A blog written by my wife, Jenny. She is smarter and funnier than I am, so enjoy. When I wake up everyday, I usually pause, take a breath and hope for the best. The truth is we really don’t know Continue Reading
Special thanks.
When Maggie was first born, our friends Dan and Rachel visited regularly, and made it a point to be a part of Maggie’s life; and Maggie (and the two of us) loves them for it. Her OT still talks about Continue Reading
The little victories
Maggie has days where everything seems to be connecting. She climbs better, she uses her hands more and she communicates more. Then there are other days that nothing seems to connect. This is the Apraxia part of Rett. We never Continue Reading
Butterfly day
One thing that I can always count on with Maggie is that if something doesn’t go as planned, it affects the entire day. I was alone with Maggie all weekend and thought going to our local children’s museum would be Continue Reading
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
I feel like that’s all we’re really doing. Every day we read about another girl with Rett who’s seizures are out of control, who had to get a feeding tube, who at 25 is still no further along in their Continue Reading
Sign this petition
It’s to get the White House to approve funding for Rett. We need loads more signatures, but you can only get there one at a time. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/provide-funding-rett-syndrome-research-devastating-neurological-condition/JPSWw7gP
Jinxed on Sleep
Everyone other than me may have known it was a bad idea, but my pridefulness necessitated the sharing of the news. A week or two ago I had written that Maggie was falling asleep in under an hour. I jinxed Continue Reading
Conversation Piece
More positive developments: So last night I had a conversation with Maggie. A full, actual, amazing conversation. The first one I may have ever had. It started at dinner and went like this: AJ: Are you enjoying your fried rice? Continue Reading
EEG results
So the results are in. She is not currently experiencing seizures, but she did show some “disruptions”. All that means is that, as expected, her EEG was abnormal and she is at risk for seizures. This doesn’t really change anything Continue Reading
How hard work pays off for our girl with Rett
After last week’s post, I think I need to share some good news. This is an update on her walking down the stairs. This took a lot of fighting. But now she can do it. And she’s super proud of Continue Reading
