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Ugh. Twentysomethings. I have yoga, can't participate, sorry.
I have yet to go on a Tinder date, and it's probably because of my lousy attitude. But I'd like to think it's because all guys on Tinder are lame. I'm not winning this argument, am I?
There's one Tinder chat that pretty much sums it all up for me. Remember the guy who I check into OKCupid sometimes for? Just to check to see if we've made any progress on scheduling our date? That we've been working on since November?
That's Brad. Turns out he's on Tinder too.
Did I miss him actually asking me out? I was pretty sure I said yes weeks ago...but regardless, here we were, talking again. Tinder is all about the instant messaging, so I was hoping this way would be quicker for making a date.
Back up -- I was verbalizing all this to Sassy Marmalade and she wrote all the good stuff. You'll know it's me writing when you sense the lousy attitude.
Classy swimsuit? Oh yeah, I added a photo of me wakeboarding to look sporty. I've only done it twice and I complained about my ankle hurting the whole time.
Will it be a fun wedding? What kind of question is that?!
Ugh, I don't know, y'all, it just seems like a pen pal situation to me. Is this what guys want?
A friend of mine has been practicing the Wygant Method of saying something to the extent of, "I like you, but I'm not looking for a pen pal. My number self-destructs in 24 hours," and she's had some success, landing two dates doing this. I, or rather Sassy, was trying to get that point across to Brad, but I guess it doesn't work with all guys.
So, Brad, it's been nice telling you how my week has been every few days for three months, but as far as you're concerned, my profile just self-destructed.
Call me picky. Tell me I'm doing it all wrong. But this is happening a lot, y'all, and the thirtysomething girls aren't buying it. Dudes, the best thing you can do is ask us out within the first three messages. That is all. Thanks.
P.S. y'aaaaaaaaaalll....
Don't forget I'm rubbing elbows with WaPo, Hinge and some other fab dating experts tonight from 7-8:30 at the Georgetown Public Library where we'll be discussing the business of dating in DC! Pretty please come and ask me questions so I can feel like a celebrity for a day. My mom will be there which is going to be extra interesting...
Throw your hands in the ayer if yous a true player (I'm not over it, Lorde),


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According to WebMD, the correct daily dosage of lecithin varies from person to person. Factors which could affect dosage include age and health. Because there is limited scientific research available, WebMD recommends that a physician be consulted before consuming lecithin.
According to WebMD, lecithin is an essential fat which is converted into the neurotransmitter known as acetylcholine. Lecithin has been used to treat memory disorders, gallbladder disease, liver disease, manic depressive disorder, high cholesterol, anxiety and eczema.
Drugs.com indicates that lecithin can be found in many foods including beef liver, eggs, peanuts, cauliflower and oranges. Foods that contain lecithin are also good sources of choline.

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Parkinson's - Physiotherapy Management and Interventions
Original Editor - Bhanu Ramaswamy as part of the APPDE Project
Top Contributors - Laura Ritchie, Wendy Walker, Mariam Hashem, Kim Jackson and Rachael Lowe
A person with Parkinson's may be experiencing several symptoms at the same time; your history taking and physical assessment should elicit the main issue (s) to prioritise as part of the management strategy. Whilst physiotherapy concentrates on the physical manifestations of a disorder, don't forget to pay attention to how their other symptoms impact on the person's lifestyle.
Remember also that optimal outcome is achieved through the collaboration with others from a team of health and social care professionals with expertise in other domains of Parkinson's, from volunteers, family and friends.
Aims of Physiotherapy
- Maintain and improve levels of function and independence, which will help to improve a person's quality of life
- Use exercise and movement strategies to improve mobility
- Correct and improve abnormal movement patterns and posture, where possible
- Maximize muscle strength and joint flexibility
- Correct and improve posture and balance, and minimise risks of falls
- Maintain a good breathing pattern and effective cough
- Educate the person with Parkinson's and their carer or family members
- Enhance the effects of drug therapy
Physiotherapy Intervention
The Review version of the European Physiotherapy Guideline divides physiotherapy intervention for Parkinson's into exercise and movement strategy training.
Exercise has been proven to maintain health and well-being in Parkinson's and now importantly it is shown to play a big role in addressing secondary prevention (focusing on strength, endurance, flexibility, functional practice and balance).
Exercise for neuroprotection focuses on endurance and uses motor learning principles approaches, such as mental imagery and dual task training. Neuroprotection training, to be effective, should be introduced in the early stages, but helps at all stages. It involves complex, powerful and intensive exercises.
Exercise undertaken in a group setting has the added value of providing a social connection to those becoming increasingly isolated as the condition progresses, or for those who are newly diagnosed, so they can see the benefits of maintaining exercise and activity. A group environment also permits time for people to ask questions and discuss their symptoms and own management strategies with one another.
Transition Care setting[1] improves the independence and functioning of the patients in order to delay their entry into residential aged care. provides time-limited, goal-oriented and therapy-focused packages of services to older people after a hospital stay which includes low-intensity therapy—such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy—social work and nursing support or personal care. A qualitative research study[2] suggests better outcomes in older patients (above 80yrs) with family participation to assist physiotherapy care in a Transition care setting.
Physical activity, in particular, aerobic exercise might slow down the motor skill degeneration and depression. Furthermore, it increases the quality of life of patients with parkinson's disease. [4]
Randomized controlled clinical trial protocol to evaluate the effect of inspiratory muscle training on lung functions in patients with mild to moderate PD suggests a better outcome.[5]
Quality of life may be increased when performing strength training against an external resistance (cycle ergometer, weight machines, therapeutic putty, elastic and, weight cuffs ...). This also improves physical parameters, such as balance, gait parameters, physical performance ... but the muscle strength does not improve necessarily. [6]
Executing dual task, e.g. talking while walking, is commonly difficult in patients with Parkinson's. Training this with Motor-Cognitive Dual-Task training, improves dual-task ability and might improve gait, balance and cognition. [7]
Movement Strategy Training
Basal ganglia disorders cause deficits in the generation of internal (automatic) behavior.
Strategies (physical or attentional cues and combined strategies) can help overcome some of the resultant problems, hence have become an increasingly utilised method of intervention for people with Parkinson's.
Music based movement therapy is a promising intervention that needs some further research. It is interesting since it combines cognitive movement strategies, cueing techniques, balance exercises and physical activity. The focus is on enjoying moving and not on the mobility limitation which might appeal more to the patients than standard exercises.[8]
We can see immediately the effects of external cueing and attention on improving step length, freezing and turning during walking tasks, and in activities of daily living. Literature suggests that robot-assisted gait technology has better results in addressing the freezing of gait for Parkinson's patients. However, more research is needed in this field[9].
Depending on the cognitive state of the individual, they may be able to learn how to self-instruct in the use of an internal cue or strategy. If less able, the cue or strategy has to come from an external source e.g. a visual strip on the ground, the rhythmic beat of a metronome.
Depending on the stage of the condition, the rationale for intervention choices will differ:
This figure has been copied with permission of Rochester L, Nieuwboer A, Lord S [10].
As mentioned in the subsection on Physiotherapy for Parkinson's: Referral and assessment, during the earlier stages of diagnosis, greater emphasis is placed on education and self-management. The individual should be encouraged to continue being active and participate in physical exercise for as long as possible. Significant respiratory complications develop in many people as their Parkinson's progresses, so attention should be paid to monitor and manage encroaching weakness of respiratory muscles and rigidity of the thoracic cage.
The European Guideline provides a section that describes the use of motor learning (pages 78 to 80), expectations if practiced and executed as a strategy to train improvements in movement. It takes the form of cued functional and dual task training, compensatory strategy training uses external cues, self-instruction and attention. Examples include:
- Visual cueing – a focus point to step over and initiate gait; strips of tape on the floor to initiate or continue walking through areas that cause slowing or freezing
- Auditory cueing – counting 1-2-3 to initiate walking; stepping to the beat of a metronome or specific music at a specified cadence to continue the rhythm of a walk
- Attention – Thinking about taking a big step; making a wider arc turn. This is applicable in case of correcting a bad habit- such as walking with stiff hip or hip hiking.
- Proprioceptive cueing – rocking from side to side ready to initiate a step; taking one step backwards as a cue ready to then walk forwards
Most people who are diagnosed with Parkinson's are aged 50 or over, but 1 in 20 of those diagnosed are younger than this. Those with young onset of Parkinson's are more likely to exhibit early dystonia and motor fluctuations and dyskinesias, caused by prolonged use of dopaminergic treatment.
These non-pharmalogical interventions are effective in increasing the Health-Related quality of life (HRQOL) according to Lee's meta-analysis. But since there is a big heterogenity between the interventions, more research is needed to take firm conclusions.[11]
To deliver a patient-centered treatment, it's important to provide your patients with information and education and allow time for patients to discuss their options and ask questions. Limited clinical time may be a challenge, however, good communication and sharing information are as important as delivering an intervention.
Complimentary Technology
Example of a man using visual cues to improve his walking (LoE: 5)
The phenomena of using blue tints for dyskinesia (LoE: 5)
Using GaitAid (LoE: 5)
Related pages
- Parkinson's
- Parkinson's - Clinical Presentation
- Parkinson's - Anatomy, Pathology, Prognosis and Diagnosis
- Parkinson's - Physiotherapy Referral and Assessment
- Key Evidence and resources
- ↑ Transition Care Programme. Aging and aged care. Accessed from ☀https://agedcare.health.gov.au/programs-services/flexible-care/transition-care-programme on 4\12\19
- ↑ Lawler K, Taylor NF, Shields N. Family-assisted therapy empowered families of older people transitioning from hospital to the community: a qualitative study. Journal of physiotherapy. 2019 Jun 13.
- ↑ National Parkinson Foundation. Ask the Helpline: Why is Exercise Important for People with Parkinson's?. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7dmw4Wuhzs [last accessed 24/09/16] (LoE)
- ↑ Wu, P.L., Lee, M., & Huang, T.T. (2017). Effectiveness of physical activity on patients with depression and Parkinson's: a systematic review. PloS one, 12(7), eo181515. (LoE:1A)
- ↑ Montero Ferro A, P. Basso‐Vanelli R, Moreira Mello RL, Sanches Garcia‐Araujo A, Gonçalves Mendes R, Costa D, Gianlorenço AC. Effects of inspiratory muscle training on respiratory muscle strength, lung function, functional capacity and cardiac autonomic function in Parkinson's disease: Randomized controlled clinical trial protocol. Physiotherapy Research International. 2019 May 14:e1777.
- ↑ Ramazzina, I., Bernazzoli, B.,& Costantino, C. (2017). Systematic review on strength training in Parkinson's: an unsolved question. Clinical interventions in aging, 12, 619. (LoE: 1A)
- ↑ Fritz, N.E., Cheek, F.M., & Nichols-Larsen, d.S. (2015). Motor-cognitive dual-task training in neurologic disorders: a systematic review. Journal of neurologic physical therapy: JNPT, 39(3), 142. (LoE:1A)
- ↑ de Dreu, M. J., Van Der Wilk, A. S; d;, Poppe, E., Kwakkel, G., & van Wegen, E. E. (2012). Rehabilitation, exercise therapy and music in patients with Parkinson's: a meta-analysis of the effects of music-based movement therapy on walking ability, balance and quality of life. Parkinsonism & related disorders, 18, S114-S119. (LoE:1A)
- ↑ Alwardat M, Etoom M. Effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training on freezing of gait in people with Parkinson disease: evidence from a literature review. Journal of exercise rehabilitation. 2019 Apr;15(2):187.
- ↑ Rochester L, Nieuwboer A, Lord S (2011). Physiotherapy for Parkinson's disease: Defining evidence within a framework for intervention. Neurodegen Dis Man; 1: 57 - 65 (LoE: 1A)
- ↑ Lee, J., Choi, M., & Yoo, Y. (2017). A Meta-analysis of nonpharmacological Interventions for People With Parkinson's. Clinical nursing research, 26(5), 608-631. (LoE:1A)
- ↑ Oxford Computer Consultants. Virtual Reality Glasses for people with Parkinson's (Paper Cues). Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKSJQ_f9cjM [last accessed 24/09/16] (LoE:5)
- ↑ RevZonenet. Dyskinesia and Blue Lenses - RevZone. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3y13erwfxw [last accessed 24/09/16] (LoE:5)
- ↑ Amir Baram. Parkinson's Freezing improves walking with the GaitAid. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoHBqw8GnI [last accessed 24/09/16] (LoE:5)
- ↑ TouroInfirmary. LSVT Big & Loud Parkinson's Therapy at Touro Neuro Rehab Center. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fUQ6jptaBY [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ Advance Rehab Centre. LSVT Big. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jPEtanYmI0 [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ UStepWalker. The U-Step 2 Walker, a Parkinson's Therapy Aid. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mirtZhHJSB4 [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ Parkinson's Dance: People with Parkinson's can;t do that..can they? Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_LZgAEsnM [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ SusieG5678. Dancing Feet Help Defeat Parkinson's. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koaA1T0MynM [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ Tom Anthony. Dancing helps Parkinson's Patients. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAaWPHDRbk [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ 205beers. Exercise program for Parkinson disease. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEiupqJDugA [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ captainpat. Parkinson's - Vigorous Exercise. Neil Sligar June 2011. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-nRQmO8ko [last accessed 29/09/16]
- ↑ Polestar Pilates. Polestar Pilates for Parkinson's Patients. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWBn0Ozt2fU [last accessed 29/09/16]


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Two seats, three wheels and it talks. The GPS-enabled Go Car in Lisbon, Portugal. Sight-seers use these small electric vehicles to travel around Portugal's capital city and the GPS-aware commentary system tells you about all the places of interest on your route. Further information on the Go Car website.


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We promised it would be an Indian Summer all winter at Dutchies – and it is! We've been having great quiz evenings; creating hearty stews, curries and broths and we're turning up the heat with some jazz…and a talent competition!
Thursdays are particularly cosy thanks to our Quiz Nights. We keep the fire stoked and make a delicious soup or stew, served with melt-in-your-mouth bread for you to enjoy while you test your knowledge against other teams.
This week (29 May) we have Bruin Bonensop and a pork curry that are sure to do the trick.
There are of course be prizes…perhaps even a booby prize or two! You can collect points over the next 10 weeks and there will be a grand prize for the team that collects the most points overall. (We told you we were going to keep you warm this winter!)
There is no better way of staying warm than stimulating your brain and feeding your body with scrumptious food. Do both with us every Thursday. Get a team together and enter by filling in the form below.


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Autumn's sleeping was fantastic for around 6 months and then we went backwards once we took the side off of her cot. We still haven't got her back to sleeping through the night, but we are working on it.
Quinlan is doing SO well at school. He is reading at a high level. He started the year knowing all 300 magic words (they only needed to know 100) and he can spell them and use them in sentences. He is reading chapter books already!
Alasdair is loving kindy. He couldn't wait to go, and so this is a real treat for him. He loves the mud patch.
Autumn … well she's still a whilwind. She loves wearing her brothers' clothes and trying to keep up with them. She's talking incredibly well and is hillarious.


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If you are a graduate of Fort Worth Christian School, you are automatically a member of the Alumni Association. Whether you reside in the DFW Metroplex or in Maine there is an opportunity for you! We invite all of our alumni to register with our alumni portal and update your information, so we can keep in contact with you! If you have any questions or need help with the alumni portal, please call our office or reach out via e-mail.
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Locate and sign up for the Field Day in your area. If you have any questions about the Field Day requirement, please call 406-444-9948.
Important! Bring a picture ID and your Field Day Qualifier Exam Certificate to the Field Day as proof of having completed the online course.
Warning! Passing the online course does not guarantee you a spot at the Field Day.
What to Expect at the Field Day
This is 4–6 hours, depending on the number of students attending and will include:
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Most of the classroom topics will pertain to Montana-specific regulations and issues that are not covered in this online course. Be sure to have proper clothing for the outdoor sessions.
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HYDROGEN use in ports
and connected areas
To design a hydrogen re-
fuelling system suitable for
refuelling a hydrogen ferry.
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HEAT using renewable
rest-energy from wind,
solar and sea-based power
systems to supply a
local heating system.
SEA POWER - demonstrating
the potential of wave energy
to supply energy to ports and
hydrogen production facilities,
and developing a wave energy
WAVE - and tidal energy
generation to supply clean
power and optimize the
use of surplus energy
SEDIMENTS - developing
an innovative and sustainable
concept for the removal of
pollutants in the ports sediments
SAIL - creating
a wind cargo platform
Analyze the socio economic
impact of the centralization
of shipping and the impor-
tance of small ports to local
economies. Read more.
testing the adaptation of a
sail vessel to innovatively
transport cargo with wind
propulsion and hydrogen
SOIL - renewed use of
soil in port and area
Enviromental assessment,
investment, technology and
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SURFACE - testing new
technologies to reduce and
absorb green house gasses
through asphalt and pavement
in port development.
LNG - Liquefied natural gas as
a multifunctional
part of REPs
Multifunctional LNG installa-
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LED - lighting in
port areas
Install, manage and monitor
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vative lightingsystem on
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testing an LED-based
smart signalization system
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and security of port operations.
Harbour Plan
Making the three ports of
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Want to go to the 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' premiere in New York or London?
31 October 2016 at 05:12 GMT
Back in 2011, we wrote a post about the premiere events for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It outlined a bunch of details about the two premieres (in New York and London), and included a roundup of competitions fans could enter to win tickets.
The release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is just around the corner, and we're once again going to summarise the ways you can win tickets and walk the red carpet. Read on to find out more.
Where will they be held?
The world premiere will take place in New York City on Thursday 10 November 2016 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, and the London premiere will take place on Tuesday 15 November 2016 in Leicester Square.
Which stars will be going?
At the New York world premiere, Eddie Redmayne (Newt), Katherine Waterston (Tina), Dan Fogler (Jacob), Alison Sudol (Queenie), Ezra Miller (Credence), Jon Voight (Henry Shaw), Carmen Ejogo (Seraphina), Ron Perlman (Gnarlack), Zoë Kravitz. and Faith Wood Blagrove (Modesty), director David Yates, composer James Newton Howard and other crew will be in attendance.
Is it free to turn up and watch the stars?
Yes! It's completely free to turn up and watch the stars arrive. You'll need to get there fairly early to get close to the barriers (we've heard stories of super keen fans camping out days in advance) to have a chance of obtaining autographs and photos.
Check out some of our photos from the Los Angeles premiere of Order of the Phoenix in 2007 and the London premiere of Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in 2010 to get an idea of how things will look on the day.
How can I walk the red carpet and attend the premiere screening?
Warner Bros. invite cast and crew, special guests and members of the press to see the premiere screening. Don't fret however, there are always competitions run in the months leading up to the premiere event allowing fans the chance to win tickets.
We'll collect links to as many of these competitions as we can find and outline them for you below:
- Win tickets to the London premiere via Warner Bros. (closes November 6)
- Win tickets to the London and New York premieres via the Wizarding Wednesdays giveaway (8 pairs of tickets up for grabs)
- Win tickets to the New York premiere via Magic 106.7
- Win tickets to the New York premiere via Phoenix New Times
- Win tickets to the New York premiere via CW Providence
- Win a trip to the New York premiere via CBS Local
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We'll be updating this post as we hear more information about the premiere events and receive any info about competitions, so bookmark this page and check back regularly!
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Nothing is more romantic than an Adirondack loveseat for watching sunsets, sipping cocktails or just enjoying conversation. Adapted from the original 1903 piece designed by Thomas Lee while he was vacationing in the Adirondack Mountains, the Hantom Bench has wide arms and comfy slant back that beckons. Crafted of sustainable acacia wood in dark slate grey finish with galvanized hardware, Hantom is destined to become a backyard favorite.


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This sixth page of my Space Is The Place website continues from the third , fourth and fifth pages with photos of some more of my space models and some of the history behind them. For information on the visits to space centres around the world that I have made, please return to the home page and the second page..
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Admittedly, this model is a bit of a fantasy since this combination of a Delta wing X-15 being launched from the back of an XB-70 supersonic bomber never actually took place. However, as is shown in the illustration below, which was the inspiration for the model, it was seriously considered and promoted in the 1960s, especially by North American Aviation which was the firm that designed and built both aircraft. In actual fact, the proposed Delta wing X-15 was never built, and certainly it nor any other aircraft was never launched from the back of an XB-70, although using an aircraft as the first stage for launching a spacecraft is a well proven concept. These are two of my favourite aircraft, and I loved the illustration shown here and wanted to reproduce it in a little diorama.
Anyone who has ever been to the U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio cannot help but be impressed by the XB-70 - it is one of the two largest aircraft in the museum (the other being the B-36 Peacemaker). The XB-70 was designed in the mid-1950s, right at the end of the era of the strategic bombers which were intended to take the nuclear threat to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was designed to fly at over three (3) times the speed of sound 13 miles above the Earth's surface. By the time the XB-70 was actually built in the early 1960s the emphasis on delivering nuclear weapons had shifted towards strategic missiles, especially Intercontental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) which could deliver a nuclear payload more quickly and for less expense than strategic bombers, so only two XB-70s were ever actually built and only for experimental purposes. One of these two planes was destroyed following a mid-air collision (click for photo) in 1966, so in fact the XB-70 in Dayton is the only remaining example of this amazing aircraft.
The X-15 is arguably the most successful experimental aircraft of all time. Designed and first built in the 1950s it flew 199 missions before being retired in 1966. As of 2013, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h) (Mach 6.72). During the X-15 program, 13 different flights by eight pilots met the USAF spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 62 miles (100 km) thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The X-15 was air launched (click for photo) from under the wing of a B-52 Bomber. The Delta Wing version of the X-15 depicted here was never built, although detailed plans were prepared for this proposed future phase of the program.
The Delta Wing X-15 model depicted here was assembled from 3 kits. The Delta wing version of the X-15 had a lengthened fuselage in comparison to those aircraft that actually flew, so two of the 1/72 Revell/Monogram kits have been combined to lengthen the fuselage as required. The delta wings & engine (click for photo) have been lifted from the resin kit by the French company Sharkit. A mounting platform on the back of the XB-70 model was made from sheet styrene and (plenty of) filler putty. A clear acrylic rod was heated to bend into the appropriate shape to simulate the launch of the X-15 from the XB-70. The model was hung from the ceiling for dramatic effect. Note especially the photo below taken at night in the Shrine, when the ultraviolet light in the room lights up the flaming orange highlights on the (cotton batting) flames coming from the X-15 as it takes off. Cool, eh?
By the way, one reason this configuration was never used to launch an X-15 is due to the experience of launching a drone from the back of the delta wing SR-71 Blackbird. It was found in that instance that this was in fact a quite unstable and potentially dangeous configuration for air launch, with the increased possibility of a mid-air collison. Hence, as you will note, air launched vehicles are slung under the "mother" craft almost always, and dropped at launch.
The International Space Station (ISS) was built by a consortium of nations after the end of the Cold War, primarily Russia and the United States but as well with the European Space Agency, Canada & Japan. The bulk of the funding came from the United States, and the western powers. In part in its early conception the ISS was a way to try to keep Russian, former Soviet, military designers and manuafacturers gainfully employed in a non-threatening manner after the fall of the Soviet Union and subsequently the collapse of the Russian economy when such valuable strategic assets could have been attracted to begin to work for "rogue" states. After some initial visits of the US Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir and crew exchanges beginning in 1994, the building of the ISS commencing in 1998 was seen as the next logical step. The ISS was more or less completed a year or so before the end of the Space Shuttle flights in 2011. Crews from many nations continue today (2013) to access the ISS using Russian Soyuz rockets & spacecraft, now that the Shuttle no long flies, and supplies are brought to the station by means of Russian Progress supply ferries and spacecraft being developed in the American private sector, such as the SpaceX corporation's Dragon spacecraft. The ISS is expected to continue to function for at least another decade
The size of this 1/144 model of the ISS, about 30 inches wide by 24 inches deep by 14 inches high, necessitated a different approach to display than the usual approach of setting the model on a shelf or table. With space increasingly at a premium in the Shrine, I decided to hang it from the ceiling at about eye-height, placed in the room in a location where it would not be easily bumped into. This was the first of my models to receive this treatment, and it worked out so well you will note that subsequently a number of later models were hung from the ceiling as well.
This model has been assembled from parts of 3 different kits, two of the ISS and one of the Space Shuttle. Most of the model is from the Revell (Germany) kit of the ISS, but as the solar panels in the Revell kit appeared too "beefy", the solar panels have been lifted from another 1/144 kit of the ISS manufactured by Johnson Engineering and InterMountain Railway. The Space Shuttle is the Revell USA kit.
This model of the Soviet space shuttle Buran docked to the Mir space station is again speculative. It is based on an illustration of Buran docked to Mir (click to see) I saw in one of the facilities I toured on my trip to Russia in 1992. Buran flew only once in November 1988, making two orbits of the Earth unmanned before landing near its launch site at the Baikonour Cosmodrome. More information on the Energia-Buran can be found on page 5. If the Russian economy has not tanked so precipitiously in the early 1990s, perhaps Buran would have continued to fly and the scene depicted here would have really taken place, as it was apparently planned. In actuality, it was the American Space Shuttle that docked with Mir later in the 1990s.
Mir was the Soviet Union's (and later Russia's) 3rd generation space station, which was inhabited near constantly from its launch in 1986 until its de-orbit in 2001. It was modular in design, with its modules launched separately using Proton rockets (click to see me standing next to a real Proton rocket) and then attached at one of its docking ports, most of which were on the Mir "core" module. Crews were launched to it in Soyuz spacecraft and later, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the American Space Shuttle. Supplies arrived either on Progress ferries launched by the Soviets / Russians, or later the Space Shuttle.
This model was a combination of several kits. Mir is based largely on the snap-together Revell (Germany) kit, although the New Ware Mir upgrade kit's solar panels and other photoetched brass details improved the model considerably. The module on the end of the effector arm came from the Realspace Mir kit. The Buran was modified from the Anigrand resin kit. The cargo bay doors were split and opened up, and detailing was added in the cargo bay.
This model was hung from the ceiling for display, in fact right over the entrance to the Shrine so that the vistor walks into the room under it. Again this was done partly for lack of shelf space, but it also afforded an opportunity for a much more dramatic display of the model. A cosmonaut spacewalking with the so called "space motorcycle" (click to see illustration) can be seen suspended nearby in one of the photos below. Note the night shot below, which gives some sense (as poor as the photo is) of what the display looks like with all the Shrine's lighting on.
I am particularly proud of this model. A 60th birthday present to myself. In the winter of 2012-13 this was my big project. This scene never took place, although it was planned for many years, with unknown thousands of people involved that consumed millions of rubles, but was virtual unknown, or perhaps better stated as "only rumoured", until after the fall of the Soviet Union. Hugely important in Cold War space history, but virtually unseen until less than 25 years ago: this depicts a victorious moment in the planned "N-1 L-3" mission: the Soviet Lunar landing mission. For more information on the failed N-1 booster, please see page five. Here two cosmonauts pass a box containing Moon rocks after one cosmomaut has just returned from the surface of the Moon in the upper stage of the Soviet lunar landing module, the "LK" ("Lunniy korabl" or Lunar Craft) and docked with the "LOK" ("Lunniy Orbitalny Korabl" or Lunar Orbital Craft) in which one cosmonaut has remained in orbit. Click here to see an excellent series of drawings on the N-1 L-3 mission that outline where this scene would fit in.
The Soviet planned Lunar landing mission had a crew of two, only one of whom would decend to the surface of the Moon leaving the other in orbit. By contrast, the American 3-man Apollo crews sent two men to the surface and left one in Lunar orbit. Unlike the comparable American lunar spacecraft, the Apollo Lunar Module and Command & Service Module, the docked LOK & LK had no internal tunnel through which the cosmonauts could crawl between the two pressurized spacecraft freely. This necessitated the LK Moon landing cosmonaut making a spacewalk when both leaving for and returning from the Lunar surface. Quite the day for that chap, after soloing down to the surface, and then launching back up into Lunar orbit again within the past 24 hours as well!
This was probably the most ambitious modeling project I have ever taken on, and it was therefore "thrilling" (such as modeling can be :-). For this one model I thought it would be interesting to take you, the reader, through the process of creating a model almost from scratch, from just an idea through to reality. This model was largely improvised, "scratchbuilt" - scaled from diagrams and pictures of the spacecraft and the cosmonauts. A lot of research goes into a project like this. An historical model yes but, because of the secrecy of the old Soviet Union, one for which there are few diagrams and photos available. As a total spaceflight history freak, this is research I thoroughly enjoy. Here are a few illustrations of the two spacecraft involved, the LOK and the LK.
The inspiration for this diorama of two cosmonauts passing Moon rocks in lunar orbit came from the two illustrations below.Cosmonaut exiting LK to spacewalk to LOK after returning from the Moon (click to enlarge)
Although much of the model is scratchbuilt, two modules of the LOK, the orbital & descent modules, are adapted from the fabulous Soviet era 1/30 Ogonjek Soyuz kit, which is in my view the best kit of the Soyuz (of the earliest manned version) ever produced, and certainly the largest. I was lucky in the 1980s, before the wall fell, to trade a couple of fellows in Poland and Czechoslovakia Barbie dolls and other items then hard to get behind the Iron Curtain for a number of these kits. Many modifcations were required to represent correctly this Lunar orbiting version of the Soyuz. A major cone assembly had to be added (built from scratch) to the front of the orbital module. Lots sanded off the rest of both modules. The equipment/service/propulsion module is largely scratched, with just a part of the flare at the bottom and the antennae ring at the top coming from the Ogonjek Soyuz. Most of the service module is based on the second stage of a 1/200 Saturn V I'd junked years ago. That was the start, and then several wrappings with sheet styrene followed. Lots of putty and sanding, all round. These elements can be seen in this early rough placement of the LOK components. (click to see)
I had an extra Soyuz Orbital Module, left over from the conversion of another of these Ogonjek Soyuz kits to the L-1 "Zond" circumlunar version of the Soyuz described on page 5, and initially thought this would form the basis of the LK Ascent Module. However, when I did some measurements on diagrams I discovered that the Orbital Module was far too big - about 20 mm too big in diameter. The LK was real small! I figured out the size scaling from the diagram labeled "Rosetta Stone", as it has both the LOK and the LK in the same diagram. The closest size sphere I could find was a make-your-own Christmas ornament (clear) (click to see) I got from a crafts store. Then took two tapers off the top of the 2nd stage of two scrapped 1/144 Saturn Vs (click to see) for the base below the sphere, with a taper to the S-IVB truncated to connect these two pieces. A piece of a pill vial (click to see) was used on the top of the LK to connect to the docking system. So, at this point all the modules' basic shapes (click to see) had been defined.
This model required me to employ almost all the modeling techniques I had acquired over the years. For example, I could not find enough hemispheres of the correct dimension to model the tanks on the nose of the LOK. I did have one sphere of the right size, however, so I made silicone moulds (click to see) from it and cast a series of the required hemispheres in resin. The thin sheet styrene on the cone-shaped nose of the LOK was far too flimsy for the forces it was going to have to support on the completed model, so resin was poured into the cone which when hardened and cured provided the required reinforcement. Other smaller Christmas balls were used for the tanks around the rear perimeter of the LOK service module, and other modeling spare parts (cones, hemispheres, etc.) (click to see) contributed to the detailing. Now, when all the modules (click to see) were placed together you began to get a real sense of what the final model would look like.
The two cosmonaut figures are the focus of interest in this diorama, and so getting them right was important. They are based on 1/35 soldier figures.(click to see) Arms, legs and torsos were selected for appropriate positioning for the passing of the Moon rock samples from one to the other. Milliput and a lot of filler putty and sanding required to make them look credible. The helmet visors (click to see) were vacuuformed. Note that the two spacesuits are different. The returned Moon walker is wearing a Kretchet 94 suit (click to see), which has a notably larger backpack, while the LOK fellow is wearing an Orlan suit (click to see). Both have hard upper torsos (very different than the soft US Apollo suits), and access is through the back, with the backpack swinging open like a door. A version of the Orlan is still used by the Russians today. There was no information available on what the Moon rock samples would have been contained in when transferred from the LK to the LOK, so I used a toolbox (click to see) from a 1/35 tank crew accessory set. A piece of glow-in-the-dark plastic string (click to see), so as to be visible in the darkened but UV drenched Shrine, facilitated the transport of the box of Moon rocks between the two figures.
After the detailing and painting was finished, the completed model was hung at about eye-level in the Shrine (see photos below). I was pleased with the result.
The docking of the Soviet Union's Soyuz 4 with Soyuz 5 in January of 1969 was the first ever joining in space of two manned spacecraft (note: the American Gemini 8, 10, 11 & 12 manned spacecraft had docked with unmanned Agena rocket stages in 1966). Two cosmonauts, Yevgeny Khrunov and Alexei Yeliseyev, who had flown into orbit with Boris Volynov in Soyuz 5, peformed an EVA (or "spacewalk") to transfer to Soyuz-4 to join Vladimir Shatalov who had been launched solo earlier. The two spacewalkers returned to Earth with Shatalov in Soyuz 4 and thus became the first men to return from space in a different spacecraft than that in which they had been launched. Surprizingly, an EVA was required to transfer between the two spacecraft because the early Soyuz did not have an internal transfer tunnel. In fact this mission was intended to serve as training for the EVA transfer between spacecraft that would also be required for the then planned Soviet lunar landing mission, since the docked LOK-LK combination had no internal tranfer tunnel either (see above description of the LOK-LK model for more details).
The basis of this model is two kits of the fabulous Soviet era 1/30 Ogonjek Soyuz , which in many ways has become my favourite space model kit of all time because it is a large scale and a somewhat unusual subject, and certainly well detailed. Other than a lot of additional detailing, the only adaptation to the spacecraft was the inclusion of an extension ring on the front of the Orbital Module (i.e., the "nose") of Soyuz 5, which was the "female" drogue receptacle for the probe on the front of Soyuz 4.
The real challenge on this model was making the two spacewalking figures. These are based on 1/32 German WWII figures with a lot of milliput, modeling putty and sanding required to get their shapes correct, as the following series of photos will attest.(pic 1, pic 2, pic 3, pic 4,) The tiny faceplates for their helmets were vacuuformed using my crude equipment. Note the life support "backpacks" for the spacewalkers were actually attached to the front of their legs! When the model was completed it was hung in the Shrine with some commenorative material on the mission (signed postcards of the crew, a stamp and patches) nearby.
Salyut 1 was the world's first spacestation, launched by the Soviet Union on April 19th, 1971. The only crew to occupy Salyut 1 were the three cosmonauts of Soyuz 11: Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev. Tragically, after a very successful 22 days on board the station, these three cosmonauts died in a depressurization accident during their return to Earth.
There is only one commercially available model kit (a resin "garage" kit) of Salyut 1 which is in 1/144 scale. This tiny scale does not seem to do justice to the importance of this vehicle and mission, so I decided I would scratchbuild a Salyut 1 in the same scale as the fabulous Soviet era 1/30 Ogonjek Soyuz kit which I like so much. Thus my Salyut 1 model is almost five (5) times the size of this one commercially available Salyut 1 model kit. This rare Ogonjek Soyuz kit has already served as the basis for several of my models, including the L-1 (Zond) / Block D shown on page 5, as well as the Soviet Lunar Landing LOK-LK model and the Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 model both of which are shown above on this page. My stock of these kits (originally, in the 1980s, I had 8 of them I believe, acquired from contacts in Poland & Czechoslovakia by trading for Barbie dolls before the Wall came down) has gradually dwindled as I have found so many uses for them over the years. As these kits now sell for upwards of $150 or more on e-Bay, I was lucky to find on e-Bay for $40 a completed but damaged Ogonjek Soyuz model a fellow in Hungary had scrapped. This was good enough for my purposes, since I intended to do some significant refurbishment to the model anyway.
Again, the start of the project involved accumulating a lot of reference material and working from diagrams of Salyut 1 to determine the basic sizes and shapes of the components needed. Salyut 1 is essentially made up of a series of concentric cylinders of differing diameters, connected by tapered sections. There were no old model parts I had on hand that were as large in diameter as the two largest cylinders required. Luckily for years I have hoarded junk that looked promising for modelling purposes, so I dug through my junk boxes looking for objects that had the required diameters and came up with the following for the basis of each section of Salyut 1 (working from the back to the front, where the Soyuz is docked):
A bigger challenge than the cylinders were the tapered sections between the Large and Small Diameter Work Sections, between the Small Diameter Work Section and the Airlock / Transfer Compartment, and between that compartment and the Soyuz. It is highly unlikely that one would find a taper of the correct length with the required diameter at either end, even in my extensive junk collection, so these had to be made from scratch. To do this the component cylinders for the model, aligned along a wooden dowel, were placed at the correct distance from each other and triangular pieces of styrene were placed between the two cylinders to be joined by the tapered section. Fitting in pieces of styrene to fill in the gaps, followed by a lot of model putty filler, alternating with sanding was required to get the correct shapes roughly, eventually. To be honest, there was about two months of sanding alternating with putty filling to get this basic shape right. Luckily this was in the summer, so I did most of the sanding on my back deck, otherwise my house would have gotten pretty dusty!
Once the basic shape was about right, work began on the larger details. The first of these was the big telescope mounted in the Large Diameter Work Section. This was an unusual sort of bowl shape. I looked all over a local craft store for something that could serve as a vacuuform mould for this shape, and found a small glass tea candle holder. A hole was cut in the side of the Large Work Section to inset the vacuuformed part. In the interest of full disclosure, it appears that this telescope may have been under a protective, white cover during the entire time the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts occupied the Salyut 1 station - it may have been intended for use by later crews that, in the end, never flew to the station, following the death of the Soyuz 11 crew on their return to Earth and the extended review and rennovation of the Soyuz ferry that followed. However, the telescope adds greatly to the interest of the model, so I represented it nonetheless.
A number of the other larger details were borrowed from spare parts I had left over from earlier projects that used the 1/30 Ogonjek Soyuz kit. For example, neither the L-1 (Zond) / Block D shown on page 5 nor the Soviet Lunar Landing LOK-LK model used the solar panels, so these were available to use on the Salyut 1 model. Similarly, the main propulsion system on the real Salyut 1 was borrowed from Soyuz, and again on this model a propulsion unit from the Soyuz Propulsion Module unused for the Soviet Lunar Landing LOK-LK model was available to be used on this Salyut model. This is just like the real Salyut 1, which was created by supplementing the (then unflown) Almaz military space station with parts and technology originating with the Soyuz spacecraft. Other smaller detailing on the Salyut model came from my spare parts collection, as well as using push-pins, play jewellery pearls and wooden spheres for the many tanks on the model.
As noted earlier, the Soyuz model was one I purchased on e-bay from a fellow in Hungary who had scrapped it. It was not in great shape, so most of the work required on it was just to bring it up to standard, such as finding a way to re-attach the broken-off solar panels. This was achieved using very strong yet fine carbon-carbon rods, which are stronger and less flexible than steel of comparable guage. About the only significant change on the Soyuz were modifications to the back of the Propulsion Module, necessitated because Soyuz 11 did not have the toroidal shaped (i.e., donut shaped) avionics module that was present on the earlier Soyuz, as represented in the Ogonjek kit.
One of the final details was the lettering on the side of the Large Diameter Work Section of Salyut 1. There were no suitable ready-made options available for this lettering, so it became evident I would have to make my own decals on the computer. As the lettering was white, the tricky part was getting the green background on the decals to match the shade of green on the model. This took some trial and error, but the result turned out pretty good. Interestingly, the name painted on the side of the spacecraft was not "Salyut", but rather "Zarya", which had been the name for the "DOS"-class of space stations while in development. The use instead of the name "Salyut" was decided upon only about 5 days before launch of the station, and there was not time to re-paint the new name on the side. "CCCP" below the "Zarya" on the model is the Cyrillic abbreviation for "USSR", of course.
Once the model was finished (see pic 1, pic 2, pic 3 and pic 4,) it was hung in the Shrine. As the more interesting side of the model would actually face out into space (e.g, with the active blue coloured side of the solar panels and the telescope), the model was actually hung upside down in the Shrine so that these would be visible looking up from below. A blow-up of a commemorative stamp issued in the USSR was hung nearby. All in all, this was an ambitious project which took me about 6 months to complete and, although not perfect, I am pleased with the result.
I have been a spaceflight nut virtually all my life. My earliest recollection of this is when my Mother mentioned to me that this Russian fellow, Yuri Gagarin, had flown around the Earth in an hour and a half, exactly a week before my 8th birthday. This totally blew my young mind. The thought still does more than 50 years later.
At my age, when you are closer to the end of your life than the beginning, you begin to think about your "legacy". What do you want to leave behind? I have no children, so unlike many I leave no direct legacy of that nature. However, I do have an idea that I think and hope will be my legacy: I WANT TO BE BURIED ON MARS. I came around to this thought somewhat indirectly.
Recently I was thinking how, as I approach my retirement years, I would love to sign-on for one of the one-way trips to Mars now being talked about. What the heck! No offspring to support me in my old age on this planet anyway! I am still in great physical shape and could do valuable work on Mars until I am ready to die there, and would be fine not to return to Earth ever.
But to be more realistic, they are not likely to even get that one-way trip to Mars arrangment together before it is too late for me. Thus, I have defined (well in advance, I hope) my dying wish: I WANT TO BE BURIED ON MARS!!! This is not just an idle thought; it is a challenge to my successors (family and more broadly). I have conceded that it would be fine with me if this bulky water was left behind on this planet, but the rest of me...MARS! I am just imagining, say in 50, 70, or 100 years, some distant relative of mine several generations on, with my ashes in an urn on the mantle, finally (technology and family finances of the future willing) all excited because FINALLY they are able to fulfill (weird old) Grand Uncle Ken's last wish, and send his few worldly remains to the Red Planet!
People think I am kidding about this, but I am not. Recently I have been posing this question to people: "What sort of a civilization, if it has the technology to live on two planets, would continue to live on just one?" It does not make sense when you think about it in those terms. All it takes is one celestial object of the magnitude the dinosaurs encountered and civilization as we know it would be wiped out. We as a species need to diversify our habitat beyond just this one planet. Indeed, this is our collective destiny. We human beings are the "crown of creation" (at least all of which we are currently aware) and as such we are the emissaries of life itself. It is as inevitable as the first creatures crawling from the sea onto land that eventually we, as the emissaries of life, will establish a beachhead beyond Earth. My little "dying wish" is simply a challenge to my family and our species more broadly to "get off your butts and get on with it".
Ken R. Harman
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This page will change and evolve over time, so check back periodically. I welcome any questions or comments and can be contacted at:Ken R. Harman last revision date: December 2014


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Support Our Team, Molly Moo
2019 Eversource Walk for Boston Children's Hospital
Sunday, June 9, 2019 | -186 Days to Go!
Raised So Far: $8,275.00
Fundraising Goal: $8,000.00
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Molly Moo
We're fundraising on behalf of Boston Children's Hospital because they have completed our family in a way no one else could. We received a call 8 days after our 20 week ultrasound that the doctor thought there was something was wrong with the baby's heart. We were told that we needed to be seen at a Hospital in Boston ASAP for a level 2 ultrasound. We had an appointment in Boston within days. An ultrasound was performed and a heart defect was detected. The type of defect is often associated with Downs Syndrome and an amniocentisis was recommended. We went ahead with it and met with a geneticist. We were sent out to wait for a call with the results of the amnio. We received a call a few days before Christmas that the baby did not have Downs. Fetal echoes, second opinions, ultrasounds took place over the next few months. We were trying to put the pieces of this complex puzzle together. Little by little we would get more information as time went on. Each time we had an appointment they would find something else wrong with her heart. During a second opinion at Mass General it was suggested that the baby may have Heterotaxy Syndrome. The doctor had found aninterrupted IVC which usually goes hand in hand with Heterotaxy. We were sent back to the original hospital and they assured us she did not have Heterotaxy. Around our 7 month ultrasound the doctor said everything looks like it's in the right place but wanted to get the other doctor for a 2nd opinion. Finally…good news. The other doctor came in and said "everything is on the right side". We asked "right as in correct?" and she said, "no. right as on the right side of her body". We had no idea what that would mean for our baby. The rest of the pregnancy was weekly ultrasounds, non stress tests and more testing. The plan was that she would be born and go home and grow for 3-4 months before she would have her first heart surgery.
We had a c-section planned for May 4, 2010 at 10:30am. The OR was filled with all of the help that Molly would need. She was born at 10:35 weight 10 lbs 5 oz and was 21" long, and was screaming which was great. We had time for one picture before they took her to the NICU to stabilize her. She was intubated immediately because she wasn't able to breathe on her own. It was decided that she was too sick and needed to be transferred to Boston Children's Hospital the next day. The following days were filled with tests to determine the structure of her heart and her anatomy. Her complete diagnosis was an ASD, VSD, Common AV Canal Defect, Interrupted IVC, Dextrocardia, TAPVR. Her liver is midline, stomach is on the right side, Polysplenia, malrotated intestines & Heterotaxy Syndrome. They also tried to find the right mix of medications that she would need to remain stable. When she was a few days old they tried to remove her breathing tube but she didn't tolerate it and it had to go back in. It was then determined that she needed her first heart surgery sooner rather than later. When she was 8 days old she had her first heart surgery that would hopefully buy us time before her big repair. That was not the case. It didn't do anything for her. She was still really sick. Over the next 6 weeks we tried to get her to gain weight while remaining stable. This was a huge challenge because she was so delicate. When she was 6 weeks old she had her first open heart surgery. It was an 8 hour procedure and she had to be placed on bypass early because she was sick and wasn't tolerating the procedure. The next week was awful. Her chest was left open for 8 days because of swelling. She was even more sick after the procedure than she was before. Two weeks later she had to go back to the OR to have her mitral valve fixed because one of the sutures had given way. She also had a pacemaker implanted. This time she was able to come up from the OR with her chest closed but was still intubated. She had chest tubes for 6 weeks because she developed chylous effusions. The chest tubes would dump out 500 ccs of fluid per day and they couldn't figure out why. During this time she also developed a blood infection and everyone was afraid we were going to lose her. During the majority of this time she was in a medically induced coma. By the time she was 5 months old she had never been able to breathe on her own and we had to make the decision to have a trach placed. This would allow her to come off of the ventilator and come home. Before she was going to be discharged we had one more surgery to take care of for her intestines. We had made the decision with her medical team that she needed to be home and needed to be given the chance to be a baby. We knew the risks and warning signs so we decided to have a g tube placed since she had never eaten by mouth. For the last month that she was in the hospital we had learned to care for her…how to do trach care, g tube care, work her ventilator and oxygen, order her supplies, how to administer her 22 different medications.
On January 4, 2011, we were finally bringing our baby home for the first time after 8 months in the cardiac ICU. This isn't how we imagined taking our baby home but it didn't matter. We were so excited to finally be a family. Our front door had become like a revolving door with home care nursing, supplies, homecare respiratory doctor, early intervention, weekly appointments. Three months after being home it was determined that she no longer needed the ventilator or oxygen and 5 months after that her trach was removed. The hole in her neck was supposed to close up on it's own and it did. One day she coughed and it opened again so she had to have it surgically closed. Any procedure is risky for her, no matter how big or small but she handled it well. When she was 3 years old her g tube was removed. Eating by mouth has always been a challenge or her but we were able to transition from tube feeds to oral feeds and hadn't used her tube for a year so it was time for it to come out.
Over the last almost 8 years she has worked so hard. She has overcome withdrawals from all of the medication she was on. She learned to eat by mouth and finally started gaining weight and growing. She still has a pacemaker but that doesn't stop her and most days we don't even realize it's there until it's time for a cardiology appointment. She has successfully weaned off all of her 22 medications. We only see cardiology once a year now and her heart has been stable for a long time. She does still have some mild leaking on one of her valves but she tolerates it and we just monitor it with annual echocardiograms. She also has an eye condition called A Pattern Esotropia and wears glasses. None of that matters to her because she loves doctors appointments, espeically if they are going to take her blood pressure. If they don't she usually convinces them to do it anyway. Doesn't matter if it is just for an eye exam! She has developmental delays from her hospitalizations and has been in speech, OT & PT since she was 10 months old but she loves it. She loves music, dancing, reading, shopping, Disney World and Target is her favorite store. She is in the 2nd grade and loves it. She is just like any other kid her age and enjoys all of the things they do. Not much comes easy to her but that doesn't stop her from trying her best at everything she does. There was a time when we didn't know if she would ever have the opportunity to work towards anything and we couldn't be happier with where she is today. She is living proof that miracles do happen. On May 4th we will celebrate her 9th birthday and she is very excited!