Oakland Children's Hospital

So Thursday we took Daniel to California. We have 'graduated' from Stanford's children's hospital and now get to go to Oakland. Dr. Elizabeth Talley was a 1st year fellow when we started 4 1/2 years ago going to Stanford. She was a pediatrican and studying nephrolgy to specialize. She was with us the whole pre-transplant phase of Daniel's life. We fell in love with her and were really sad she graduated. But guess who has a practice at Oakland we get to go see?!?!?! YEP! Dr. Talley! We were so thrilled to see her and catch up with her. It's been 2 1/2 years since she had seen Daniel, so she was very excited to see how big he was and how well he was doing. The appoinement was mostly us visiting. Daniel looked great. Changed a med dosage, but other than that....nothing new. We will go see her 3 times a year and Stanford once a year.

More great news is that Oakland is 1 1/2 hours CLOSER than Stanford! ONE WAY! So it took us 4 1/4 hours to get there. We can easily do this in a day trip which is great for Kevin's days off and his parents who rearranged their temple schedule to come watch our other kids for us. (Which we are so grateful for!) That will save on hotel and food costs! Plus we passed about 4 fruit and veggie stands! Can't wait for the fall when all those are busting at the seams! We are thinking this summer trip to drag the trailer and go camping somewhere near the ocean....then Daniel can play in the water, too!