DAY 3

Wow! We are so truly thankful for all the prayers, emails, and phone calls that have been heading our way! We're hearing from family and friends who we haven't see in a long time, and it honestly makes us so happy! Thank you!!!!

Joli is doing superb! She does have "good minutes" and "bad minutes", but overall we're really well. There are times she screams "I don't like my boo-boo, Mommy!" or "It's so itchy!" and those are the moments when we really lose it (not in front of her, of course). But, other than those moments, she's been riding bikes with the lovely kids in our neighborhood, blowing bubbles with Lolo (thanks to the Panganibans for the "magic bubbles!"), going down the big slide in our backyard, playing hide and seek with Uncle Pedro, and kicking the volleyball in the yard! She's doing so well!

The tough part was changing her bandgage last night. It was pretty much covered in popsicle juice, apple juice, and whatever a 2-year old wants to eat when she's sick. It took a whole bunch of us to change it -- well, 3 people to change it; the rest for moral support. That was awful. Thanks to the "nerves of steel" from our nurse friend, Ligaya, Joli's bandage was changed. It really didn't look as bad as we thought it was going to look. Her eye is sewn shut and it was just a little swollen with some bruising.

Last night was rough -- the new bandage we have on there uses tape that isn't as glue-like as the original. So, sure enough, at one point, Joli's bandage was off (oh, grayyyttt). So, Jorge and I mustered up all the courage we could and re-changed it. She looks great!

Okay, I gotta get off because Joli is begging me to turn on the Wiggles.

Lots of love~