Bledsoe Battle

It's been a rough week for both of us. I woke up with a bad cold last Wednesday. I was feeling bad enough that I actually left work early and went home and climbed into bed. Tyler caught my cold (I think) by Saturday and just got worse and worse. It was reminiscent of the pneumonia he had just before the wedding. Tyler spent most of Sunday and Monday sleeping, which is very unlike him. He was also running a fever, so we called Dr. M's office on Monday morning and Tyler got a prescription for antibiotics.

On the third day of antibiotics he was feeling well enough to go back to work. When I checked with him this morning, he said he was better today. He still sounds congested, so that I don't recognize his voice on the phone, but he isn't coughing quite as much anymore.

It does make us a little bit nervous. We don't really know what medications he can take while on Gleevec, so it is tough to give him relief from his symptoms. They approved Tylenol for aches and pains, but we'll have to keep researching to find out what else he can take.

Tyler now promises to stay far away from me the next time I sick. I don't think he wants to go through this again. I guess that means I will have to take extra care with my health now too, so that I don't put either one of us at increased risk.

On a much more positive front, our friends Mark and Vicki just gave birth to their first child. We would like to officially welcome Collin to the world and we're hoping to be able to meet him in person soon.

That's the latest from our house...

Mandy