Praying for Parker

Dear Sargent Steam

Dear Sargent Steam, I know this is a long shot. But to be honest, the last 6.5 years of my life have been filled with long shots. Some worked out. Some didn’t. But nothing would ever have been accomplished without first opening up a dialogue. So...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 5:35 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Sargent Stean

Mini Balloon Button: G-Tube Request

I won’t deny it. Parker is hard on g-tubes. He’s very active and often this winds up springing a leak in the Mini Button he uses to receive his nutrition through. Usually, with our old supply company they would allow me to order three buttons…...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 10:10 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Mini Balloon Button, Applied Medical Technology

She’s going to the Temple……

And she’s going to get married……. Actually, in the LDS faith we believe that Temple marriages are for not only time, but for all eternity. Looking outside, the day is gorgeous. It’s a perfect day to begin an eternity with the love...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 7:22 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, People I Love, Families are Forever, Temple Wedding

Representative Carl Wimmer Gets It Wrong. Again.

Representative Carl Wimmer has published his political position on Medicaid. You can read it on Carl’s political Facebook page: Entitlement and health-care. I used to follow Representative Wimmer on his personal Facebook page. But after accusing...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 8:28 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, down syndrome, Special Needs, medicaid, #utpol, Utah Representative Carl Wimmer

How to Plant Onions

We’ve been busy planting. All kinds of goodness just starting to make it’s debut. One bit of goodness coming up are onions! We planted white, yellow and purple onion bulbs! Onions are so easy to plant and give you such a great return on your...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 10:11 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, backyard gardening, how to plant onions, grow your own food

Double Coupons at Walmart!

My local Walmart has started something new. In a bid to compete with a local grocery store that doubles coupons each Tuesday, our local Walmart is now also offering double coupon Tuesday. At first I wasn’t too interested. I don’t do a lot...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 5:37 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness

Wordless Wednesday: Muscle Man

The 15 year old has been asking me to post this picture on Parker’s blog for over a week now. Between the Lifting, the Wrestling, the Rugby……and the prayers…..heh……it looks as though he just may out-buff his 22 year...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 9:06 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, People I Love, Wordless Wednesday, 5MinutesforMom

Puke, Poop and other things that go splat…

Parker was put on a 10 day course of Septra the Friday before last. At about day 5 he started gagging and throwing up over his Nissen. ahh. A c-diff test was ordered. Two days went by. And the results came back. Negative. We went ahead and took Parker...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 4:23 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Frequent Flyin At The PCMC, A Day In Our Life

Things that make me want to smack someone…..

Parker’s been sick. Throwing up. Fever. Diapers from h@ll. We’ve been trying to get an appointment into GI for the last several days. Every time I call, I get a message telling me to leave a message. I leave the required message. Then...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:07 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs, Carl Wimmer, Albuterol, xeopenex

How To Shop Without Spending Any Money

I know that most Mama’s aren’t shopping for next Fall’s clothes. Which is too bad, because NOW is an excellent time to score some free clothes. Yup. Free. I saved the summer clothes from last year and added a few other items Parker is...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 6:20 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Cheap and Easy, Special Needs, down symdrome, frugal living, consignment shopping, Kid to Kid, thrift store shopping

You could learn a lot from a little kid with an extra chromosome…

It’s been quite the weekend. Parker’s been sick. Heartrate in the 80′s. Puking. Even though the kid has a Nissen. TWICE this week that I’ve KNOWN our HERO has aspirated. A prescription of Septra. An Enema. I woke up at 6:30 this...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 12:16 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, down syndrome, People I Love, home school, homeschool post, homeschooling a child with speical needs

All I need to know I learned from the Easter Bunny….

All I need to know I learned from the Easter Bunny Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Everyone needs a friend who is all ears. There’s no such thing as too much candy. All work and no play can make you a basket case. A cute tail...

Published Sat, Apr 23 2011 1:21 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Fantabulous-ness, down syndrome, Special Needs, Easter Bunny, Easter fun

How a Little Blue Wonder Saved My Life

Let’s be honest. A parent of a medically fragile child with special needs has enough to deal with without having to spend time cussing at, crying over, taking a sledge hammer to …uh….eternally trouble shooting their kids medical equipment...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2011 7:48 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, g-tubes, feeding pumps, Kagaroo Joey Feeding Pump, contiunuous feeds

Invest in Your Future: Preserve the Harvest

Do you ever think about food? No, I don’t mean that chocolate bar, or your next Diet Coke. I mean real food. Fresh food. This year’s garden just waiting. So am I. Onion bulbs waiting to be planted. Maybe you think about growing food yourself...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2011 5:53 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Garden Goddess, gardening, organic gardening, dehydrating, prepping, preserving the harvest, freezing fruits and vegetable, canning

Montessori on the Cheap

There has always been something about the Montessori method of teaching that has appealed to me. Especially when working with children with special needs. One thing that held me back was the cost of many Montessori activities. Finally it dawned on me...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 7:22 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs Homeschooling, montessori, homeschooling a child with specail needs, homeschooling with montessori

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