Another nurse on our side

    A family friend of ours, Grammy Diane, as our girls call her recently introduced us to her friend, Mary who is a retired pediatric nurse.  Mary has twenty years experience working in the field, as well as caring for pins in her own leg and a halo with pins in her husband's head.  She will make a great resource to us after Amaya's surgery. She only lives about five minutes away which is very helpful. She came over to meet us and the girls. She was not only knowledgeable, but kind and sweet. The girls liked her a lot and felt comfortable, which is really important.
  In addition to Mary, Josh and I both have cousins who are nurses, whom we can ask for help and advice. And we also have a family friend who also cared for her husband's halo and the pins in his head. She also has had issues with open wounds and can give us a lot of advice on caring for Amaya's pin sites and how to look for signs of infection. We are grateful for the many "experts" in our lives who we can call on as needed for help, advice and recommendations. It's nice to be able to have others to count on.