Meet Khai. Khai loves to play peek-a-boo and according to his mom, Julia, and his grandma, Kathy, he’s pretty fly for a small guy! This little warrior turned one on February 10th. And his first year has not been so easy. When I shoot for a family staying at Ronald McDonald House I send myContinue reading “Voluntography – Special Edition”
Tag Archives: Stollery Children’s Hospital
The Stories We Live – CHD
This week has been a roller coaster of emotions…Last Friday, during my “Yes Day”, I spent some time reflecting on what’s been going on for us recently and ended up writing for this week’s blog. Below is what I wrote one week ago. I find the days leading up to one of Kane’s big medicalContinue reading “The Stories We Live – CHD”
This is Us – CHD
This week, Kane was at the Stollery Children’s Hospital two different times for his bi-annual cardiology appointment. On Monday, Harrison took Kane for his echo and then on Thursday I took him back again for his ECG and his appointment with his cardiologist. There are so many things I love about the Stollery. My favouriteContinue reading “This is Us – CHD”
A Day in the Life of a Stollery Kid
This morning was Kane’s second experience as a surgical patient at the Stollery Children’s Hospital here in Edmonton. His first surgery was December 27, 2013 when he had open heart surgery to repair Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis. You can read more about Kane’s first Stollery experience in my post, My Heart Warrior. As for this time, Kane went in for a bipolarContinue reading “A Day in the Life of a Stollery Kid”
One Way to Kick-off 2015
So, Maverick had to try and one up his big brother, Kane, by getting admitted to hospital at Christmas, too. His claim to fame is being the first of the time-traveling twins to get an isolation room in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. On Sunday, we brought Maverick intoContinue reading “One Way to Kick-off 2015”
My Heart Warrior
I can’t think of a better way to ring in 2014 than by bringing my thirteen month old son, Kane, home from the hospital. We were discharged from the Stollery Children’s Hospital on December 31st, just in time for a New Years celebration! Kane was admitted to the Stollery on Friday, December 27th for openContinue reading “My Heart Warrior”
Voluntography
As many of you know, the beginning of my son Kane’s life involved quite a bit of medical attention. We spent 54 days at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Royal Alexandra Hospital here in Edmonton. During our time at the NICU, I had hoped to take photos for others who were spendingContinue reading “Voluntography”