HOORAY!

Eleven it is!  Kylie's blood work today was bang-on!  We are so thankful for this.  This morning after she had the blood drawn, we got a call that the vile had gone to the lab unlabelled and weren't sure they could use it.  But then later we got another call that they found it.  Never a dull moment.

Thank you so much for praying!!

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