March with Ella

 

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It's been so long since I've posted.  I really have no excuse but that I've spent much more time on that other means of social media.  While I still read posts, I don't comment much, and I feel like I've lost touch.  Looking back to when I started blogging, Ella hadn't been born yet.  When she was, she received the diagnosis of CF that changed our world and how we looked at it.

I have been in Virginia...cold, cold Virginia...since the middle of March.  Ella had a few days' stay in the hospital, then home on IV's for 9 more days.  She has been without her PICC line for over a week, and we are encouraged.

My son and his wife don't want me to talk about the CF very much, so I don't.  We prefer to dwell on the vibrant, vivacious little girl that Ella is.  We share many laughs with her.  We listen to her read with such enthusiasm.  Her teacher said she tests out at a fourth=grade level. (She's in first grade.)

So many of you have followed Ella through the years, and I just wanted to give you a little update.

The cold days are becoming less and less.  Last Sunday we had around four inches of snow in Charlottesville.  Yesterday, Easter Sunday, was rainy and chilly, but it seems the snow was no sooner gone, and the trees were budding.  I admire the daffodils and pansies and other flowers that survive the snow and still hold their heads high.

Soon I'll be heading back to Florida.  I've finally decided (I think) to sell my house and downsize.  For now, I see myself staying in Florida.  At some point I might divide my time, but for now I am happy to come and go.  My children are very welcoming, and I do appreciate that.  I'm thankful that I can come often to see them, and especially, Ella.