Our day started out with a scheduled day treatment visit Wednesday morning. With an IVIG treatment too. We got home at about 3pm to pack quickly and pick up Abby from Daycare by 5pm and be on the road to MN.  We drove for about 2 hours, the kids were both sleeping so we waited to eat until 7:30. We finally stopped off past Eau Claire to eat and get back onto the road by 9pm. The kids slept the majority of the ways, which made things easier when traveling so far.

We reached St. Paul at 10:30pm, staying at Days Inn, just 3 miles from Fairview. Of course, we got the furthest room from the parking lot which means many trips from the van with baby supplies and suitcases. Everyone went to bed pretty easily, including mom and dad.

We had to be at the hospital by 9am to meet with Dr. Baker, the BMT doctor. He really explained their protocol in detail and answered our questions. We then met with Marie, BMT counselor, who informed us of services, housing, and gave us a tour of the BMT units. (Rick went on tour, I stayed with kids since I have a cold)

We grabbed lunch at noon and then headed over to Ronald McDonald House for a tour. It is pretty impressive with 80+ rooms for BMT families to stay in. Plus multiple toy rooms and activities for Abby to do while we are living there. Then Hayden filled his pants so we had to cut the visit short. I was excited to hear they have a dog that lives there, it is a Labradoodle, which is a not shedding dog!

We went back to our hotel room for a well needed nap for all of us. We are somewhat learning the area but still haven’t seen one flyer on tourism for MN. So we haven’t found the Mall of America, a shopping center or most important, a zoo. I have printed some directions out before hand, but MN fails at tourism in my book.

Tomorrow is Friday, hopefully we find more fun things to do. Hayden is doing really well and Abby is enjoying swimming and hanging out at the hotel!

kb

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