Lightly Salted: March 2016

The end of the beginning?

Today we celebrate some small but significant milestones in Albert's progress.

First, Albert made it to his second birthday party! He did like the cake and was fascinated by the candle in particular, but he was unable to eat any of his own cake.

In the last month Albert was back in hospital for an overnight sleep study and some medical checkups which are follow-up to his most recent surgery. Given that the surgeon had changed his plans after he began to operate on Albert, and given that the procedure he invented himself and has only been used only four times before in the world, we could not help feeling nervous about the results.

Mar

Is Down Syndrome a good thing?

You may have seen a video posted by a father who was distressed that he had just overheard someone referring to Down Syndrome as an illness of 'not knowing anything.'

Before I add my own reflection on this general problem, I want to pay tribute to the father who took the risk of being vulnerable, not only in sharing his perspective on Down Syndrome, on the hurt parents often feel at the innocent but ignorant comments of other people, but his honesty about the devastating moment in which you fee

Mar

The Airlander

When I first heard about a British company's attempt to design and build a hybrid airship I did not

take it very seriously. Possibly because I was introduced to the project by articles citing Bruce Dickinson, (another, and another) who fronts the band Iron Maiden. In fairness, Dickinson is a pilot in his own right (the band's own jet has been seen occasionally at Sydney airport) and he maintains a keen interest in things aeronautical.

Lightly Salted

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. - Roald Dahl -

The end of the beginning?

Is Down Syndrome a good thing?

The Airlander