Hello Mr. Snot

Our family has been infected! YUCK! It all started a week ago and WC came down with a runny nose and a slight cough. This would be no big deal for a "normal" family, but with Chris's and Natalie's immune system comprised, this is serious business!

So all was fine and dandy until about 4 days ago....Natalie started getting a runny nose and a little annoying cough. The next day we are at Dayton Children's Hospital because she had a fever of 101. Poor thing had the whole "work up" done with the spinal tap, catheter, IV for antibiotics, blood taken, and other pokes and prods. It was by far the hardest thing I've had to witness as a mother! All evening I was hearing that they were getting our room ready so we could be admitted, but around 830, the doctor came in and said we could go home. I'm not sure what changed, and I'm still a little surprised by this decision (as well as the doctors on Base), but we were happy to be going home! Natalie was at the doctor the next two days getting antibiotic shots and her temp taken just to make sure :) We still don't know, and probably won't, what kind of infection she had, but PRAISE GOD that it wasn't RSV or Meningitis!

WC is still really snotty and stopped up...I feel pretty good....Natalie is on her way to feeling better....but now Chris is sick. This could be serious, but thankfully his blood count is at an acceptable level so he can start chemo on Monday. My mom is flying in tomorrow to help out (YAY) and WC is excited about her "Jojo" coming!

I wish I had normal things to post about, but I'm having a hard time remembering "normal" things. Chris's oncologist has us on lock down this weekend. No outside contact :(  We are going to plan fun family things around the house to pass the time and not to mention watching FOOTBALL! Which is our favorite thing to do :)

Natalie is almost six weeks old...can't believe it! She is such a good baby....only crying if she's hungry or tired. I keep telling her that her big sister has desensitized me to crying to it doesn't bother me!!! She has such a sweet cry too :)

Hopefully this is the last round of chemo....possible two more after this one! But we are going to pretend this is the last one!!!!!