It's Wednesday afternoon and we're still in the hospital. When we're inpatient, the days feel like weeks! We got here Friday in the middle of the night b/c Mac was having pain in his side and a fever. Because the medicine he's taking is so hard on kidneys, we were suspicious of something in that area. He progressed to having other symptoms and lots of tests were run. The current thought of the day is that he has a viral infection. But when your immune system is being suppressed, it's hard to fight things. I think we have turned a corner and are taking small steps toward recovery. He's eaten a tiny bit for the first time since Friday. He's still exhausted and feels uncomfortable, but he's not in pain. And he's still running a low grade fever which will hopefully go away soon! This has been a huge reality check for me; as much as we can't wait to get home, it's also scary to expose him to the real world. What other people can fight off with a little tylenol lands us in the hospital for a week. But I feel confident our team here won't let us go until they know he can handle it.

We are looking forward to having the rest of the crew come see us this weekend. Because of our situation here, they are planning on staying with Gail and visiting as much as we can during the day. My sister Ana is going back home for now, I couldn't have gotten through these last weeks without her!

This week has been a bit of a disappointing set back. But I'm sure he'll bounce back as only an 11 year old boy can and get back on task of getting his bone marrow jump started!! Please continue to pray as I know you all are!!! Thanks as always!