Category: Archer’s Story
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Last Hospital Admittance
In 2022, we were discharged from the hospital on April 1st and spent almost a whole week at home. We had to go in for regular blood drawls and dressing changes for his PICC line, but we were okay with that, knowing that we got to spend time with Archer at home. On April 7th,…
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Easter Socks
Last year, on April 1st, Archer was discharged from the hospital for what we thought would be the last time. Spoiler alert, we do end up back in the hospital. However, we were so excited to get him home. We sat him on the couch the moment we got home, even though it was late,…
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Archer’s Fate – March 28th
One year ago, today was probably one of my life’s top 10 worst days. Every morning between 8-10 am, the doctors would do their rounds at the hospital. We would hear what the doctors thought was going on with Archer. This day was just different… Archer had some genetic testing done earlier in his hospital…
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March 5th
It was 6 am on Saturday, and Theo woke me up. His face showed concern and even a bit of fear. He said, “I think something is wrong with Archer.” All I remember is shooting out of bed and getting dressed in whatever I could find while Theo told me everything that was happening with…
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Care Conference
On April 7th, Archer was requested to check back into the hospital due to high ammonia levels. When we got there, we were brought up to the ICU, which we had not been in previously. I remember just walking into the room, and I started to cry. There were so many monitors, screens, tubes, and…
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As I have mentioned in previous blogs, Archer had almost daily blood draws to see what his different ‘numbers’ looked like. He would have tests like CMP, CBC, ALT, AST, Ammonia, INR, PT, Albumin, and Bilirubin. On top of that, he had a neurology test, liver biopsy, heart scan, esophageal scope, and a PIC line…
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The Start Of It All
Theo and I started talking about having kids in early 2020. We had a trip to Disney World planned over our anniversary in May, and since you cannot ride most of the rides while you are pregnant, we agreed that we would start trying after we got back from Disney. As we all know, the…
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Life-Changing Weekend
Throughout Archer’s life, he was a child who would vomit relatively frequently. We thought he had acid reflux and tried everything to see if we could help it. We would feed him slower, smaller amounts more regularly, change his angle while we fed, and so much more. Around January of 2022, he really started to…
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Numbers
Archer was born on 6.26.2021 at 7:17pm.He passed away on 4.14.2022 at 2:02am.Archer was 9 months and 19 days old when he passed, which equates 292 days old. If you don’t notice the pattern of Archer’s life, let me just lay out the numbers alone: 626, 717, 414, 202, 919, 292 I don’t believe that…
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Embracing the Unknown
In early March, Theo and I were going to be leading our family small group’s devotional. We thought it was fitting to talk about ‘Embracing the Unknown’; how we can’t always plan for things or life. This has always been hard for me because I am a planner. (I even have a paper planner to…