Over the years we have acquired a LOT of medical equipment and supplies. There is not a room in our house that does not have some sort of medical items stored inside. We have the Vest in the footstool, closet systems in half the closets to house everything from tape and syringes to IV supplies …
Rants from a Woman About to Lose her S***
I have had many moments in my adult life where I have had to step away and take a moment. It just amazes me though how clueless some people really are. Let’s start 10 years ago. Tim and I were new parents and had a child with more medical issues that we had ever seen. …
First Aid & CPR Review
January 17, 2017 Emily discussed the basics of First Aid and CPR for parents. The discussion covered areas specific to children with special needs, such as getting them out of the wheelchair (or what to if that is not an option), what CPR looks like with a trach, bed boards for children that can not …
Well Said, Judd Apatow
I recently read an article on the New York Times about an interview with Judd Apatow. It was an interview discussing his response over some Trump tweets. The article itself was not about special needs at all, but something in his article really resonated with me. “There’s a danger on the internet that you think …
Our Annual Radio Interview
This was the fifth year that I join KOOP’s Reflections of Community Outreach as their Christmas guest. Each year we talk about the projects I am working on, and updates on Casey. This year Tim was able to join me and KOOP invited one of the chaplains from Dell Children’s to join us as well. …