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Around the Home

Welcome winter! In November! We had our first snow day of the year, and it just so happened to be the day we needed to go to Ann Arbor for my TEE test. Thankfully it was all lake effect snow, so about 30 minutes in, it was all done. Mazy came with us, since she…

Around the Home

Around the Home

Mazy was counting down the days until Halloween! This is a girl who spends every day dressing up, pretending, imagining, and now she actually had an EXCUSE to dress up! Not that she should ever have to have an excuse to be a kid, but the idea of walking around in a costume all day,…

Heart Journey Update

Heart Journey Update

I just wanted to give a quick update on the latest discoveries. Yesterday I had two tests, an EVO2 where I had an EKG and ECHO, then walked on the treadmill for as long as I could, then quickly laid on the bed for another ECHO. It was very hard…not easy to do while being…

Beyond These Four Walls

Beyond These Four Walls

As I sit here perched on the 7th floor heart unit at the University of Michigan, overlooking life outside of these 4 walls, I can’t help but feel being sandwiched between 2 different worlds. I stare out the window, watching the tip-tops of the trees changing, cars going from here to there, electric scooters whizzing…

Heart Journey Update

Heart Journey Update

Start of day 3, and though we haven’t been able to nail down what is going on, we are making progress towards that answer. Being the weekend, we knew that not much would happen, but that the goal would be to just monitor. Yesterday I had a CT scan to see if there was any…