The Story Behind the Cliffhanger….

February 3, 2012 Linny Saunders108 Comments

Dear Sweet Bloggy Friends, First off: I know many, many, many of you will want to skim to the bottom to see the final details, but I implore each of you to read this thoroughly – it would mean so much to us if you hear our hearts. Then you will ‘get it’. And you…

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow….

January 30, 2012 Linny Saunders7 Comments

Yesterday I went to Market on the Move again. We have gone every week since we joined. Remember me mentioning it a few weeks ago? It only cost a hundred dollars per year to join and then we can go every single week and pick up 60 lbs of produce for free!! …

Where IS My DaDaDaDa?

January 21, 2012 Linny Saunders34 Comments

Daddy’s taken a couple of the kids and gone to work on the house in Colorado and boy-oh-boy does Ruby miss him! He just called a few minutes ago and I put my cell to her ear…she grinned and started saying, “DaDaDaDa”!! PS I think we need some lights! I had every one in the…

Being Ruby’s Mommy….

January 18, 2012 Linny Saunders27 Comments

Written: Friday, January 13th, 2012 Sitting cross-legged on Ruby’s bed up here in the ICU in the early morning hours of the day that she is scheduled for her 5th brain surgery and there are all kinds of thoughts whirling around my head….. In fact, this is my third blog post I’ve begun in…

H.O.M.E.

January 17, 2012 Linny Saunders34 Comments

Yesterday the pediatrician told us that we could not leave until Ruby’s sodium level had risen and stabilized. At 6:30 am this morning the pediatrician came in again and re-emphasized that Ruby could not be discharged until her sodium level had risen and stabilized. In fact she said, “We’ll check it again tomorrow.” ugh. I…

Sunday Night from Phoenix Children’s

January 16, 2012 Linny Saunders23 Comments

Today Dw and I traded places. The kids had been really missing me and I was really, really missing them. Because of RSV no one under 12 is permitted in the hospital. I had not seen them since Wednesday. Dw brought them to the parking lot and I came and took them to church while he…

January 14th, 2012

January 14, 2012 Linny Saunders30 Comments

For those new to our Place Called Simplicity, it was three years ago today that the kids and I fled for our very lives as our little log home was burning. The kids and I had been sleeping and I was wakened by the smoke alarm going off. Dw was out of town at the…

“She Did Beautifully”

January 14, 2012 Linny Saunders40 Comments

He came to the waiting room about 1/2 hour ago and walking towards us gave us the thumbs up. Both of us wanted to collapse in relief. He did what needed to be done. Interestingly, after Ruby’s 3 surgeries in November her neurosurgeon was at a conference in Austin, TX. He met a man who…

Contaminated

January 14, 2012 Linny Saunders15 Comments

Ruby’s neurosurgeon just came out and said that he had begun the surgery and found that the probe to be used in the surgery was contaminated. He stopped the surgery and ordered a new one. There was none in the entire hospital. So someone has driven to St. Joseph’s Hospital to bring back a brand…

The Neurosurgeon Just Came Out

January 14, 2012 Linny Saunders6 Comments

and said that they had done the sedated MRI and are going to lay those on top of the last MRI as he makes his decisions. He thinks he is going to go one way, but he said he may change his mind as he does a 3D trajectory image with the imaging. He is…

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Place Called Simplicity

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