What I remember most on the day Savannah lost her hair, two years ago this week, was seeing the terrified look in her eyes and wanting nothing more than to take away her distress. But for the first time in my parenting journey, she was walking through something I couldn't relate to. Something the parenting books never cover, your friends can't give advice on, and other teenagers don't typically deal with. There was nothing I could do, so I did the only thing I could; I threw my arms around her and in choked up words whispered, "I want you to be happy, but first we need to make you strong." And strong she became. That girl held her head high and marched into school the next day, despite my offer to let her stay home. And everyday after that she held her head high, no matter what her heart was feeling, and the higher she held it, the more her heart rose to the occasion. Savannah's hip surgery is scheduled for January 29th. She's nervous as anyone would be, but mostly she just wants the day to arrive and put this all behind her. I'm proud of how well she's doing in physical therapy and when she's complaining about an exercise her therapist has her perform, it's now become a joke to yell across the gym, "I want you to be happy, but first we need to make you strong!" As much as it can be, all is truly well. For a number of reasons including giving Savannah time to heal here, although much to my doctor's dismay we won't be packing up for our temporary move to Rochester for my next surgery, until May. Which is ok; my daughter comes first. Now coming off the holiday season, I look back at all the things our family participated in and experienced, and I am overwhelmed with the feeling of being blessed in how many good things happened. Was everything great? Of course not, but this isn't heaven. There is something to be said in viewing your life as a happy person who has sad moments, rather than a sad person who has happy moments, so walking into this new year I'm working really hard to be like Savannah; to hold my head high, let my heart follow, and remember that although there may be a few bad moments here and there, this is overwhelmingly, a good life.
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