WiseMindedLiving

Sharing my journey _ one story at a time.

About me:

My journey over the years included heartache, challenges, and deep grief. However as I move through middle age, I am learning my path has also been full of love, joy, and resilience. And where I go next is up to the Universe!

This blog includes my experiences with having both my daughters dealing with life threatening illness, my career as an educator, and navigating my own health crises. Luckily, I have lots of living to do and many more stories to share.

  • Blogging once again….

    I have finally had a chance to revamp the blog…focusing on life as a whole not just medical events.  This will be a place for me to reflect and share ideas and thoughts about the happenings in my life. I find the blogging process very therapeutic and hope that my musings will offer my “followers” Read more

  • Transition

    We are all transitioning from hospital to home, city to country, and spring to hmmm…winter? Nothing can compare with the comforts of home and being around the people who love and know you the best. We are enjoying it very much. Ryleigh is definitely improving at a faster rate being home…as you can tell from Read more

  • Normal???

    We are adjusting to being out of the hospital. It has been odd not to have nurses and doctors waking us up in the morning and machines beeping at all hours. I am surprised what we got used to. I am missing the help for Ryleigh’s care that is only one call button push away. Read more

  • All of the struggle worth it….

    Ryleigh has been discharged today. We are happy and exhausted. She still needs one on one care as she has difficulty moving and doing things on her own. We are all learning how to deal with her ostomy with cleanings and replacing. A huge learning curve but we are meeting the challenge. She needs to Read more

  • A FUNTASTIC DAY!

    What an outstanding day. I feel like a 10 tonne weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Life has been altered slightly with a few adjustments as Ryleigh ventures into the real world but they are minor compared to the challenges she has faced over the last two years. Ryleigh woke up today like a Read more

  • A few more days in hospital….

    So Ryleigh continues to struggle with recovery.  A couple of days ago she started feeling yucky again and stopped eating.  Her stoma and ostomy did not produce enough output resulting in worry from the nurses and some doctors.  She got very nauseous on Thursday and there was thought she had another obstruction. She had an Read more