No case of the Mondays this week!

Howdy everyone,

I'm glad to report that I've been feeling better. It seems that the more diluted mix of the slim fast has kept me more comfortable (for the most part). I got through a whole Monday with no tests, no crying fits and no "white coats." Not only did I make it though Monday, but the previous weekend and now the days following with only some minor discomforts.

So, no news has been good news in my case for the last week or so.

We have had some highlights over the last few days. Aunt Julie's visit ended on Sunday morning, but we got a chance to celebrate her 20th birthday, Mom and Dad's 3rd anniversary and my 4 month birthday. It turns out that all of those momentous occasions happen on the same day, October 8th. Julie wasn't here anymore on the 8th, but we celebrated early with some yummy cake (way better than portagen) and with some friends. Paul and Heather stopped by on Saturday with Chinese food and we all watched the CU Buffaloes football game - I know this was exactly how Julie would've spent her birthday back in Iowa - unfortunately, the Buff lost, but we were all kind of expecting that (except Dad, but we'll let him dream)!

Here's the awesome cake that Mom and Julie made for all of us - Julie did the decorating.... she did a great job fitting everything on such a small canvas.

On Sunday, we just spent the day relaxing. We went for a walk, watched the Broncos win and took and family nap - just imagine all of us, including Boscoe, sleeping in Mom and Dad's bed... it was great!

Dad took a break after the Broncos game to play with me and my friends.

On Monday, we didn't want to do anything that might irritate the powers that be "the Mondays" so we laid low and seemed to avoid them with success.

Mom's been trying really hard to get me to eat more than the minimum amount of portagen allowed to keep me hydrated - I still struggle a bit, but she's been successful by getting about an ounce each day above the minimum... her goal is to get me up to 20 oz by the end of the weekend, right now I'm hovering right around 18oz per day.

Dad went back to work today for the first time since the week before my surgery. It's been really great to have him at home since it can be hard to move me around with the oxygen tank always attached to me. I'm most easily taken care of by a two-person team, however, Mom managed the whole day by herself today, but Dad sure heard about it when he got home - not from mom, but from me... I scolded him for awhile which, and if I do say so myself, is not the most pleasant of things. Dad's work has been really great with allowing him so much time to spend with me and mom after my surgery, we're really thankful for that!

After scolding Dad we had Dave and Lori over to watch the Avalanche home opener hockey game at our house - Heather won Mom and Dad some tickets to the game, but they were kinda tired and didn't want to leave me with a babysitter just yet, so they gave the tickets to Scott and Andrea instead - hopefully they had a wonderful time. I wore my Avs sweater in the true spirit of fanatacism, however, unlike my Broncos cheer-leading outfit, my sweater did not inspire a win for the Avs tonight - bummer - maybe next time!

I was a little tired after scolding Daddy for going to work, so I took some needed rest in my swing.

Well, that's about all that's been going on here.

Tomorrow I need to have some more chest x-rays done and another blood test so that the results will be available for Dr. Karrie for our appointment on Monday - that's right.... keep posted for a possible additional case of the Mondays to come next week. But until then, lets just hope that the Monday appointment will be a breeze and who knows, maybe I'll be able to come home without oxygen (wishful thinking)! We'll keep you posted on that.

Okay, that's all I've got for now.
Lots of love to you all!
Lydia