Author: Heidi

  • Chiari Warrior

    Part Three: Due to the prayers of those I love, Danny and I managed to get 5 ½ hours of sleep the night of November 4th. We had to leave our house around 4:50 am on the 5th for an arrival time of 6:00 am at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in RI.  Pre-op went about as…

  • Chiari Warrior

    Part Two: It took Dr. Klinge minutes to browse the MRI images and know there was a problem. Going through a few of the slides, she turned the scans from black, gray, and white pictures into living-color understanding, showing us the different markers she looks for that point to herniation of tonsils, disrupted flow of…

  • Chiari Warrior

    Part One: “My head hurts.” Who knew that one statement would put us on the wildest medical rollercoaster ride of our lives?  After being as sick as I’ve ever seen Caleb to be back in September 2022, he began lodging that complaint every so many days for a couple of months. Thinking it very odd…