Well I'm glad THAT'S over!
Our family faced a pretty hefty challenge last month when Ryan was stricken with what I like to call "The Mystery Illness." He began having fevers on January 4, was admitted to Pinnacle Hospital on 1/9, moved to Hershey Medical Center on 1/17, and finally came home on 1/26...17 days in the hospital. It was a long road with a ton of bloodwork, imaging, medication, and even a thoracentisis thrown in for good measure. We missed him so much. It was so hard not knowing what was wrong, the doctors were really stumped for a while. It was tough on me knowing he wanted me to be there with him, but I could only manage a few hours a day to visit.
It wasn't all bad. The positive was that Ryan's parents came and stayed with Liza and I for over a week, and then my mom came and stayed with us for over a week as well. Liza had so much quality time with her grandparents while they were here supporting us and Ryan. We really enjoyed their company and they made the situation easier on all three of us. She really blossomed with her speech and is repeating and saying so many words and phrases. Even a complete sentence here and there!
She still loves to dance and dances constantly around the house and at Music Together. My mom came up with an idea to shine her Turtle star and moon projector night light onto the floor in the dark and Liza dances up a storm - you'd think she was at a disco! She asks for certain songs by name and call fill in many of the words as we sing. She loves when we all dance together and use her musical instruments, like the kazoo, cymbals and tambourine.
Ryan is home now and getting his strength back. We are so happy to be getting back to normal.
