Looking over the events that happened in James’ life over the past month and it looks like this will be a short post. He went on a couple of field trips for school, had another appointment at the UIC …

Nov 13, 2024 · James had a stroke in utero, has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, quadriplegic cerebral palsy, and is tube fed. This blog is his story of how he has overcome the many obstacles he faces with the …

Looking over the events that happened in James’ life over the past month and it looks like this will be a short post. He went on a couple of field trips for school, had another appointment at the UIC …

What I ended up with was a blog post that is over 4,000 words long, and I’m not sure if I would call it a guide. It’s just everything we did when we set out to buy a new van.

Mini Vacation We went on a mini getaway over Easter weekend, which was the first time we had gotten away since we went to a wedding in 2021. For that trip we boarded Maggie at a doggy day care that …

If you’ve been following this blog or following James on Facebook, you know that we’ve been talking about buying a new van for a while. We’re finally going for it!

Our research led us to a blog written by a Jennifer Ortiz whose son, Jude, also suffered a stroke in utero. We found comfort knowing that someone else had gone through the same thing that we were …

I am including three of the four of us this time around, and not just James. James goes first because this is his blog after all. He had an ear infection last month, was treated with antibiotics, and it seems to …

May 31, 2021 · Van Fundraiser As you may know, our van has been having some maintenance issues lately, and it’s starting to make us a bit nervous. I don’t want to end up in a situation like we were a …

After all, if it wasn’t for all of James’ health issues, this blog wouldn’t exist, and you would have no idea who he was. Up until a couple of months ago, Stacy and I were pretty convinced that it was going to …