Countdown to Disney!

Lisa's wish trip plans are well under way. Our "box" arrived today compliments of Rainbow Connection and our sponsor Fire on Ice. I missed the initial "unveiling" of the box, but apparently there was a lot of joyous screaming, clapping and bouncing around. We made a video of the "second opening" when I got home from work, but it's too big to post on blog. If you want to see it, you can view it at: http://welovelisa.shutterfly.com/


Video and editorial comments are provided by Maranda.


20 days until takeoff. Our LIMO! arrives at 4am in the morning if anyone wants to see us off:)


We pray for a safe and healthy trip!

Picking Pumpkin's

Picking Punpkins last Sunday. Lisa picked an iddy bitty one. We cleaned/carved them at the neighbors house that afternoon.

Labs Results In

Mike here again:

Lisa's most recent labs are back now.
The numbers are about the same as last time, "so I think she looks great!" - Dr. Carla

Although Lisa is fighting a stuffy nose and a cough she's doing just fine. We've all been busy with school and the after school activities of the four youngsters. The house is a mess, the parents are tired... life is good. Life is great.

We're about 5 weeks away from Lisa's trip to Disney and starting to get excited. We're leaving on Thanksgiving Day. With those 4 messy, tiring kids I was telling you about. On one of the busiest traveling days of the year. Oh what joy. At least we scored non-stop tickets. It's going to be great and we can't wait.

The Interview

Q: What do you think about all these people reading your blog.
A: "I don't know..." [asks again] shrugs, "um Halloween time"

Q: How do you feel?
A: "Happy"

Q: Do you like school?
A: "yeah"

Q: What do you like best about school?
A: "I don't know, music"

Q: What do you like about getting up early in the morning and going to school?
A: "Going on the bus" [Lisa remarks as dad types - "Hey, my dad knows how to spell bus!"] [Dad thinks to himself - "Thank God for spellchecker."]

Q: Who's the best cooker in the whole wide world?
A: "Daddy"

There you have it folks. The 8:00 AM interview with her highness.

Latest Lab Results Are In

The urine tests for Lisa are back and actually better than they were before. The HVA is 12 and was 13 and the VMA is <9 which is as low as the test will read. All the blood looks fine too. Liver enzymes are still slightly high, but not terrible. Keep taking the actigall for now.
AST (AST) 43 5-60 IU/L
ALT (ALT) 41 H 7-35 IU/

Good news! Thank you everyone for keeping Lisa in your prayers. Lisa is loving school and kindergarten crew! She had a dentist appointment yesterday with cousin Dr. Therese. She had a shot and filling and didn't wiggle hardly at all. It really put the pressure on her big sister Maranda to stay strong in the seat next to her while she had her own fillings filled. Way to go Lisa!

Happy 12th Birthday to Maranda

First Day of Kindergarten

Lisa ran off to the bus stop just moments ago with her big sister Christina, while Maranda and Thomas caught their ride 30 minutes earlier. Lisa was very excited and repeated the line from the movie Finding Nemo, "First day of school, first day of school, come on Dad get up, first day of school!"