Funny Stories...

Do you have any funny stories about having a child with Short Gut? How do you handle the questions, the looks or the comments? Share your own...

Whenever Austin's in the hospital, I always seem to get stuck in the slow elevator with a person, who asks odd questions. One day I was going down the elevator with Austin in his stroller, hooked up to several pumps attached to an IV pole. A lady got in the elevator, looked at Austin and said, "Oh my God! Is he sick?" Apparently he looked a bit too healthy despite a line infection. I looked at her and said "No."

We put Connor on an air mattress so it is easier to play with him at his level. Well, playing meant jumping on the mattress for Dad and the mattress sprung a leak. Tegaderm, anyone?