Tulips and Rembrandts

We've been at home for 4 days now and Elizabeth seems to be slowly getting her strength back. She's still not fully recovered, but t...

In a whirlwind morning we were discharged 8 hours earlier than expected and now we're home! I'll give a more thorough update later. ...

Between exploring the rooftop garden and the playroom, Elizabeth got lots of exercise today and had plenty of fun. Add learning new signs fr...

We ordered in pizza...can you believe in all our stays at the hospital we've never ordered in pizza? Clearly, the girls loved it and Mom...

Today was a great day. Elizabeth had a great night and is finally starting to get some sleep. We had a family morning in her room and got to...

Grandma is sleeping at the hospital with Elizabug tonight giving Matt and I some time with the little girls and a chance to get a good night...

I just got off the phone with Matt and the team agrees that we should tentatively plan for a 7 day course of IV antibiotics, so that puts us...

Today was a hectic but GOOD day. Elizabeth tried to make up for her late night by sleeping in-between interruptions (vital checks every 4 ho...

Elizabeth spent her 5th birthday getting much better. It appears the antibiotics have finally started working. As you'll see below, she...

No news is pretty good news. Elizabeth spend the day with fevers to 104, but it looks like the broad range of antibiotics they are using ar...

Matt took Elizabeth to the ER last night after a day of high fevers and no probable cause. Her white blood count was 15,000 so she's p...

The day is long and all that I must do too much for my small strength. When at length the day is through, shall I find I failed to tap the I...

Elizabeth's first day of preschool was a great success. Her teacher called me late in the afternoon to tell me how well she'd partic...

Tomorrow morning Elizabeth will head off to her first day of preschool. It's a big deal for any mom, I know. I've had a lump in my t...

We saw a firetruck parked in front of our grocery store, (firefighters eat too I guess) so I thought Ruby would be totally excited to see on...

Would you believe, the fat green caterpillar (apparently it's an Antheraea polyphemus) we found on our sidewalk...our very own Hermie, ...

We found Hermie the Caterpillar on our front steps this morning. He's beautiful! Mommy got a little worried that he'd get squished o...

We've crossed a threshold. Elizabeth lost her first tooth this evening! (In the interest of full disclosure, Matt yanked it out (gently ...

We celebrated the holiday weekend with a "girls day" of apple picking at Eckerts Farm with our dear friend Amy. The girls loved pi...

Today Elizabeth began growth hormone therapy. Six days a week for the next number of years (unless we choose to stop for health reasons) she...