Episode 35: Facing Another “New Normal”: Deployment, Morgan’s Surgery, and Faith That Carries Us

Описание: Some seasons of life bring change after change… and just when you think things might settle down, another new normal arrives.

In this episode of the Turtle Talk Podcast, we continue Morgan’s Story as the family moves through late 2018 into 2019. Just months after returning to work following Morgan’s traumatic illness and ICU recovery, Tom receives news that he’ll be mobilizing for a year.

Now the family in the Sioux Falls area is preparing for another difficult chapter — navigating Morgan’s complex rehab journey, weekly hospital trips to Rochester, Minnesota, parenting teens through crisis, and managing life without Dad at home.

From emotional New Year reflections to Morgan’s long foot surgery and the start of the external fixator treatment, this episode captures the very real emotions of parenting in crisis — the fears, the faith, the community support, and the small moments that somehow keep a family moving forward.

There are also moments of unexpected grace: friends stepping in for the kids, a powerful prayer service in Boston, and a reminder that sometimes healing and hope arrive in the most unexpected ways.

If you’re walking through a pediatric recovery journey, hospital rehab, long-term recovery, or caring for a medically complex child, we hope this episode reminds you that you’re not alone.

Hope really doesn’t disappoint.

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⏱ Chapter Timestamps

00:00 Welcome Back to Turtle Talk – December 2018
02:15 Tom’s Mobilization News and Facing a Year Apart
05:10 Parenting Through Overwhelm and Holding Onto Faith
08:30 Quiet Breakdowns: Crying in the Car, Garden, and Shower
11:00 Morgan’s Foot Surgery and the External Fixator
13:40 Weekly Trips to Rochester for Hospital Rehab
16:10 Gratitude for Friends Who Helped Raise the Kids
19:00 Pride in the Strength of the Triplets
21:10 Family Support and Winter Without Dad
23:00 A Needed Break – The Family Trip to Boston
25:20 Visiting Plymouth and the Freedom Trail
27:10 A Powerful Prayer and Healing Service for Morgan
30:00 Finding Peace Through Community Prayer
32:10 The Mystery of Morgan’s Projectile Vomiting
34:10 The Funny (and Relieving) Moment She Finally Burped
36:00 Traveling with Disabilities and Airline Experiences
39:30 The Long Road of Weekly Mayo Clinic Trips

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