Hello.  Today was a baseball double header for the Jaecksch's again.  We won one and lost the other, not a bad day for all.  Meaghan says our home field is her favorite field, I think it's because the french fries at the snack stand.  Today she had to fix up daddy's bruised finger.  We sit on the first base line between two fields and hear "Heads Up!!!" A LOT.  Jason made a few good saves but then he jumped to catch one more  hard hit foul ball and it hit off the end of his finger.  Meaghan helped with the ice and even put a Band Aid on it so her daddy would feel better.  Very sweet.

Tonight we told Meaghan about the bronch coming up on Wednesday and she seems ok with it.  She asked all the questions I expected her to.  I answered them the best I could to satisfy her curiosity.  Then I asked her to think about the "treat" she wanted for doing it.  She asked for new shoes!  Thanks to television she wants Bella Ballerina shoes so she can, "Twirl like a real ballerina".  Jason and I are actually ok with this request, it beats some of the other things she's seen on TV commercials.  We tease that Meaghan is a telemarketers dream come true, but then isn't every four year old.

I am hanging in there too.  I asked a lot of questions this week and understand that Meaghan is getting better a little faster than the doctors expected her to.  They are pleased with her progress and said that they want to get in to her lungs to pull out more of what's left to push her further ahead.  For the first time in months there is a reason to smile.  Meaghan has to continue the medications for a while longer, we don't know how long, to be safe.  But we are so proud of her.  All the therapies, medicines and sacrifice have payed off, her lungs are clearing up.  Thank you, thank God.

Please continue to pray for us, our prayers ARE being answered.