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.

  • A Reminder of Home…

    This is our ninth week in a row of being here. I had heard there was a Tim Horton’s some where on site. With the help of a neurology med student toting a Timmies coffee ( we recognized from Ryleigh’s earlier care) , we got directions and I am enjoying my double double. There are Read more

  • Surgery #2

    It was determined that Ryleigh will need to have surgery unless in the next 12 hours or so she shows a remarkable recovery.  She has only improved a little bit and the team of doctors would expect after the regime she is enduring right now with the NG tube she should be recovering and feeling Read more

  • Keeping

    Ryleigh is making slow improvements. We still have to wait and see if she is getting better. The surgeons were in today and happy with some of the small progressions to recovering from her blockage. It looks like the “kink” or partial blockage may be working itself out. This is because her small bowel is Read more

  • Waiting….again!

    Another long day ahead of us…this treatment regime is a slow paced one to help the bowel rest. I am routinely checking Ryleigh’s pouch eager to see how much is going through her bowel. Small amounts are coming through so it is good. Hopefully a few more days of this and she will be once Read more

  • Comfortably Uncomfortable

    After a day of tests and procedures Ryleigh is as comfortable as she can be. Her NG tube is helping get rid of bile that is in her tummy so her vomiting has stopped. Her morphine is given every 4 hours – keeps the pain dulled for her. She needs to rest her bowels as Read more

  • Tough Nite/Tough Day

    Ryleigh has finally settled into a sleep after not sleeping at all last night.  She was vomiting and in pain most of the night despite medication to try to help it.  At around 1:30 in the morning they placed a tube down her nose – throat- tummy to suction out the fluids in her stomach. Read more