... I very nearly lost my girl. It was at this time exactly. And I'm very, very thankful that I didn't! A few things have changed since that post... ...I'm much more confident in myself as Abby's caregiver now than I was when that happened, just a week after we first brought her home! I'm such a different person now than I was a year ago. ...The nurse who was a "keeper" turned out to be a "fire-er." She was the first of 11. :o/ ...We haven't gone back to our local hospital since that day, choosing instead to drive straight to JHH whenever we've needed to go to the ER. Unless an ambulance is necessary (like it was a year ago), this is what we will continue to do. JHH knows Abby, knows trachs and vents, and knows complex medical conditions. Amen. ...We've gotten to know the nurses in the IMC pretty well! I don't know if that is a good thing or not... I've mentioned it before, but it's hard to describe the...