Ella is doing wonderfully, all things considered. Little progress every day is the norm. As Etan said once: it is like seeing baby develop in slow motion. This past weekend, starting almost a week ago, Ella was quite sick. The first night she had a fever of 103.4 F. We kept her on a constant regime of tylenol every four hours; she’d start trembling just as the tylenol lost its effect. And she whined, sometimes didn’t eat well and would fuss alot when picked up, turned or changed. On Friday Beth (nanny) and I took her to the pediatrician’s to make sure it wasn’t an ear infection or urinary tract or worse (i.e., fluid build up in the brain). He saw that she had a sore throat and figured it was viral. By Sunday late afternoon she was better. What a relief that she was able to endure the high fever without seizures! Now she is back to herself. The new achievement is eating graham crackers. She really stuffs them in now. Before she would end up thrusting out with her tongue whatever went in. Now the cracker actually disappears and it’s not on the floor either. Today we got very good reports from Beth on aqua therapy. Next challenge: for Etan and I to get a solid night’s sleep without being awaken by Ella.