In spite of everything, Jonah still believes in people. Last night, just before going to sleep next to me in his (our) hospital bed, and just after his 8:00pm IV antibiotics infusion, he said, “Mama, today was a lovely day.”…
Category: medical
it’s jonah’s world
I’m just schlepping him around in it and arranging playdates. Today, these things happened. Miraculously, we did not fight or yell or threaten or beg him to put on his clothes this morning. He just did it. He chose that…
birthday celebration, the final chapter: dam, svardeah… hag sameach!
I can only start this story with a reference to the ten plagues. Dam, Svardeah… Hag Sameach = Blood, Frogs… Happy Birthday There are no frogs in this story. However Shicheen (Boils) doesn’t rhyme with Sameach. The alternate title (in…
birthday celebration, phase 4: on shaky ground
The future of tomorrow’s play date party is uncertain. Jonah spiked a fever today. I took him to the pediatrician because he was also complaining about being dizzy. But he’s fine. I asked the doctor if we should cancel the…
and then we came home
The last day of our trip. How to spend it? In the morning, Jonah realized his dream, hatched the night before during the 4 hour drive home from Alamogordo, of creating a “model train” out of cardboard boxes and lengths…
pediatric dentist
Today was Jonah’s first “real” visit to the dentist. We took him once before, about a year ago. He sat in a kid size chair at a kid size table in the corner of the room and watched while I…