At home at the RMH

So as Uncle Mack told you, we have settled in here at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) and we are really enjoying it here. Everyone here is so nice and the facility is absolutely beautiful. There are really nice kitchen areas where we can cook anything we want, and even better, there are volunteers who come in everyday and make dinners for us... and brunch on the weekends too! Its really so nice to not have to worry about making dinner or even deciding where to go for dinner. Just go downstairs and its waiting for you. :) At such a scary time in our lives, its a beautiful thing to see the many kindnesses of strangers. Often when I am standing in line to get my food, I have to fight back the tears as I watch these people rush to serve everyone and smile and talk to all of the children despite their masks and bald heads.

It really does feel good to be here.

Currently, we're in a smaller hotel sized room. We have a minifridge and our own bathroom, but it definately feels small. We're on the fast track to a suite though, due to the length of time we expect to stay here. I'm looking forward to getting a bit more room to move around.

Things have been especially small-feeling around here due to the fact that Gracie has a cold. We've been trying to keep her here in our room instead of taking her downstairs around all of the immuno-suppressed kids, so we've been getting our meals in take-out boxes and staying upstairs a lot . :( Not much fun for Mommy and Daddy. We're hoping that the antibiotic that Gracie is taking for her skin inflammation might do a little work on the cold as well.

Uncle Mack brought Gracie a new Baby Einstein jumpy chair and she has been enjoying it as much as she can considering how sick she is. She really missed being able to jump and she just loves all of the cool new toys on it. Thanks Uncle Mack!

We meet with Dr. Orchard tomorrow morning first thing to check her suitability for admission on Tuesday. I really hope she'll be feeling better and we won't have to delay. Please pray that we beat this cold and the skin infection pretty quick.

More to come later. :)