When Are We Going Home? Survival Guide for the Hospital Roller Coaster

This book is for the parents, family and friends of babies and children who must spend time in the hospital due to life-threatening illness, injuries or the challenges of a premature birth. The authors are mothers who know the emotional roller coaster that families endure when a child is being cared for in a hospital, not at home, and all the worries that go along with not knowing what tomorrow brings. This book is intended to remind parents that God is in control and that He knew of this hospital stay long before that child ever was born. God guarantees that we don't have to handle it alone. This book offers ways to survive the hospital roller coaster and provides support in dealing with the accompanying fear, stress and uncertainties. It journals the stories of the unexpected, long-term hospital stays of four babies and the determination of these children to survive.

Deborah Mabray Caudle received her bachelor's degree in biology from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, and a master's degree in biology from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Caudle and her husband, David, live with their four children, David J., Ashley, Melissa and Makayla on a farm in Ferris, Texas, south of Dallas. Two of their children have struggled with medical conditions. She prays that the works of the Lord are manifested in the lives of all of her children. D'Ann Mabray Shippy lives outside Dallas with her husband, Tim, their three sons, Tyler, Walker and Ford, and the family Whippet, Harley. She credits prayer and a gracious God with saving her premature twins' lives. Shippy has a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a master's degree in European journalism studies from the University of Wales in Cardiff, Wales, the United Kingdom. Deborah and D'Ann are first cousins.