update on charlie

Well, on Tuesday the pediatrician sent us to Grand View Hospital ER because Charlie's neck was still severely swollen. They did a cat scan and the CHOP pediatricians who are on staff there sent Charlie to CHOP downtown via ambulance...(just protocol but something Charlie will always remember, I'm sure!) They thought they might have to operate to drain the lymph nodes but thankfully, IV antibiotics did the trick. Turned out he had/has mono as well. He spent 2 nights at CHOP...got home Thursday afternoon. He was quite a trooper. His neck looks great now and he is very happy to be home! (And so is Dave who spent the nights with him) Another chapter closed in the Charles Kriebel medical saga...