Evie the Extraordinary and Her Mommy: The Journey As We Go

 It's been 5 days since Evie's day surgery at Boston Children's, and I am writing about our experiences in case it helps someone else.  The surgery:  Baby teeth extractions and 3rd strabismus (eye turn) surgery.  Evie's teeth were coming in all crooked and she literally had 3 rows of front teeth in some places.  With strabismus surgery, it was always possible that Evie would need a touch up.   So here we were, getting ready for her to go in as a 10 year old for surgery, when her last one was 5 years ago.   Things I was worried about: preparing Evie for the procedure, recovery from anesthesia, and nausea Preparation Social Story: I took the social stories on the Boston Children's Hospital page  and found the day surgery story. I then converted it to an editable Word document so that I could customize it for Evie. I waited until 3 days before the surgery to introduce the story so she could have enough time to process it, but not too much time to be ...

Hi all! It's been awhile!  If you've been wondering what we're up to, try our Facebook page and Instagram account @evietheextraordinary to stay up with the latest.  It's hard for me to keep up with more than a few sentences on a regular basis.  I wrote this post 1 year ago and never posted it, so here it is!  When we were planning our vacation to Grand Cayman, I tried looking up other blogs or videos about traveling there with kids with special needs. I didn't see anything out there. I'm hoping I can help other parents with our experience. It was such a fun trip!  1.  Airline: Right now, only JetBlue is the only airline that flies from Boston to Grand Cayman directly.  It was also very expensive and only flew on Saturdays.  We chose American Airlines, stopping through Charlotte, and it was perfect. 2-3 hours for each leg of the flight.  Our luggage was checked through to our destination.   This was our first time flying internationally a...