ASHG conference in Honolulu

Melissa needed to attend the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI for work, so Dave decided to come along to make it a little getaway. Melissa flew out on the 22nd for the conference and Dave came out on the 24th. We planned to spend a couple days at the resort in Honolulu and then fly to Kaui for 4 days. Melissa's mom and Dave's parents both agreed to split the time staying with Isaac.

However, on October 25th, we got a phone call that Dave's mom, Doris, was in emergency heart surgery. She had a pacemaker placed a couple weeks prior and was apparently having complications. It was very scary, but the surgery came out well. Fluid was building up around her heart and lungs, so several stents were placed to drain it. We couldn't just sit in Hawaii and wonder how she was doing, so we got the first plane back to Chicago that evening.

We got Isaac and drove to Michigan on the 27th to see Doris. We spent the week at their house. Dave spent most of the days with his mom in the hospital, while I watched Isaac. Doris improved slowly throughout the week. Isaac, however, had some mysterious fevers (with no other symptoms). We weren't sure when Doris would come home from the hospital, so we headed back to Chicago on November 1st, planning to return to Michigan the next weekend.