Tag: Health

• Amelia’s Surgery at SickKids

  

  Celebrating Amelia’s 7th birthday at SickKids was definitely not on my bingo card for 2025, but that was what happened. I must have verbally told this story a hundred times to family, friends, and coworkers, and now I will share it on this blog for posterity. I would imagine this would be an interesting read…

• Getting Up Earlier in the Morning

  

  Over the years, my sleeping habits have changed as my daily routine changed. Pre-covid, when I was still commuting more than one hour each way to the office (50 km drive from Mississauga to Victoria Park and Eglinton in North York), I would wake up around 6:00 am to 6:30 am, so that I can…

• A Memorable Birthday…at the Emergency Room

  Poor Adele Waiting to be Seen by a Doctor I just turned 32!  I can’t say it’s one of the best birthdays I’ve had, but it’ll definitely go down as one of the most memorable.  The last time I wrote, we were in the emergency room at Scarborough Grace Hospital, because Adele had a fever…

• Visit to the Emergency Room

  It’s been 4 days since Adele has had her fever.  We’ve been giving her Advil and she’s still a little hot at 101 degrees F.  We were going to bring her to the doctor’s in the morning, but she was flopping around in bed during the night.  Afraid that her condition was getting worse or…

• Helplessness

  This December has not been good in terms of health for our family.  I was literally sick for 3 weeks, starting at the end of November.  Then, about 4 days ago, Adele came down with a fever and a cough.  Since this happened over Christmas, there were some mandatory family events that we could not…