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heidi renee
mom - adoption - special needs - advocate - creative - writer
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Springing Forward
Regardless of the snow last week, I'm officially declaring is spring. Last week was nothing short of gorgeous. AJ and I spent a lot of...
Heidi Renee
Mar 20, 20115 min read


AJ's 2nd Cochlear Implant Activation
...was over a month ago. Wow. This activation was MUCH different than his first one. He had suddenly turned into such a big boy sitting...
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Jul 12, 20102 min read


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Jul 5, 20100 min read


Undoing the Undone
AJ has not had physical therapy since March. His state insurance decided, for some reason, he was doing fine without it and flat out...
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Jun 30, 20104 min read


Get Funky
S apparently my post which included the line "Jeremy's brain gets all funky and we try to figure it out," was quite funny. I don't...
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Jun 17, 20104 min read


An Update
School: We met with AJ's teacher and SLP at school a few days after his surgery. Nothing like crunching everything together, right?...
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Jun 13, 20103 min read


Post-Op Report
AJ's surgery went extremely well last Wednesday. They rolled him in at 12:20 and his surgeon came up to chat with us at 3:15. They got...
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May 15, 20103 min read


T'was the night before surgery...again
There is simply not enough time to backtrack and explain the last few weeks, or months, or whatever time period has lapsed since my last...
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May 10, 20102 min read


Why There?
Why There? Well, after a horrid and short experience with domestic adoption, Jeremy and I chose International Adoption. We chose there,...
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Apr 13, 20102 min read
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