I am very excited to share about Hattie’s Warrior Beads! The “Warrior Bead Program” is something that I heard about from one of the Moms on our 1q4 Facebook page. After some research, it was a given that I had to apply for Hattie. Warrior Beads stand for all of the tough things that you have to go through as a child with disabilities. They are badges of honor. Every color of bead represents a different procedure, therapy, emergency etc. It is an illustration of everything that Hattie has endured over the first year of her life. I honestly hadn’t realized HOW MUCH she has gone through until I started filling out her Warrior Beads application. It is such a cool program, started by the most amazing young man named Chris Carswell- who has also been through a lot himself. We are going to continue to add to her Warrior Beads collection, and will apply each year for her birthday. Hattie had a total of 123 beads this year--She is SO STRONG!

Dr. Visits (Dark Blue)- 38

In patient Hospital Day (Yellow)- 19

PICU/NICU/ICU (Gold)- 3 …3 separate visits

ER Visit (Red)- 3

Ambulance or Care Flight (White)- 2

Needle sticks/blood draw, injections, IV starts (Black)- 35

Port/Central Line (Silver)- 2

IV Medicine/Infusion (Orange)- 3

X-Ray/CT/MRI/MEG (Olive)- 3

EKG/Doppler/Echo (Heart shaped bead)- 1

Respiratory Support (Pink)- 2

Catheter/Tubes (Green)- 5