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  • Already behind

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    Reagan spent the night in New Brunswick with Piper last night. The plan was originally for me to come down after work and hang out with them for a while, then take the car home so that I could drive out this morning after the west side run. It turned out that I didn't get…

  • Reagan is ON IT!

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    Jake

    As I mentioned in our super big announcement yesterday, there are about 5 million things that we have to do before Piper can come home. Well, we are trying not to waste any time getting it all done. For those of you who know Reagan, you know that she tends to be quite a free…

  • I don’t know about the kids these days

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    There have been plenty of times that I have boarded the train in the morning with a bunch of high school aged kids in my car. Normally there is a lot of shouting and carrying on. Occasionally there will be some chanting of school names, etc. At least I assume that it was they are…

  • Things have officially gone from crazy, to complete chaos

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    I got a call yesterday from Piper’s social worker, saying that Piper has been doing very well on the portable ventilator. She also informed me that, pending the processing of one of her medical care assistance applications, and no major episodes, Piper has a tentative discharge date of July 8. Whaaaaaatttt? That is so awesome/holy…

  • Some Awesome Action Shots of Reagan

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    Jake

    A couple of weekends ago when we were in SLC for my sister’s wedding, we took a walk through the river bottoms with my parents one evening. Reagan was trying to wear herself out so that she could have a restful flight home (not really, she is just a spaz, and I love it), and…

  • Marathon Pics

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    Jake

    Our friend Victor was kind enough to be the official photographer for our group that ran the Long Island Marathon together this year. His wife Natalie (who ran with us) forwarded the pictures to me last week. I look absolutely terrible in pretty much all of them. But everyone else looks good, so here they…

  • Memorial Day Weekend

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    Jake

    Oh my goodness. It has been such an event filled 2 weeks that I am having a really hard time getting back into the routine of things. We had so much fun while Nate and Melanie were visiting. All of Piper’s birthday activities were a blast too. BTW, here is a post from the Bennions…

  • B-day Party

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    Jake

    So, I know that three out the last four of my posts have been about Piper and her birthday, but man, she is just so cute, so I kinda have to talk a lot about her. The birthday party that we had for her on Saturday was awesome. It was so cool to have so…

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    Man, I’m really excited for the holiday weekend to follow our event filled week. We have had such a fun week with Nate and Melanie in town. They came with us to visit Piper on her birthday. Yesterday Reagan took them shopping in Soho and they came down to have lunch with me. Last night…

  • Piper’s Birthday!

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    It was so awesome to go visit Piper on her birthday and discover that she had been on the portable ventilator for 3 days and was tolerating it swimmingly. Nate and Melanie came on Tuesday night. So they were able to meet Piper for the first time on her birthday. One of Reagan’s long-time friends…