Hello again all! It seems like every time we blink another week has gone by. Then we keep saying “we need to update the blog” and all of a sudden it is another 2 weeks and another kidney clinic finished. I suppose that is good news though, Amelia isn’t having many problems to report. Since our last update…in July…There has not been too many things to report with regards to Amelia’s health.

She has been getting stronger and doing more, including some sewing. She made Halloween placemats for us. She has also been baking up a storm, learning new things and making Leatha a bit jealous.

School started in August and she has been doing online classes. At Parent Teacher conferences, all of her teachers gushed about how good she was doing. One teacher keeps giving Amelia days off from class because she is so far ahead of the other kids in the class! As of this writing, it is the last day of the semester and she is cruising along with all A’s to show for it.

We have finally gotten to monthly kidney clinic appointments! It is nice to only have to go once a month now, and Amelia doesn’t mind a monthly blood draw. We had to reschedule Octobers clinic because Amelia picked up a cold that is dragging her down. We know it is not COVID, she has had her 2 shots, but gets to have another because she is immuno-compromised.

Fall is upon us now, it has snowed and is getting colder, but It was nice this past sunday so we decided to take a family trip to the zoo. Amelia wasn’t feeling great so we dug out the wheelchair and headed out. We spent a lot of time at the elephants, remembering Grandma who passed a year ago. She loved the elephants.

The cold weather also took its toll on our garden, and we had to harvest all fo our tomatoes and squashes. And guess who was out there picking most of them…Amelia!

All in all we are doing well. Still looking for a house, but doing the best we can. With the infrequency of our updates we are wondering if this blog is still worthwhile. If you are reading this, please take a second and comment down below so that we know these updates are still of value. We are considering archiving this whole thing if it has run it’s course.

Thanks for reading, and keeping our family in your thoughts and prayers.

Still coming to you live 192 days into the new kidney,

-Justin