This time five years ago I was sitting on a hospital ward with Graham waiting to hear news of Star who was in the operating theatre. This was the beginning of the end of an eighteen month journey which started when Star woke up one morning with a wonky neck. We took her to the…
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X-rays and Broken Bones
Me I’ve only ever broken one bone, my nose. Can that be counted as a broken bone even, isn’t it just cartilage? When I was about six years old I was leaning over my Nan’s fence at the top of her steep front garden. I think I’d spotted a bug or something just below and…
Elhers Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month.
At the top of my page you may notice a tab called My Little Zebra, if you click it you will be taken to a new blog all about my little girl who has Elhers Danlos Syndrome. As it is EDS awareness month I’m going to share her story here, only a little more condensed….
Back to School Take Two
Well it’s not often you see a back to school post in November is it? I’m linking my post up to Small Steps Amazing Achievements but to be honest this is more like a Huge Leap Amazing Achievement. Today, after being off sick for eleven months, my Star went back to school. She’s now in…
One Year Later
A year ago I posted this, Star and the Broken Neck, at that time I had no idea what was going to happen to her. Almost exactly a year later Star was taken to the theatre for the fifth time to have her second halo removed. It was an emotional day and we really had…