Ready for Vacation, Hoping to go

Well, the van is mostly packed. There are a few last minute things that will need to be loaded up in the morning. We will head into clinic in the morning and hope for the best - good counts (so we don't need any transfusions and so that Rebekah's immune system is doing better), no fevers, and nothing saying we can't go on vacation. Assuming all is well, we will leave after clinic for vacation.

It has been a busy day, getting ready. Grandma M came by to help with the girls. While she was here, Mommy took Rebekah shopping with her. She was pretty good while we were out.

If you don't want to hear about potty problems, skip this paragraph. Throughout the day, Rebekah would start wailing (all of a sudden) and complain of owies and often point to her bottom. It soon became clear that she was constipated. We switched her back to "with fiber" formula and gave her a dose of laxative. This evening, she finally passed her stool, with much screaming and complaining. It was terrible to watch her in pain and know that it was going to get a little worse before getting better and not be able to do anything about it. I'm going to hope (and pray) we are done with that (and that there are no continuing problems from it).

Meanwhile, we need to take enough "with fiber" formula as well as "without fiber" formula with us for the next week since we are unsure which we will really want. We switched to without fiber because she had so many problems with the diarrhea. Uugh! It seems we can't win.

Aside from being pretty cranky, Rebekah has thrown up a few times over the last few days. That makes us a little nervous for vacation. We will hope for the best.

Thank you so much for your love and support, prayers and comments.