Very powerful words, and so applicable to other situations where your kids may have disabilities, seen or unseen, that fall short of your desire for them to live "whole" lives. Thanks for the very positive approach, Pam!

Wonderful post. My baby is 27 and my oldest will be 30 in a few short months. I've been lugging this sack of rocks for a long time. I don't know why we beat ourselves up so much when their fathers likey don't, but it does seem to be an occupational hazard. I would like to believe I'm doing the best I can (we're all doing the best we can), but ...

Great post! Taking furosemide without adjunctive potassium is in danger of hypokalemia which can be fatal, or cause a host of problems from hypertention to diarrhea. Meridia also has a host of side effects (including the desired anorexia). In these cases, saying "dieter beware" may not work, since not all these OTC diet aids tell you ...

The University of Wisconsin Green Bay program is fantastic (http://www.bsnlinc.wisconsin.edu/). So is Grand Canyon University (http://online.gcu.edu/index.php?page=nursing). You might look at this too (http://www.allnursingschools.com/featured/online-rn-to-bsn/) 

My father lost his battle with congestive heart failure a year ago January 5. For the past year, I've gone over his last few months in my mind, thinking over the details of each care plan. With agonizing precision, I inspect every step, every shot, pill, ministration, looking for evidence that his passing went the way he wanted. I am sure it did, ...