Tag - #onthemend

Brighter Days

Judging from the avalanche of supportive calls, texts and comments my last post generated, I must have sounded alarmingly blue!  In truth I was feeling pretty glum and am so grateful for the collective pick-me-up you all sent.  Physician friends emailed to see if we needed a second opinion, one friend sent uplifting quotes from Shakespeare (followed by a...

Medical Update 1

It has been a long few days, but we are glad to report that Ava successfully made it through her first surgery yesterday.  Her patella was well and truly smashed.  It took 6 screws to put it back together which is remarkable because the bone is so small.  I can’t imagine how tiny some of those screws are.  We are grateful that Ava had a talented...