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PedalingBackwards
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PedalingBackwards is about the challenges, dreams, potholes, skills, thrills, struggle, and success of caregiving a child with chronic complex needs. Helpful information, funny stories, pictures, observations.
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Another Resource
Resources for families dealing with chronic medical and/or disability care can be the difference between tension and relaxation. Go to www.govbenefits.gov when you have time to enter the portal. There are different paths to follow here, and complet...
Air Reduction in Blended Food
When making blended food for medical reasons to feed to my "disabled" daughter via her g-tube, there are several goals: 1. excellent nutrition 2. adequate calories 3. appropriate volume...
Winter is Here and I’m Happy
Kids with disabilities can be especially prone to illness. Vitamins C and D.... D can be toxic in the wrong dosage....
Granulation Tissue
G-tubes force the body to go to great lengths in its attempt to “close the hole”. One of the body’s responses is granulation tissue. Ask your doctor for a prescription for Ciprodex ear drops. This mom says it worked in two days,...
How Do You Explain It?
Looks and questions. Curiosity. Little Miss gets fed via g-tube in public quite a bit. Medically it is the thing that keeps her alive. She has some “disabilities” but the only chronic threat to her life is her feeding limitation. ...
Need Help at School?
Having an 11 year old daughter with multiple special needs, I have encountered a few road blocks along the way as I pursue the best education the public school system offers. We live in a fantastic school district and have avoided many of the problem...

