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It's been a wild couple of weeks - Syd was sick, then I got sick, and then Syd's sick again. Bottom line is we're all good now. Here's the run down if you're interested.

Syd came down with a cold on a Sunday evening, had a pretty decent fever and a cute little cough. By Monday it was a full blown cough and a lot of snot. This lasted for the whole week. She was sleeping on me during the day, and wasn't eating, it was really sad. She lost the fever half way thru the week and then just had the residual cough. So, I picked up the program and the Sunday later, I had the fever and sore throat. Lots of congestion. As Syd was on the mend, I'm the one that's down, and then out of nowhere on Thursday Sydney spikes a fever. So Dave and I took her to see the pediatrician to check for an ear infection and after a blood test there, we were sent to the Urgent Care facility close by. Sydney endured a chest x-ray, blood draw (that took two or three tries, I don't know exactly how many because I was busy trying to pass out in the corner), and they took a urine sample - which requires a catheter. Wasn't the sweetest time for Syd. We were busy with this for a good 4.5 hours. All of that to say that Syd did have hints of an ear infection brewing, no pneumonia, and just a bit lingering bronchiolitis. So with antibiotics we went home at 9:30 pm. That whole experience makes us so grateful that she's had good health so far, and hurts our hearts for parents that have to deal with medical issues with their kids. It must be so hard.

To top all of this off Dave and I decided to try to go to the mountains for a little weekend getaway. Our friends had invited us to a condo for the weekend, and the Dr. cleared us to go, so we felt that as long as Syd was comfortable, we'd nurse her back to health in beautiful snowy surroundings. Dave hadn't skiied all year and I had been pretty much housebound for two weeks and was ready for an outing. The only thing stopping us now was the prediction of gobs of snow in the mountains and in town on Friday night. We went for it and made it just fine.

To continue with the cold transmission, Dave started feeling low on Friday and I think combined with the altitude he dealt with his fair share of congestion. So, we've successfully passed it around the family.

Syd went for a couple of swims with her new boyfriend, Tommy in the indoor kiddie pool. (I'll try to find pics of that) She slept great up at altitude and is doing so much better.

Wrapping up the weather, it didn't ever really snow in Denver like they were expecting, but I think in Beaver Creek we got 15 inches of snow the first night. It was gorgeous. Today we're home and it's beautiful and sunny and supposed to be in the 60's this week. No complaining here.

Thanks for reading the novel. Stay tuned for pictures.