Girl Who Wore her Shoes on the Wrong Feet My little sister Clare is really weird. She believes that wearing her shoes on the wrong feet is like walking in someone else's shoes. What do you expect, though, from a five year old. Even though my mom tells Clare that her feet will turn into duck feet. She shrugs it off and says, “Well, that would be nice.”
By Julienne Holmes5 years ago in Families
My Journey to Adulthood
When I was about 10 years old, It was always me and my father. I never had a mother figure in my life to teach me how to be a lady or have that motherly love. My father I believed did his best to raise me with little knowledge he had about raising a girl. He worked a lot so I barely saw him amd when I did it was for a few hours at the most and then he would go to sleep or so I thought. At most nights I would wake up and head to his room just to find he was not in there. He would be gone all night at times and I assumed he was at work, but little did I know he was sleeping over his girlfriends house. We had a dog growing up, actually 2 so they were my company most of the time as I was growing up. As years went by my father became more and more angry and would take his anger out on me. I would be scared to talk to him or even ask a question because I didn’t know what will happen. As I was growing up I had to learn to cook for myself and entertain myself as I was normally alone or had the 2 dogs keep me company. My father was usually not home or stayed in his room and did not want to. E bothered. As a child I was confused and felt so alone and sad. I wondered and thought to myself “What did I do wrong?” To this day as now I am 31 years old I still wonder because of how I grew up, it affected me hard and now I suffer from depression. To this day I continue to try my best to overcome the many obstacles I face into being a adult. I had to learn a lot on my own and for that reason I struggled very hard to get by in life, without my father and without my family to help me. To this day I still question myself on what I did wrong to have receive this type of abuse growing up from the verbal to the physical abuse, I endured. I’ve never felt loved by my father and my family, so today as I am a adult I still look and acquire that love I’ve never received.
By Kayla Mena5 years ago in Families
