My therapy

My parents have been here for the past week and I was able to take a couple days off work while they were here. My mom and I had lunch together, just the two of us, three times this week and spent lots of time shopping for house stuff, picking out curtains and blinds and just hanging out in general. We've had some fun family outings and gotten to enjoy game nights with the boys and movies. The icing on the cake has been that Noah has been well for almost 2 weeks now and has been sleeping all night. The combination of sleep, almost a full week off work, family time and plenty of opportunities to process and share my heart with my mom and dad has truly been therapeutic. I feel like I'm rested for the first time in about 6 months. It's been heavenly. Really. 

Since my parents leave tomorrow morning, it will be back to mostly regular life around here. We have 3 more weeks of different sets of out-of-town relatives here to visit. This round is my sister-in-law and niece.  It will be fun to spend some time with them and ease back into work. Although Noah seems to be sliding downhill with a low grade temp and increased irritability, I am hoping that maybe this go-round won't be so bad and that we will still sleep.

Tuesday, Noah and I have an appointment with yet another specialist to explore one new option that might help him. We would appreciate any and all prayers as we explore a potentially beneficial, yet very difficult possibility of help for him. I will share the details of what we're going to try after our appointment.  In the meantime, we have two more weeks before we go back to Childrens for more lab work and doctor appointments. At that point, we will see if Noah's body was able to mount some immunity to strep after his vaccine and if it helped him start producing more IgG cells.

I'm gonna spend the next few hours soaking up a little more "therapy" time and enjoy the rest and relaxation while it lasts!