Aunt H's Hair-do's

While we sit here and wait for Spence to show some signs of hair loss (only a few small pieces so far), my girls are excitedly taking advantage of Aunt Heather being in town, so they can sport the prettiest hair-dos in town.

She may be a tax attorney by training, but my girls are convinced that Heather's mission in life is "Niece Hair Dresser" and sincerely hope that she stays in the DC area for a long, long time!

A glimpse at their pre-church hair this past Sunday...
from the left:  Emma, Cami, Ellie

Thanks, Aunt H!

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Spencer

He had his 5th spinal tap today.  He has another one scheduled on Monday. 

The new anesthesia and anti-nausea medicine made him extra sleepy, as expected. 

I went to our first parent support meeting tonight.  There was one other parent there who spoke only Vietnamese.  Everything the group leaders or I said had 2 minutes of translation to go through before we could go on.  We ended the session with some meditation involving visualizing a beam of divine light going through us and me almost falling asleep.  It'll take some convincing for me to go back.

I reviewed Spencer's original CBC (complete blood count) results today--the ones that sent him to the hospital in the first place-- and was shocked at how a good 3/4 of the elements they looked at were way outside the range of normal.   I can see why the pediatrician was alarmed.  (WBC=60.75, RBC=2.06, Hgb=7.4, Hct=21.3, Platelet=90) 

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"Trying to comprehend the trials and meaning of this life without understanding Heavenly Father’s marvelously encompassing plan of salvation is like trying to understand a three-act play while seeing only the second act."

Elder Neal A. Maxwell