Life is one test after another. Yesterday, I took Jack into the city for one of his early big ones, post-op: his gross-motor assessment by the intrepid pros at CHOP’s Cardiac Kids Developmental Follow-Up Program. Me, Jack, a pediatrician, a speech therapist, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist and Jack’s Vespa-sized car seat stroller crammed […]
Jack Updates
Springing Jack
When you arrive at the hospital to pick up your child and his nurse says, “Let me go see what the plan is,” your kid ain’t goin’ home that day.
Bomb Cyclone Jack Update
Disclaimer: Long post, plausibly informative, hopefully painless, possibly boring. Don’t read in traffic. Maybe make some popcorn beforehand. Let me preface this Bomb Cyclone Jack update by noting that it’s intimidating to satisfy expectations to be evocative and interesting after trekking to the hospital in a snow storm and spending 8 hours shuttling a 4-year […]