I had a doctor appointment today, and the doctor wanted to induce me. Caden is not growing as much as he should be, so she's concerned about leaving him in. But at the same time, she called the perinatal clinic and they discussed the risk of that versus the risk of his heart condition--the cardiologist wants Caden in as long as possible in the ( Read more... )

I'm not pulling any punches. This post is dark and selfish and raw. I've been crying for the past two days, and this post will reveal the honest thoughts that I would never tell anyone face-to-face ever. But it's my journal, and if I can't be honest with myself (and by extension, you) I would be less than I am ( Read more... )

The results from the ultrasound finally came in. And...same as before, but put into plainer English this time ( Read more... )

I was hit by a car on my bike ride home.

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Last Monday, the doctor thought Christian's eye was making a lot of improvements and had him use fewer doses of his steroid drops. Today, not enough has changed and he has to have the steroid shot directly into his eye next Monday ( Read more... )

It's not pinkeye. It's uveitis. Thank goodness we went to the eye doctor, after Christian suffered for a week with acute pain, light sensitivity, headaches, etc ( Read more... )

So I "finished" writing Book One by February 1, as scheduled. Took a day off writing and finished reading Love in the Time of Global Warming, which convinced me my own post-global warming story is indeed still worth writing. I was actually slightly disappointed by the novel, maybe because of all the hype I put towards it last entry ( Read more... )

But in good news, I have decided which story I am for certain going to focus on (barring sudden writer's block on November 1 like last year, of course).

Sticking with the one I mentioned: non-genre fiction about self-discovery. <----what? that's not enough of a description ( Read more... )

It doesn't feel real yet. But nothing ever does to me until it is actually happening ( Read more... )

So, apparently I haven't done well at pretending I'm all buddy-buddy with my boss. Okay, no surprise there. I haven't really been trying ( Read more... )