We had our last (scheduled) doctor visit with Otto for hopefully the rest of the summer and are looking forward to enjoying this time together as a family. Especially this weekend. We had our final followup with our cardiologist and got the go ahead to go back to daycare and to work starting on Tuesday….
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The Anxiety of Getting Back Into the Swing of Things
This week has been full of anxiety with Joe and I slowly dipping our toes in the “real world” and getting back slowly to work, well work outside of the home. Joe and I both spent some time in the office this week while the other stayed home with Otto. We decided we are going…
Appointment Day in the times of Covid
Back in March we were geared up and ready for all of Otto’s appointments. We had a sedation appointment scheduled for his kidney ultrasound, ekg and echocardiogram with followups with both doctors that afternoon. Then Covid 19 started trickling into our community and everything shut down with the snap of a finger and it was…
Otto’s Feeding Journey Update
It’s been a while again since i’ve given an update on otto’s feeding journey. For those who are just tuning in you can read the full history here but long story short: Otto was born with a heart condition that made him have to work to hard to eat so he had an NG (feeding…
Mother’s Day It’s Always been Complicated
When I was a child Mother’s Day was about stringing together a macaroni necklace or gluing some things to a paper with glitter at school, making a special breakfast and celebrating mom. The last 10-12 years of my life… well, it’s been complicated. As we grow up, naturally our eyes are opened to more life…
Mrs. Rabbit Our Newest Farm Addition
When Joe and I decided in early March it was best for us to start staying home we got plans in place to keep us busy on the farm over the weekends trying to go out as little as possible. As time went on and it became more of a realization how long this might…
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas From The Found Cottage
Overnight many small businesses have had to change their strategies. We have had to close our doors to the public, navigate unemployment and small business aide with tons of loopholes and wait times. But we are doing it! The Found Cottage is moving forward and being creative and adaptive even if it’s not the spring…
Tips for Celebrating Mothers Day At Home
Yesterday I was going crazy and had to do something to occupy Otto other than sit him in front of Peppa Pig while I answered more and more emails. It had been a zoom call/stare at your inbox kind of day and with the cold weather this week (and snow) we are all feeling cooped…
Easter with Otto at Home
There were no church pews crowded with people in pastels and big easter hats. No scents of fresh spring hyacinths, daffodils, tulips and lilies filling the sanctuary. There was no vibration of voices shaking the walls with hymns of Christ’s resurrection. Just like the grinch who stole Christmas, it felt like for a moment that…
Otto’s Easter Basket from Home
It’s an odd year and the Easter Bunny is not excluded from the stay home, stay safe order. I had visions of Otto in his Easter Sunday suit running around with his cousins looking for eggs but that will have to happen next year. Honestly, that is not even the real reason of Easter anyway….
Safe at Home
We are now entering our 22nd day of staying home (with the exception of a car ride). It is easy to feel alone and isolated because well…that is what we are but all of us are so in a way, we’re together in this. If you are able to stay home and doing so, thank…
Otto’s feeding update almost there!
It’s been a while since we had a check in for Otto’s feeding schedule and I was elated when I sent in his current progress and they wanted to see him right away. We have been slowly cutting back about 10-15% of the g-tube fed volume each time and yesterday was the first time we…