Hey there!

    Our appointments went well yesterday!  He gave me some recommendations for things to try and we have appointments to go back in August.

It snowed yesterday!!!  Only for about 15 minutes and didn't stick much, but it was fun while it lasted!  Thankfully, they take good care of the roads.  They have a lot of invisible ice here....the hotel parking lot looked wet, but was solid ice.  Thankfully there were no falls in our group!  Ezra slipped and twisted his leg once but he stopped limping soon after and was back to his old self.  We went to the Mall of America for a couple things and Ezra discovered they have doggy toys in the peep store...needless to say, he now is the proud owner of a blue squeaky peep! ;)  Yes, he's spoiled and no, I don't care!  He works hard enough I figure he's entitled to some special treatment!

My flare returned last night with renewed vigor.  So I bid my one and only safe food farewell and I'm back to no nutrition whatsoever.

We are supposed to be at the airport at 4:00 (5:00 at home), we fly out at 6:10, have a 2hr layover, fly out of there at 9:50, and arrive at our final destination at 12:30am.  THEN we have about an hour to drive home.

Well, I'm off to feed Ezra dinner...

Taking Life One Mile at a Time,

                     Allison

We Made It! :)

We made it to Minnesota!  There's some snow on the ground in places and it's supposed to start snowing at 9:00 (10:00 at home) tonight.  The snow and wintery mix isn't supposed to stop until noon tomorrow.  I was SOOOOO hoping it would snow so I'm thrilled and I know Ezra will be! :)  We have a couple things to do before our appointments with Dr. Afrin at 3:00.  I think I'm going to be hitting the pillow somewhat early tonight.  Getting up at 1am is for the birds!!  Ezra is already sacked out.  He was quite confused and thought I was totally out of my mind to expect him to get out of bed and think he wanted to eat at 1:30 in the morning!  He is thoroughly exhausted.

Just to give you a little laugh.... Apparently upper midwest folks don't eat chicken livers.  We went to KFC to get me some chicken livers (good in iron which I'm low on plus they are amazing!) and when my sister ordered them the guy taking the order asks "what are those?" LOL!!  I know I shouldn't laugh, but he seriously had no clue what a chicken liver was.  It's like how deep can you go to explain the anatomy of a chicken?? ;)

Thank you to those praying about the flare I've been having.  It may be too early to say, but it's looking like I'm coming out of it!  It has given me false hope before so I may just be having a little peak.  I'm thankful even if it is just a little break!! :)  I've been able to eat a little and drink quite a bit of water (making up for the last few days of thirst) without big issues which is a huge difference from where I was!

Allison

The view of the snow from the airplane.

Valerie and me waiting to
board the first flight.

Minnesota Trip...

Sorry for such a short notice.  Lord willing, we will fly out tomorrow morning at 6:50am for our appointments with our mast cell specialist.  I have been in a rough flare since Thursday and cannot eat anything (including formula through my GJ tube) or drink more than a few swallows a couple times a day.  Please pray that I will soon come out of this flare and for us all to have a safe time!  Gotta get to bed...and get up at 1:00am! :)

Thank you in advance for your prayers!

Allison