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Springtime by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome It's certainly been a busy few weeks. Micah's cold got worse and worse, although the fever broke after 4 days. Turned out to be Reactive Airways Disease, which is Micah's ve ... Read on »

Health and Wellness Update by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome We made it through last week without too much trauma. I had no voice most of the week, and felt horrible for several days. Finally saw my own doc, who said the laryngitis wo ... Read on »

Get Us Healthy Already! by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome What a weekend. Week. Month. Something like that. Sam was sick for a couple of weeks. Missed a few days of school, was generally miserable and uncomfortable, with sore th ... Read on »

Sofia's 7th Birthday party by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Such fun. It was a lovely weekend, ending with a fantastic party. Friday evening, D and her daughters at our house for dinner. Shul in the morning, "Synaplex", where we h ... Read on »

Home, after a lovely week by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome It was a really fun week. Quick overview: Tuesday with Grandma Doris, stopped at a fish place on the way back for dinner. Wednesday, stayed near the apartment. David went to ... Read on »

Florida! by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Whew, what a long - but very fun - weekend. It started Friday morning. I dropped the kids at school, finished packing, and went to catch the train into Boston, where I wa ... Read on »

Jessie's Boot by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome We may not have a Dashboard Jesus, but we do have Jessie's Boot. Read on »

What a long way she's come by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome I had an interesting conversation with my mother the other day. Back when we first got our amnio diagnosis for Sofia, my mother pulled David and I into a room for 2 hour ... Read on »

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming... by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Nothing really new, honestly. My birthday continued to be wonderful, with a lovely dinner at our favorite restaurant down in Providence, Potenza . Always delicious. Sofia ... Read on »

Lovin' Life by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome It's my birthday, and a great day to reflect. I love my life. I love my husband. I love my children. More than anything I could EVER have imagined. I love my ... Read on »

Ramblings and Musings by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Yes, Facebook has really taken over on the small thought postings. It's so much easier - I can punch out a short note on my phone whenever a thought "needs" to be shared. Bu ... Read on »

Melt Down about "Boy" by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Whew, that was a long day. Mostly from 2:45 onward... I was SO happy to get the kids back to school yesterday. And it's sort of scary how much delight David and I took in ... Read on »

End of December by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome First, I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year, and I hope that whatever holiday you may have celebrated (or still be celebrating) was wonderful. I just returned fro ... Read on »

A Mild and Relaxed week (for a change!) by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome So we dropped Sofia at school on Monday, and the boys and I ran errands. This included a jaunt to the Mall. Sam bought himself a new iPod Nano with his own money (amazing!!! ... Read on »

What happened to November??? by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome So when last we "spoke", there was a mouse in my closet. Mousie continued to terrorize me for the week. On Thursday of that week, my friend D came over to help me clean the ... Read on »

And because it wasn't already stressful... by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome There are mice playing tag in my closet every night, and venturing into my room at 4am. UGH. Pest guy came yesterday, but I put in another call today - the mousie actuall ... Read on »

Feelin' the "Special" in Special Needs by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome So my parents did come up yesterday, but not until late afternoon. Which meant that we all went shopping together, rather than leaving my Dad and Sofia home, and then out to ... Read on »

The End of Hell Week by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome It's really been a tough week. Last weekend was the Storm. Aside from the weather, it was an ok weekend, mostly relaxing. Monday night was Halloween. Not my favorite h ... Read on »

Baruch Dayan HaEmet by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome David's paternal grandmother, Toby Rothkopf (Toba bat Bryna v'Ephraim) just passed away this evening, peacefully, in her sleep. She was over 100 years old, and in her own ho ... Read on »

A Normal Week by Francine R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Well, now we are in the swing of "normal" (for us, that is). Last week was fairly relaxing. Nothing out of the ordinary. Only "special" was Friday morning, I ran my first Al ... Read on »

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