Hello from the House that Love Built

The amazing Grants read my post and called offering to drive down to the city to give us a lift to Ronald. When I hung up I was telling the nurse about this sweet family and she asked, "Well, how exactly are you going to get to Ronald? Look at all this luggage!" (In my mind, we're light in the luggage department this time, but to each his own, smile.) I told her I'd just wait a few hours for the next Ronald shuttle. She insisted that a child without an immune system shouldn't be hanging around a hospital nor throwing up in a taxi so CHOP's sweet Security took us back to Ronald. (Whew!) I'm thinking if Christi would have been feeling well there would have been lights, sirens, whistles and much laughter about how we were off to catch the bad guys, but she sadly just looked out the window during the ride with the Officer.

Once in the very full Ronald House, where we are so lucky to have a room, she selected a YES/KNOW pad with the invisible marker for her treat from the "Welcome Wagon" and quietly worked on that for hours while I read like a mad woman. She's just not feeling like herself, yet she asked if we could borrow a wagon or something and to go the Barnes and Noble on campus tomorrow if she feels better. She wants to see if they have any more Hank the Cowdog books like the one a sweet Angel on earth sent her. (She said there's a series and there are 31 books.) There aren't any wagons at Ronald, but I do see a wheelchair I'm certain we can borrow. Hopefully, she'll be up to it.

So the good news is we have a room at Ronald and it's located next to the laundry room. And the bad news is we have a room that's located next to the (noisy) laundry room - hee hee! Seriously, we're very lucky and most grateful to have a room here at all and pending no fever we'll stay a few days! (CHOP informed me I must call a taxi if she gets a fever during the night. There's a good chance that may indeed happen, yet I'm praying she'll make it through without one.) Here's wishing you a good night!