Dr. Mom
My Baby is Fed Through a Tube
I’ve gotten quite used to the look when I say “My baby ate this or that..” and they say “Oh I thought they couldn’t eat solid foods?” and it ends with my explaining that she’s fed through a tube, and they try to keep the “That’s weird” look off their face… I think any of […]
Silent Support
A word can hurt A question can sound so hard A simple “how are you?” And your nerves begin to shake I don’t know how I am, I don’t even know where to begin I can’t focus on anything, I don’t even recognize myself Grief has overwhelmed me It’s taken over everything I once was […]
Recovered
“Is Paige better?” has become a question that gets harder and harder for me to answer – we spent 3 months in a hospital, our daughter was on deaths door – and there we received her diagnosis. Yet, when you’re on the outside of a situation like this, when you hear of someone leaving the […]
Welcome to Dr. Mom
Two years ago, I was on my way to Alabama and Florida – I had a road trip on my own, as an “independent and free” person – more free than I even knew! I was very excited because it was the first time I felt fairly free after I lost my first baby. I […]
“Dr. Mom”
How to explain, The instinct that washes over me. The doctors, they come. The nurses – they sometimes care. But I’m the one, Who’s Dr Mom. I know more, I see more. I see when she holds her breath – I see when her eyes become tired. The seizures? They’re sub-clinical. But sometimes, I see […]