Category: JK Update

After scrambling to find the money to close on the house, find a notary to sign the paperwork, and get the envelope to a FedEx office in time, we drove to one of the local hospitals to get a steroid shot for Sarah (the doctor’s offices don’t carry these shots). Sarah had appointments on everyday… Continue reading Wake Up and Go to Sleep #3

A week after finding the CCAM cyst in Julie we received more bad news. The specialist warned us about the potential for fluid buildup . The cyst restricted blood flow through Julie’s heart causing the fluid buildup. The lack of blood flow could also impede brain development and possibly lead to death. Here’s the update… Bad… Continue reading Balance in Chaos #2

This first “Julie Kristina Update” resulted from an ultrasound appointment that shouldn’t have happened. Sarah’s doctors have a fairly standard schedule that they implement for their patients. This includes appointments at regular intervals and pre-determined tests for each appointment. Sometime afterwards, we learned that this appointment wasn’t part of the regular routine. We might have… Continue reading Mistaken Appointment #1

Andy wrote most of the JK Updates. Keep that in mind as you read the 1st person references. This first post sets the stage for the JK Updates. I’m going to start just before we first learned of Julie’s problems – technically before the JK Updates began. I had just turned fifty years old. For… Continue reading Julie Kristina Update Introduction