The word that rolls most frequently off my tongue and through my mind right now is IF. So, I'm not sure entitling this post "what we know" is a good idea because frankly, we don't know a lot of things, or anything for that matter,...
How nice to open the most recent fundraising letter from Children's and see Keegan's face smiling out at us! It was another well-written version of Keegan and Johnston's story.You can read it by clicking HERE.Ironically, we also got the paper version of this newsletter in...
If only I had a dime for every time I heard, "I don't know how you do it", "I could never do it", or "how do you cope with it?", I would be less than a millionaire, but I'd darn sure be richer than I...
Children's Medical Center sends out a monthly e-newsletter called "Children's Connect" with relevant stories concerning children's medical issues and patient stories. This month's issue had two great stories about organ and tissue donation, including a lovely article about Keegan and Johnston. Heather told the boys'...
I suppose I've put this post off long enough. Keegan has a very big day tomorrow, and I guess, in some way, I felt that not posting about it meant not thinking about it, which would help me not worry so much about it. Yet,...
UPDATED 12/25:Here is the news story on Channel 8 (ABC), covering our first chance to meet Johnston's family. Thank you to everyone for letting us know that it had been fixed online. We couldn't wait to share this with you!Thanks so much for your wonderful...
...or maybe a more appropriate title would be Musings on Why I Had a Breakdown in the Target Parking Lot. Not sure which has a better ring to it.I should be sleeping right now. That is the truth. As any mom of any child, healthy...
Every time I have to attend the funeral of another beautiful child from our transplant family, I not only grieve for the family and their loss, but I grieve for Keegan. A small part of me wishes and hopes that in some way it will...
Three years. Three years since the day that Keegan was given new life. It seems like just yesterday and yet an eternity at the same time. This day is so etched in my memory that when I went to sign a form with today’s date,...