40

January 31, 2022 By jillemccandless 9 Comments

So, I seriously have no idea how I’m 40. I remember thinking 40 sounded so old– and I considered people who were 40 to be just one small step away from walkers and wearing your pants too high. Turns out, 40 is actually not that old. Or maybe it is….but you’re only as old as Read More

Tough Like Tessa

January 24, 2022 By jillemccandless 3 Comments

Last Friday Tessa had her fourth round of sclerotherapy. Earlier in the week her surgeon and I decided to do a clamp trial, and clamp her drains for 24 hours to see what the fluid would do as we seemed to be going in circles with no progress at all. Much to our surprise, the Read More

Florida {Part 2}

January 17, 2022 By jillemccandless 3 Comments

Our kids love the pool and beach in Florida, but their absolute favorite part of our annual Christmas trip isn’t either one of those things. It’s spending every day with all of their friends. And each one of these kids were so sweet to Tess: playing on the beach with her every day, or playing Read More

Florida {Part 1}

January 11, 2022 By jillemccandless 2 Comments

Florida was tricky this year. We had really hoped Tessa would be all healed from surgery so she could fully enjoy Florida, but that wasn’t the case. Her doctors gave us their blessing to go, and we were all in desperate need of a break from trips to Mayo. Tess knew she wouldn’t be able Read More

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