P is for Parker. And plague. The end of which I hope we have come to the end of. Because we never know when Parker is going to be sick, we home school year round at Parker’s Preschool. Today we learned about the letter P. We needed our purple pasta and our purple plate. And… [Continue Reading]
Proud With Downs: I Am Just Like You
This will be the best 5 minutes of your day. I promise. I’d like to add one more beautiful, brave and amazing face to the beauty found above : Parker Reed Hodson 11.19.04 This is why Parker and I blog here at Praying for Parker where each and everyday we strive to show the world… [Continue Reading]
One Less Worry
I’m a worrier. Have I ever mentioned that before? Maybe? In passing? Once or twice? I worry about my kids. I worry about the economy. I worry about whether or not to get a few chickens for my back yard. I worry if there will be enough ketchup for my kids to smother their fries… [Continue Reading]
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A Little Closer to Healthy
It looks as though the Plague of ’09 is winding down. For this we are exceptionally thankful. You forget what a blessing your health is until you are knocked on your butt for the better part of more than a week. The flu caught us right smack dab in the middle of painting our gargantuan… [Continue Reading]
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What’s YOUR Kid’s Super Power?
Parker is still not back to his baseline. And as if to underline the point we received a call today that the cultures taken from Parker’s trach last Sunday are growing all kinds of funky and unpronounceable little beasts. Little beasts of the snot producing kind. Evident in Parker’s new found ability to spike his… [Continue Reading]
Updates And A Wish About To Come True
I think we turned a corner last night. Parker has been fever free for 24 hours. Which means that healthy can’t be too far away. Although this kid is still producing what seems like gallons of snot. I can hear Reed suctioning him via his trach even as I type. Speaking of trachs, have I… [Continue Reading]
