Evan in park

Evan in park

Monday, November 28, 2011

Headed to Stanford

Thanksgiving week was...eventful! Evan had a terrible cough and cold as did I. It, of course, messed with his levels and he was crabby and not wanting to eat. We worked with the geneticist to keep him out of the hospital and successfully got through this cold without a hospital visit! Thank goodness. It took adjustments in his formula as well as him eating smaller bottles every two hours while he was up since he didn't want to eat full bottles every 4 hours.  Luckily he is now back to his happy-go-lucky self and smiling :)  

We had a few friends over or Thanksgiving. It was very nice. Evan slept most of the time they were all here, but it allowed mommy and daddy to enjoy their company and dinner.  Quite a nice holiday! :)

So...now to the title of this post...we are HEADED TO STANFORD!

We leave tomorrow morning for our trip to have Evan evaluated for transplant. It took some work, but we were able to get the AF to pay for all 3 of us to travel instead of just Evan and one parent.  They even bought Evan his own seat so we will have some space for sitting (once we get the airline to recognize that an 8 month old cannot sit alone without his parents). 

Our schedule for the week is as follows, leave for Stanford Tuesday morning, meet with genetics Wednesday morning, and then meet with different parties of the transplant team on Thursday (all day).  We are really looking forward to meeting with all parties to fully understand the ins and outs of transplant as well as the benefits and risks that Evan could face.  This is just the beginning of a long journey, but we are happy for it to be starting.

I will update again when we return from California.

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