Erica Griffin

Wow, it has been a long time but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, as I have been thinking about you all and miss creating content so very much!

It’s been a crazy last several years. As many of you know I had my baby girl, Olivia, who is now 4 and little Jack right before she turned 3. The little man is now 16 months and so much fun!

Many tell me these kids look like copy/paste of each other or that I made the same kid twice lol. Yes, they look related as you can clearly see here, even in their newborn photos.

I had to pull away when Livy was born. I didn’t give any information as to why. But I feel far away enough from the trauma to update you all.

She was born perfectly healthy, but at 2 months old received the Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix). She ended up actually getting rotavirus from it and got so sick that it damaged her stomach. She ended up with viral gastroparesis (stomach paralysis), where the vagus nerve becomes damaged. Her stomach would empty very slowly. Essentially, she was never hungry and wouldn’t eat - unless drowsy and unaware. I could get her to take a bottle while asleep.

No one initially believed me that something was wrong because she looked healthy. I had a crazy routine with her that kept her nourished while asleep. I was dismissed so many times! I kept her alive by “dream feeding” her until she wouldn’t do it anymore by 8 months. She was too aware. She then had to be fed by NG tube until her permanent g tube. It took a few years to prove what I knew had happened. Lots of gastric emptying studies, proving how slow her stomach was. Lots of endoscopies to try to find any abnormalities that could be seen. Poor kid also ended up with EoE and FPIES (food related allergies - somehow all related to how screwed up her digestion got).

She’s been on a feeding tube these last 4 years and only just recently her stomach is emptying at a more normal rate! Her vagus nerve is healing! Though any time she gets a virus of some sort her stomach emptying slows again - though not as severely. We hope she will take interest in food as she gets older and understands more. It’s been a long road!

I was so scared and consumed by not knowing initially what was wrong and fighting to keep her growing and healthy that I’ve had no time in my life for pretty much anything else.

We had our son right before Livy turned 3. The sweetest little man imaginable. We were hoping his example would help her learn to eat, seeing a normal example of development. Nope lol. Livy is her own person and she’s going to develop and do things at her own speed. That’s ok!

I’ve had to learn to be ok with many things and just “go with it”.

Life is still hard with 2 small children and very busy! I’m feeling less scared now. Thank the Lord, I know both my kiddos will be ok. As I emerge from this very hard chapter I’m thinking about what comes next.

I would love to return to making content in some capacity! I don’t know what that looks like yet or when. Just hoping I can!

Thank you for reading! I hope you are all doing well!

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1 week ago | [YT] | 851

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You all might want to check your Galaxy S22 Ultra devices!

This is my second unit. My first one had nicks in the paint around one of the lenses right out of the box. This is the second one I bought. It came perfect and went right into a case.

This evening as I was wiping the camera lenses with a cleaning cloth I noticed almost all of the camera rings have little chips in this black finish. Not sure what to think.

Very disappointed.

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3 years ago | [YT] | 146

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Happy Halloween!!!! Miss Olivia, my chonky pumpkin, has me pretty busy! Hoping at 3 months I will have more time to be creative lol. So many things I’m working on but she’s seriously the best of them all!

4 years ago | [YT] | 429

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Time to look at some screens! I may have gotten more than one OLED Nintendo Switch so I could see the differences lol

Already, we know these are NOT PENTILE! Yay!

And no, I don’t scalp the extras. They are accounted for.

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 226

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This is little Olivia Noelle (Livy).
She is going to be so spoiled lol. Recovering.
Was not an easy time, as I had a difficult emergency c section, but thank the Lord she came out healthy!

4 years ago | [YT] | 855

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Any day now, you guys. She’s been given an eviction notice. I’ve had it.

I get stared at wherever I go… I’m that huge. I just so badly want to be able to focus on making things again lol.

Who is getting the Z Fold 3? Or the Flip?

4 years ago | [YT] | 535

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Success! I ordered 2 OLED model Nintendo Switch consoles so that I can compare the screens! You all know I can’t help but jump in on this one!

I will be talking about my findings with these screens: pentile vs RGB stripe, calibration, etc.

I anticipate, just like with my OLED Vita, that the contrast ratio of OLED is going to make things much more immersive, but expect already saturated greens and reds in some games to look VERY green and red. Like neon.

Most things will look nice, punchy and really grab your attention, making the experience more memorable, which is GREAT if you mostly play handheld like me. But then you will play games like Stardew Valley and feel a bit ill from the oversaturation.

Stay tuned! We shall see!

4 years ago | [YT] | 333

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I consoled myself after yesterday’s OLED Switch announcement and created a clear “Fire Mario” Switch. I’d say if you already own a Switch you don’t need the OLED model. This was a great mod to make old hardware feel new!

See ‪@ExtremeRate‬ ! This was a blast!

As for the OLED screen I have the worst feeling that it will be crap. 720p pentile at 7 inches??? It will look less sharp than the RGB stripe LCD of the current Switch and it will look “hatchy” with a screen door effect. Think of the oled screens of old.

I also think colors will be so grossly oversaturated that some games will look neon. If they don’t bother to calibrate the grayscale you will also have no details in shadows, making some content look overly dark.

It could be really dreadful.

If they properly calibrate these displays and include an sRGB mode to Switch to it could be OK.

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 374

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Just weeks to go now. HELP! I’m a big ol’ bee, a rolie polie bumble bee 🐝.

Olivia (Livy) is a strong and active little tiny tot. Pray for us. Lol.

I so badly want to get back to making things. I can’t even explain. Can’t even.

4 years ago | [YT] | 606

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I so badly want my body back! Just weeks to go until this peanut arrives. Not even born yet and already so expressive. Life will start again!!!

I need me my folding phones for encouragement lol. I’ve been missing the Z Fold 2 soooo bad!

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