Updates. Good news, Great news, Not-so great news and other things

I'm not sure if it is the the facebookification of the world, the onset of the Age of Will who is now 2 1/2 ,  Ellie hitting her stride as a school-aged kid, some other factor or a combination of a bunch of these but we have been seriously negligent in updating this blog for a significant amount on time.So I will try to update all fronts here with the latest and greatest from Broganland.Ellie:  Ellie is great.  A happy soon-to-be seven year old, she goes to first grade every morning on the bus with her nurse/consigliere and loves first grade. Two different rounds of show-and-tell with her class have made her medical issues more of a fascination for her classmates than a problem.  She routinely gets supplemental IV hydration mid-day without missing a beat or a call home.  She just gets off the bus some days with a IV backpack. Abby and I just look at each other and thank the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for good nursing. Ellie's school couldn't be more accommodating.  Everyone from the Principal to the nurse and her amazing teacher are great for us and do what it takes to keep Ellie going.  Even the food service people are bending over backward to include Ellie in school lunch by sending us their recipes and preparing special meals for Ellie so she can go through the lunchline.  Just like everyone else.  We got great advice when we were moving-our town is truly where you want to be if you have a kid, especially a kid wit...
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