Early on we considered bringing the children with us to Mexico. However, the Cystic Fibrosis care team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia strongly advised against taking Jacob out of the country for that long. And, there were the other obvious considerations about having the four children out of the country while their mom is in the hospital. Our plan now is for Melody's parents to stay with the children in August. Hopefully they will only have to be with them for a couple of weeks. I am going to arrange some folks to provide breaks for them during the week so that they do not wear out over the two week period. We are planning for the best case scenario, and will have some contingency plans in place for longer term scenarios.
The children will love being with their grandparents. Mary Faith seemed relieved when we told her that we could skype one another. She is also eager to receive her mother back from Mexico in better condition than she is now.
