Simonne & I...The world Famous iPodicals!!
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This my favorite picture of Simonne and me for some reason!
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Diabetes Insipidus is not remotely related to the normal Diabetes most people know about. I described it to Caitlin like this....Pretend the kidneys are children and the hormone, ADH, is the parent. Normally the hormone keeps the kidneys in check, lets them do their thing but doesn't let them go crazy. Then one day, the parent goes out of town. The kids go crazy and just start throwing water all over the house, or into Sam's bladder!(MOM!! ixnay on the adderblay, Thank-you!) Maybe the parent will come back, we don't know yet. But in the meantime, we have foster parents (.15 mls of desmopressin or DDAVP twice a day) keeping the kids in check, for the most part. Does this make it easier to understand?






The awesome Web Page was done by Susan And Jeff Ott, Web Masters of Stephanie's Angels Foundation! Thanks soooo much!


Please keep signing the guest book. I love to be reminded that so many people are behind me in this!
********Please pray for Emerald, who has finally won her battle with George. (That's her tumor's name!) We all miss you! WE LOVE YOU EMMA AND KIM!!!!
********Also, please pray for Simonne and her two brothers Chase and Shane. They all have Cystic Fibrosis. But they are fighters and very good friends in the hospital! ********Bravery isn't being fearless, it's doing the feared...*****This is my new life script..
********New-Mom's email address scanmom@hotmail.com and My E-mail address is Neurogirl716@hotmail.com

Check out my brothers web site, as he deals with anxiety and atypical eating disorder.
Alec's Website



These are the shirts I created on Zazzle. Click on the panel to check them out!



**Earthly Lessons**

God saw that you were hurting,
and couldn't bear it anymore.
He only wanted to banish,
the pain behind your every door.
He saw that you were brave enough,
and had love for all to feel.
He knew that death could never
banish the lessons you've appealed.
So he took away the discomfort,
that you felt more and more,
He gave you a big bear hug
and said,"Heaven's all yours!"
Your family who is just as strong,
though they will feel grieved at first
will come to realize the lessons,
you taught them here on earth.


** I wrote this at school after Leah died.Leah I got the Idea of the poem from my classmate Daniel's Prayer card at his funeral. Keep both families and friends in your prayers!





These are some more of my friends on Caringbridge! Check out their sites!
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My Caringbridge Friends

Simonne
Emerald Isle
Stephanie Ott
Stephanie’s Angels
Kelly Muldoon
Nicole
Beth



July 16th, 2004

It was early in the morning,
about 7:30 am,
when they wheeled me down to surgery.
Then I was born again.

The time had finally come and
I just wanted it out and gone.
I wanted to defeat the tumor
that had been draining me for so long

I was about to go back to the OR
when my mom said to me, "I love you"
and after weeks of feeling too sick to answer her,
I said, "Mom, I love you too.".

I laid down on the table
and put the mask over my face.
As I started to go under
I gave the doctors my trust and faith.

I woke up in the ICU
and the first thing that they said
was that the tumor was finally and forever,
gone from my head.

I was in the hospital for a month
for half my summer break
I missed out and riding on a parade float
and going to summer camp on a lake

But a month and five days later
I was back at school.
There was one thing that was different, however...
it was everything that I knew.

The scar was 6 inches long
on the top of my head, on the right
but the most unnerving and significant change
was the one taking place inside.

I had learned how precious life is
but also how fragile it can be.
In just one summer I had changed
physically, mentally, emotionally
exponentially.

It was early in the morning
the day my life forever changed.
I'm so grateful for the second chance I got
the morning I was born again.

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This is my Virtual cat, Skinny Minny! But I still love Flabby Abbey better!

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