Dr. Mom
Safe and Simple Syringe Maintenance for Home Healthcare Parents
When you bring a medically complex child home, one of the smallest pieces of equipment—syringes—suddenly becomes essential. This post covers home health syringe maintenance so you can feel confident drawing meds, feeding, cleaning, and storing syringes safely. I’m three years into this life and I want to walk you through what I learned the hard […]
From Hospital to Home: How to Confidently Care for Your Child’s Medication Needs at Home
Moving your child from hospital care to home means learning a lot of new responsibilities. From hospital to home I had to become comfortable with syringes, medicine math, and the frightening responsibility of giving medications that can be dangerous if given incorrectly. If you are in that place, you are not alone. Allow yourself to […]
Caring for Your Child After Discharge: Finding Your New Normal
When the Hospital Stay Changes Everything A long stay in the hospital can be a frightening thing — especially when it’s sudden, unexpected, and life changing. Maybe you were in a car accident, and your once “typical” child is now medically complex. Maybe you gave birth prematurely, and your baby has been in the NICU […]
Living One Day at a Time: Special Needs Parenting without Plans
I have always been a planner—from when I was very small, an 11-year-old, to now as a mama of a toddler with a rare genetic condition. A planner who likes crossing every t and dotting every i. I like having a to-do list, a goal list, and even a next-year list. I always thought this […]
Being an Advocate in the Medical World: When Things Get Sensitive and Intense
Before becoming Paige’s mom, I never thought I’d have a discussion on whether or not to give a bolus of ketamine or morphine when Paige’s head turned ever so slightly. I never thought I’d be begging a doctor to let me breastfeed, or crying in the bathroom when a new order was made that prevented […]