Thankfully Jolly guys best friend; blue eyes’ girlfriend; Boxer chick helped out with another hotel. Boxer chick was a life saver. She worked with Jolly guy and they made all the arrangements for me to move to a hotel that her brother worked at. They gave jolly guy a great rate and he took care of everything… Continue reading Waterfront

Sometime around 9ish Jolly Guy arrived and I was happy to see him. So much had happened since he had left just one day ago. I was past exhausted and so was Gingham. We all decided to leave and agreed we’d return the next morning together bright and early. The hospital helped set us up… Continue reading Ransacked

I was feeling completely helpless as I sat there afraid to touch my own child. There was no place on her that wasn’t covered with a bandage, a blanket, a wire, a tube. It was a frightening sight. However, in true Gingham fashion, no matter what our circumstances or how dire they were he always… Continue reading Transport

She was gone one hour. One. Enough for Gingham and I to get a cup of coffee, set our younger daughter up on a waiting room couch, plug-in our phones and then the nurse was back. “Come with me please” she said to us. We got up and obediently followed her. Gingham asking a million… Continue reading Intubate

My younger daughter and I watched as they rolled her away towards the helicopter. I immediately got on the phone. Jolly Guy, Gingham, my parents, my two best friends. I couldn’t get a hold of Gingham and I ended up calling his mother at 3am. He finally returned my call and thankfully he was closer… Continue reading Mario Andretti