It's Friday... how you doin'?

I've already received a call from the doctor bright and early this morning. It was a little after 8am when Dr Goldberg called me to let me know the Mayalis' urine sample that was dropped off yesterday morning looked fine.

But last night's adventure to get the blood culture done for him wasn't as smooth as the call this morning.

After my mother picked me up at the train station after work, we picked up Mayalis and headed straight to the Lincolnwood doctor's office laboratory so that they can do the blood culture. And boy, if I knew what she was going to be in for, I would have been a little more prepared.

Do you remember the little coca-cola glass bottles from back in the day?

Well... can I tell you that the lady taking Mayalis' blood let it drip into a bottle like that! It was the weirdest thing to look at... and the most hurtful because my little girl was screaming - again - that she was better.
But here is the bad part of this situation... they were supposed to do TWO cultures and they only had one bottle to collect the blood in. 
So I ended up BACK at the Old Orchard location again to get the other culture done for my little girl. But this time around, Mayalis did so much better. She cried - not screamed - this time but not as much as she did at Lincolnwood and it was so much quicker at Old Orchard.

Still, at the end of the two procedures, my little girl had bandages on both her arms! :-(
Hopefully we will finally find out what is causing this not eating for her.

I just spoke to Joel and he just told me that Mayalis has been eating with him this morning!! I am so happy!! A whole egg, three bites of a hot dog, 3/4 of a fruit puree package and some chocolate milk! YIPPEE!!!
I am so happy!!!

Hopefully she is finally getting out of this little funk of not eating... and she just needed her daddy to do it. I continue to pray that she continues on this path and by the time we get to the doctor's tomorrow, she would have gained back the little bit of weight that she lost. :-)

I am sometimes in awe of this little girl... she teaches me so much; and to think that she is only 2 1/2 years old, I can only imagine what she will teach me when she is older and in school. But don't let me get ahead of myself... she isn't in school yet. :-)

I am looking forward to getting home to my two loves tonight... spending time with the both of them is what I look forward to every night but especially on Friday nights since Joel is already home when I get home. We talk, we play with Mayalis and have dinner tonight... I love it!!

And home is where my soul is at ease... where no bombs or blows are given... where no sticks and stones are thrown at me. I am at peace at home.

I've come to realize a lot in the last couple of months and I am glad that I have opened my eyes even further to the things that I am surrounded by - and to be able to make the right decisions on what to do in my life. And I am completely happy with the choices that I have had to make.
And little by little, I am going to finally make "this place" my home... <3-) And I am very happy that I am not alone to make these changes in my life.