Together At Last

Yesterday was the first time in over a week that all five of us were able to spend some time together. First, Sophia came down with a cold last Friday. Because Andrew's white blood cell counts are so low, we decided to send Sophia to Erin's parents' house for a few days until she got better. Then, as soon as she came back home, Madeline came down with the same cold, and spent time with both Erin's and Chris' family members. She was better yesterday, so we were able to bring her home.

It was nice to let the kids play together(and with us) before Andrew has to spend time in the hospital. It was especially nice that this fell on Mother's Day, and we were able to spend it as a family, which has become a much rarer occurrence lately.

We would like to thank all of the people who helped us with watching the children last week. We needed two separate people for child care through most of the week, and several people stepped up and helped, some of them on almost no advance notice. Also, we would like to thank the dozens of people who have already helped us in other ways. Whether it was through time, food, gift cards, items for the hospital, well wishes, and especially prayers, our support network has been amazing so far, and we thank all of you.