Oscar's Odyssey/Stella's Story

Materials: $55.00 Steps: 576 Hours: 12.5+ Mask: 64 Remembering my Oscar and helping others: Priceless Last week I started a new project of making N95 mask covers for nurses and of course I made them green to remember our Oscar. Has it been easy...no, am I glad I did it...yes.  Here’s why. In March 2018, 3 months almost to the day after Oscar died Theodore was admitted to the PICU at Toledo Children’s Hospital for seizures. He had a 10-15 minute grand mal seizure, unconscious, foaming at the mouth it was awful. I remember Brian driving to Toledo Hospital as quickly and safely as he could and me carrying Theodore’s seizing body into the emergency room. Immediately he was surrounded by multiple doctors and nurses: turning him on his side, taking vitals, putting in an IV, administering medication, getting his history from me. Were those doctors/nurses wearing gloves yes of course, but did they have on mask no. I think if this same scenario happened tomorrow, with the Pandemi

Had to add a picture of the boys! Lots of bike rides during Quarantine. Today is paid day for Brian and every Thursday before paid day Brian texts me a picture/screenshot of his paystub. As I paid bills yesterday and looked at our budget/monthly spending I thought to myself there are going to be millions of Americans in the next few weeks that will not be getting that pay stub in their email because of this Pandemic. It is heartbreaking. Financial hardship is stressful and can be all consuming because you have to have money to live. Once Brian and I were pregnant with our second child we made the decision then that I would take my maternity leave, go back to teaching and finish that current school year, then become a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom). Well circumstances changed with Oscar’s needs and if he would have lived I would have been done teaching in November, but he didn’t. I distinctly remember the day he died thinking I have to go back to work: we need the money, we have to pa