Welcome to Motherhood
Almost As Bad As It Gets
This is part five of my mini-series “Welcome to Motherhood.” Miss the beginning? Start here. “We’d like to talk with you about Elli. Let’s go somewhere we can sit down and speak privately.” He turned and beckoned us to follow. I willed my legs to move. Just past the front desk, he opened a door…
Read MoreIt Felt Like Drowning
This is part four of my mini-series “Welcome to Motherhood.” Miss the beginning? Start here. The clock in the dashboard glowed 2:23am as we drove down the ramp from the emergency room parking garage. We stopped at the bottom, and Scott asked, “Which way?” For the first time, I couldn’t remember. My impeccable sense of direction…
Read MoreHere’s Your ICU Badge
This is part three of my mini-series “Welcome to Motherhood.” Miss the beginning? Start here. The words “She will probably need a heart transplant” flung us high in the air, spun us around, and dangled us by our ankles. Upside down and dizzy, we sought something solid to grasp. The doctors asked if we knew…
Read MoreAnd All My Denial Shattered on the Floor of the Emergency Room
This is Part Two of the mini-series “Welcome to Motherhood.” Did you miss Part One? Read it here. After several wrong turns, a desperate phone call to the hospital, and trying to describe unfamiliar landmarks to two different people, someone figured out where we were and how to get us to the hospital. In my…
Read MoreWelcome to Motherhood
This is the first of a special week-long series I’m calling “Welcome to Motherhood.” It is the story of meeting our firstborn and through her, the staff at Children’s Hospital. I will post two installments per day, the first at 7am and the second sometime between 1 and 3pm (eastern), through Friday. I remember telling…
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