Update 2018
Summer 2018 It's been a wonderful year. We've continued to fight the good fight. And Gerard is officially "on the charts." That means the growth charts. What many of you don't know is that DCFS was called as required by my health care team, and they made sure that I wasn't "starving" my poor boy. That was a rough day. And everybody has bad days. Yes, he was in "failure to thrive" again after my last summer's update. Here we are! Back again to let all of the supporters and friends know that their money and prayers have gone to good use. Two years ago I could not have dreamed we would be navigating chronic illness so well. Two years ago Gerard was down to 40 lbs. Yes. It was a lot of dark days when I didn't know who to call because all of the doctors had no answers. No advice. I'd get pitiful looks from friends and strangers. And friends started avoiding us. When we needed them most, a lot of friends exited left. And right.