ALOHA!

We're home. Very tired...I think the time difference has hit us. That flight is a killer! It was easier going than coming which is backwards from how I figured it would be. I just can't sleep on an airplane; can't seem to get comfortable. We had a wonderful time; Oahu is a beautiful island full of many "wow" moments. There is natural beauty everywhere all the time and it was a little overwhelming at times. It made me think that maybe they got all of it all which left us not much of it? I found a cute little town I'd like to move to on the island if I were to suddenly come into half a million dollars or so. Ha.

Brooke did great while we were gone. No problems whatsoever. In fact, in true Brooke form, she was a perfect angel making the caregivers doubt everything we warned them about. In a sense, "she showed us who was boss." The infection on her leg looks much better and her skin has cleared up. Love what the antibiotics do for her; just hate that she has to go on two of them in order to get relief. She cracks me up! Instead of playing with the things we bought her (her cards and a ukulele), she's more interested in what isn't hers: she's wearing 5 shell bracelets I bought, two shell lei's, a bean lei, and tinkering with 10 keychains. Typical child...give them pots and pans over toys and they're happy as can be!

I'm busy trying to shift gears from Hawaii to Denver to ensure I have everything ready to take with us on the trip. We leave for Albq. after work Tuesday and we fly out early Wednesday morning. No claritin or benadryl from this point forward...wish us luck with that! Allergy testing is the first order of business on Wednesday, Cardiology on Thursday morning, and I have no clue of anything else planned. I just hope this trip provides something that will benefit Brooke. Answers would be great!

Thank you for your prayers and well wishes while we were in Hawaii. Turning off the worry is no easy task, but we finally managed it a few days into the trip. Mike and I needed this time together and I am so thankful we were able to go. Please pray for a safe journey to Denver, for comfort with the doctors we see, for knowledge on their behalf, and for answers if that be God's will.