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I am Not as Strong as I appear. I enjoy weakness from time to time. We are a homeschooling, special needs family of 7. My 4th son has a Congenital Heart defect, and my oldest has ADHD. We like to find old things and make them new, so we bought a house that was in desperate need of repair, then we doubled the sized of it. This project is well over 9 years long, with still plenty to do, and has pushed my fear of heights over the limit too many times. The best part is I am still alive to talk about it! Some of my passions are my children, and making Jewelry. When life gets stressful (often times stress induced by children!) opening up my bins of beads to create something beautiful that will soon bring joy to someone else is all I need. That and chocolate. I am just hanging on by the seat of my pants. Stick around & let's get to know each other.

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Glenn Procedure

Wordless Wedneday {Wee Nut Before & After Glenn Procedure 2008}

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Owain Before Surgery October 2008


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Peds Cardiology Visit on a 2 Year Surgerversary and a Thankful Thursday

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When I woke up this morning, the only thing I had on my mind was Owain’s Peds Cardiology check up. I always get very anxious on his check up days. I always worry that things are not going as well as they seem. Or that there is something happening right in front of me...
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Thankful Thursday

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Thankful Thursday at The Nut House

Well, for once this week has been dragging on. I feel like the weekend will never come. We still haven’t gotten our tree, first The Sickness hit our house during Thanksgiving weekend and then last weekend we got a snow storm which put the kibosh on driving to the top of the mountain to...
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A Year Ago Today My Wee Nut Had His Second Heart Surgery

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A few days later I got this picture of him, after everything, sleeping peacefully.

I didn’t realize until last night when I was think about his surgery last year, that the anniversary of his second surgery was another contributing factor in my feeling down. I think it affected me differently because it was something we had spend months planning. It was so much different than when Owee was...
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Thankful Thursday

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Thankful Thursday at The Nut House

Oops! I almost went through the entire day thinking it was Wednesday! I missed Thankful Thursdays last week because we had one of those Crazy moments that involved my 5 yr old and newborn Ariel…we had to rush out to the pediatrician first thing in the morning and then run over to UVA for...
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Owain’s Heart Defect Story Copied From My Livejournal Account

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I have spent too much time trying to get the different import programs to work. I am supposed to be able to import my livejournal posts over here, along with all of the comments. I have tried a few different programs several times, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what...
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Owain is Doing Great & Recovering Quickly!

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Owain is recovering very well & sooo very quickly! I am amazed at how much quicker this recovery is. I did mistake his crankiness with a double ear infection for crankiness because of his surgery…which left me with bad mommy feelings, but I know I can’t know everything, so I am working on forgiving...
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Owain is home :)

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Owain September 2008 5 months just before his Glenn Procdure

I know I should have posted here sooner, but I haven’t had more than a minute or two to try to sit down at the computer. Owain came home last Wednesday, October 15th. It is amazing that he was only in the hospital for a week and a day after having major bilateral open...
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Owain is recovering slowly

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Owain is still in the PICU. We were hoping that he would be out on the floor by now, but his lungs and a high fever have been keeping him here. His fever has been dropping most of this evening. He has some fluid both in his lungs and around his lungs, so his...
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Another Successful Surgery :)

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Owain came out of surgery around noon today,Yippie! He is doing well. He still hasn’t woken up yet & is still on a bit of pain killers. We are waiting for his pain meds to wear off and most likely they will be able to take him off the respirator early this evening. He...
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Owain’s Glenn Procedure Surgery is Next Week

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We are getting ready for Owain’s next surgery. He is going in for the Glenn Procedure. I was looking for a good definition to explain it better, but I am not finding one right now. I think I mentioned it in earlier posts. We are going back to UVA Children’s Hospital on Monday October...
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Owain’s Prayer Quilt

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Owain watching Olympics

My second son E Nut has a friend from school who’s mother gifted us with a Prayer Quilt for Owain. She and some of her friends from her church made it for him. It came with instructions that reads: “Each knot tied represents a prayer that was said specifically for you. Notice that the...
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