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It’s been about two weeks since we posted and we wanted to give everyone an update on how Adela is doing.<\/p>\n

First, let’s get the medical-related topics out of the way.\u00a0 She’s feeling better, has more energy, and is in a much happier mood.\u00a0 We were at UNC on Tuesday for her second infusion of Remicade (the medicine for her Crohn’s disease).\u00a0 We stayed in the “short stay” unit since this is only her second infusion and the doctors wanted to monitor her closely to watch for an allergic reaction to the medicine.\u00a0 The next infusion will be in one month.\u00a0 We were supposed to have the broviac catheter removed on Tuesday as well, however due to a scheduling snafu (UNC’s, not ours), the surgical team wasn’t booked in time.\u00a0 So, we are going back early on Monday morning to have the broviac removed.\u00a0 Like all the other medical decisions, this one has its tradeoffs.\u00a0 Leaving the broviac in would mean that when Adela needs her Remicade infusion or blood draws, she doesn’t need to get stuck with a needle.\u00a0 On the other hand, it’s an infection risk and any infection or fever lands us in the hospital for a minimum of three days.\u00a0 She’ll need to be sedated for the procedure just as she was for her scopes.\u00a0 We’re not anticipating any problems and the procedure itself only takes the surgeons about ten minutes, however we’re probably going to ask to move to the short stay unit after the surgery so she can be monitored for a while since we’re still apprehensive about her reactions to anesthesia.<\/p>\n

As for family life, we’re all in Christmas mode now.\u00a0 Adela is very <\/strong>excited about Christmas this year.\u00a0 Our tree went up last weekend as did a good number of holiday decorations around the house.\u00a0 She’s already written her letter to Santa and has told him twice now that she wants a donut maker (she’s all about sweets and candies right now which is ironic considering we haven’t reintroduced any in her diet yet).\u00a0 Her first Santa experience this year was at University Mall in Chapel Hill (Mommy already posted about it) and the second was on the Santa Train.\u00a0 Yes, there is a Santa Train — I think it was the most anticipated Christmas activity so far.\u00a0 The Museum of Life and Science in Durham has a small train on their property that you can ride when you visit the museum.\u00a0 However, at Christmas, they deck the train out in lights and it becomes the Santa Train.\u00a0 About midway around the track there is Santa’s house surrounded by lighted decorations.\u00a0 Santa himself walks down the train and talks to each child as well.\u00a0 She also got a candy cane from an elf which she was terribly excited about.\u00a0 Further down the track, everyone spotted Rudolph’s red nose in the woods moving around.\u00a0 After the train ride, they have activities like face painting, reindeer food making, and coloring for the kids.\u00a0 It was fun (however it was also freezing that night) and Adela had a great time.\u00a0 She enjoyed the snow that fell last weekend as well.\u00a0 This is the first year that she actually asked to go walk around in the snow.\u00a0 She didn’t stay out long, but she did have a good time.<\/p>\n