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She's been fussy all day and messing with her ears. Her temp is 99.8 which is technically not a fever but it's not her norm. I'm guessing an ear infection. (They only happen on the weekends, you know.) Please pray for her and that she can sleep tonight otherwise it may be a long one for all of us. Poor thing is screaming right now. If you know her, you know she never screams.

MOMS - She's too young to have Motrin, right? She'll be 4 months on April 1st

The weekend

So far, a good weekend! I got to hang out with some great girls last night downtown. It was nice to have some time away. The margaritas were GREAT and so was the company!

Grandma (Pete's mom) arrived last night and will be staying this week. Katie and Jack return to Atl. tomorrow but will be back soon. If Forester is feeling good we hope to all make it to church tomorrow - yippee! I must run. Forester wants chips and salsa and cheese dip so we're headed out... Praise God for a craving!

One week down...

Whitney's text says it all: "1st week is done!!" Yay!

Please pray that Forester begins eating and drinking enough to maintain his weight, to keep his little body functioning properly, and to avoid medical intervention in this area. Since he stopped the steroid, he's lost about 6 pounds. Today, during treatment, he received an extra bolus of fluid because he hasn't had enough to drink. An extra bolus of fluid also means an extra hour spent at the hospital.

Please pray for a peaceful and restorative weekend for the Bradburns! Yippee for 2 days of no treatment!

Praise God for He is good!
April

Forester and Jack Video

All in all a great day...minus the flat tire I got today. Thank you Kevin G for coming to my rescue, AGAIN! Why do these things always happen when Pete is out of town?? Also, I want to say a general "thanks" to all of you who have sent cards and gifts and gift cards and meals...all amazing and we SO appreciate it! I have a list and I will start thank-you notes soon but I just wanted to say thank you here cause it may have been a while since you sent something and I'm feeling so bad that I haven't sent a thank you yet! YOU HAVE BLESSED US LIKE CRAAAZY!! Praying for a peaceful night for us Bradburns and for you!

Here is a video of Forester entertaining his cousin, Jack. So sweet!

Day 4

Whitney just sent me a text to say they're done for the day! Already! Wow! It's been a good day except for vomiting in the morning.

April

Oh, Happy Day

Just wanted to tell you that I love and appreciate you...yes, you, reading this post. We may have never met, you may be one of my closest friends...but you have prayed for and thought about my sweet Forester and I love you for it. Thank you. Today was a great and painless day for all and my guy was being his silly old self. It was a joy to see. If you have children, hug them tight, let the meaningless annoying things go and just appreciate the smiles and the silly. It's an amazing gift. It's been a long day! I'm tired and THANKFUL. God is so good. Wish Pete was here tonight...

Love and thanks to all!

Headed home

Forester has another day of treament behind him, and it went smoothly too! Praise the Lord!

April

Day 3

The Bradburns had a peaceful night last night (praise the Lord!) and were ready to face day 3 this morning. By about 12:30pm, Forester had finished chemotherapy and was about to move on to radiation. Another good day so far...

Don't you just love these dimples?