Check out my new TESTING page where I hope to continue testing new features. Also, be sure to have a look at my new HIKES site and especially some of the “highlighted” hikes that are listed in bold there.
Note that HIKES used to be a “section” here, but there are a lot of them so I made a site just for them.
So, node and npm are maybe not “all the rage” these days, but they do the job nicely for me.
So, how might I ONCE AGAIN approach combining Hugo with Pagefind in the cloud? Well, A Powerful Blog Setup with Hugo and NPM* by Tom Hombergs looked like a promising place to start. The process that Tom advocates leverages a neat little package called hugo-bin.
*The links provided above and below are to a Wayback Machine capture of the original post.
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Sorry for missing the last few eventful days since we returned home from the hospital.
So, we returned from Mercy CR’s IRU on Tuesday afternoon and spent most of the day getting Mackenzie settled back in, nothing too strenuous or complicated. Chris went off to school for the afternoon, grandma brought lunch in for us, and after school (early out) we had dinner together.
I did some cleaning and tinkered around with some things until about 7 PM when I was getting really tired. Thought I’d lay down for an hour then get back at it, but I fell fast asleep and woke up Wednesday morning at 6:30 AM when my alarm went off.
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We are outta here! Headed home!
Not much to report thus far today. Mackenzie had OT this morning at 7:30 AM and I got booted out of her room (to the very comfy family lounge/lobby) for ST a few minutes ago. She has a full slate of therapy (mostly speech) until about 2 PM today, then rest.
I’m here on my own today and expect to sneak in a few hours of work after an early start at 5 AM.
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I’m in the car and headed back to CR, and I haven’t seen Mackenzie in more than 24 hours so I’m not sure what to tell you here but I thought maybe it’s time for a little fun and humor. I’m also capturing this because I don’t wanna forget it down the road.
A few days ago when we checked into Mercy Cedar Rapids, our caseworker came in collecting information, mostly from me, but also from Mackenzie. She had lots of questions.
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Sorry for the very late update today. I spent the morning at home and most of the day at work in Grinnell before visiting Morgan in M’town “on the way home”.
I know Mackenzie had a full day of therapy today and I’m told her blood pressure did spike a little but I think they are keeping a close eye on that and got it back down. I also know she had a psych consult today because we were worried about depression after she was told she’d have to stay a few more days. And then her cousin passed away and I think we all could have benefitted from some consultation, and rest. But I’m told that went well and she’s in pretty good spirits now.
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Good morning Liz and Kayla. I am sharing this update with a much smaller group so please don’t share just yet. Not all family members have been notified of our latest tragedy, but I wanted to let you know what my plans are now.
I’ve been staying with my brother-in-law, Mark, and his partner Teresa, in Marion. Yesterday we received word that my nephew, Mark’s son Mason and Mackenzie‘s closest cousin (born just a few months apart) passed away unexpectedly.
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Ok, good time now for another update…
Mackenzie is snoozing, and snoring, again, after a hard day of therapy and too little sleep from being poked and wakened every 2 hours or so, 24/7. I’m not sure how all her therapy was today because it was all done outside of her room, but it sure wore her out.
Please don’t ever share this with Mackenzie, it would really piss her off, but it sounds like they might have released her earlier than Tuesday had next week had not been Thanksgiving. They worried that she might (would) go more than a few days without outpatient therapy due to the holiday, and they don’t want that. They stressed that this early therapy needs to be frequent and regular. So they are keeping her here in the run-up to the long Turkey Day weekend. I think it will be our family responsibility to keep pushing her through the long weekend and hopefully she can engage with GRMC Physical Therapy on Monday, December 1, or shortly after. The really good news is she will get a full-day (8:30 AM until after 3 PM) of therapy tomorrow, Saturday, November 23.
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Not much to update here, but I wanted to post and add Kayla to the updates thread.
Mackenzie had a good nap after therapy and she’s perked up a little. She still hates that she can’t go home tomorrow, but I think she is coming to grips with that. I got an OK to bring some of her OLD video games back with me tomorrow so she hopefully won’t get too bored this weekend when therapy slows down a bit.
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Our girl is not too happy this afternoon. Her care team would like her to stay here until Tuesday morning, November 24, so she can receive very intensive speech and occupational therapy for a few more days before moving to outpatient therapy. She is still making great progress but was really hoping to go home before this weekend when things move a little slower around here. I honestly think she’s more bored than frustrated right now.
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