Now I Can Breathe

You know the feeling after some ridiculously difficult ordeal when you're suddenly able to breathe and you realize that you've been holding your breath for a week? I'm there. It's a good feeling to be able to drop the load that's on your shoulders for even a minute. My sister was moved out of the…

The Babysitting Adventure

A week that began fairly easily and continued uneventfully for the most part has turned into a sort of nightmare. I'm writing this sitting in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.