Very good drive up to Kansas City. We have gotten our stops pretty much figured out. Going up we stop maybe twice...bathroom break, a snack, and to feed Ally. We have found a place that sells local pecans and other goodies. Our favorite so far has been their cheddar horseradish Amish cheese. Ally is really good on the ride up and doesn't fuss much unless she is hungry.
We get into Kansas around 2 or 3 and eat a late lunch. Usually we pick something big so we can take leftovers to the hotel for dinner and of course a dessert. This week we found a GREAT place. It is a little Italian restaurant called Cupini's Italian Food. It was one that I found online while scrolling through Google Map. It is a deli style Italian restaurant and WONDERFUL.The lady working the counter was very nice and gave us the whole run down of the menu. Mom got their lasagna and I got chicken pasta with a pink sauce. Mine was okay but mom's was the winner of those two. When we go back I will get something with their marinara sauce because it was yummy. We had also gotten delicious stuffed zucchini and an order of garlic bread. They had some beautiful desserts. We got a passion fruit/raspberry cheese cake and a tiramisu to go for later. We also split a cannoli. I had Luke try a bite of the inside cream and he LOVED it. It has cinnamon in it and was delicious. He finished almost all of the inside of our cannoli and was asking for more. The wonderful lady at the counter knew we were in Kansas for a clinical trial for Luke and his feeding tube. We asked if we could have a little bit more of the inside cream for Luke and she squeezed us a good amount into a cup...and didn't even charge us! He ate some more and we took the rest with us back to the hotel, We will go back there again...maybe even in April...even if just for dessert! We went to the hotel, unpacked, and then went swimming in the hotel's indoor pool. This is Luke's favorite part!
Mom and I had talked about how we were getting tired of the hotels breakfast. There isn't much for me to eat as I can't eat eggs (Ally doesn't do well when I eat them) and their orange juice is watered down and the pancake machine was broken the week before. We went to a breakfast place and it was very good too. Luke ate a couple bites of pancake and they had some lemon curd that he inhaled.
It has become apparent that Luke gets a little anxious about his appointments as he always says "I don't think they will need to poke me today or lay me down" We are honest with him and tell him that they will need to but like always it is very fast and doesn't hurt very much and he can get a treat afterwards. One morning he was acting out and I told him that if he didn't start acting right he was going to lose privileges. He looked at me and asked "I will lose my feeding doctor privileges? I won't have to go?" I couldn't help but smile...poor (smart) guy was trying to lose privileges so he didn't have to go to the doctor.
God has been very good to us on our travel days. Twice it was forecasted to be bad weather on our return days and both times we have been fortunate enough not to run into any rain. We have encountered strong winds but no severe weather! The trip home seems to take longer and we have to stop more often for Ally...she isn't too happy the last couple hours. We have found a lunch stop that has 2 play areas..an indoor playground at a Burger King and an outdoor playground at a Sonic. Luke enjoys running around and playing while mom and I eat lunch.
The next couple weeks we aren't doing much....continuous feeds and medicine. Have to talk to Luke's nutritionist at Children's Hospital to see if we can tweak his formula recipe and try to get him to gain weight. He hasn't gained anything yet but has gotten a little taller. We need him to pack on some pounds because they are expecting him to lose 10% of his body weight when we start weaning his formula and he doesn't have much to lose right now. Please pray that we can get him to gain weight quickly! I would love for him to his 30 pounds before we start weaning formula and losing weight.
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| Luke snuggling with Ally before bed |
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| Grandma Barnes gift was light up balls. This is a screenshot of the boys skype-ing before bed and showing each other with toys. |
Our next travel visit is April 23.
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