Well Hello there! It has been a little bit since my last post, not too much is going on in the kidney world, but life is a bit crazy.
Since August, everyone has gone back to school! Amelia is at home, doing all of her classes online and doing really well. Last night we had virtual parent teacher conferences and she is doing great! This Covid mess has one bright spot, and that is the ability that the teachers have to do online schooling. This is ideal for Amelia becasue she can be in a “normal” class and learn a ton. Home Hospital was fine last year, and got her through the basic classes for 7th grade, but this year she gets art and music, all online. She has gone in a couple of times to pick up things from her teachers, but for the most part she is at home. She did make it for school pictures this year and didn’t have to head up to Primary’s afterwards. Last year, she took her first picture and went to the hospital. That picture wasn’t great as you can imagine, so we did retakes, with the same result. This year she just came home afterwards!
We have been running around like crazy this month and it just seems to slip away like quicksilver. I can’t believe it is already the 23rd of September and it is officially fall, but it is already to week 3 of the NFL season. No, the Broncos are not doing great.
Amelia had clinic (with all of the “covid” crap restrictions) on the 15th and she is doing ok. She has been getting more tired lately and doesn’t feel great, but she still gets up and goes. They finally got all of the i’s dotted and T’s crossed for her to be officilly listed on the transplant list. We thought she was on the list before, but it was all preliminary waiting on OK from the GI docs and the oncology docs. All is good now, and we begin the actual waiting.
Amelia has been keeping herself busy learning needlepoint and continuing to bake. She made a pumpkin roll the other day that just may rival Grandma’s, and that is hard to live up to! We also let her and Leatha get a new cat. She loves the cat as you will see from her post. She is also interested in learning photography. I have let her use my camera for a few things lately and she is doing pretty good with compositions and lighting. I made her the official photographer for Cameron’s Eagle Scout Project last week, and she came home with nearly 900 images. We will have plenty to choose from!
All in all things are going well. We will wait for a kidney call and continue to hope that she doesn’t get any sicker. Brenda and I (and amelia) are continually thankful for all of you who are supporting us. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers, we can’t do this without your support and that from Heaven.
Still coming to you live 93 days into this kidney journey,
-Justin
