Merry Christmas 2015

Though the "new normal" that is life with Valley Fever never seems normal, Denise is much better than she was during her first "Cocci Christmas" in 2005. We got through a year without her needing a hospitalization, surgery, MRI, CT, or spinal tap. It's an odd but good Christmas gift. Merry Christmas! At this year's Cocci Study Group in San Diego, one of the doctors we met is doing research at UCLA regarding a blood draw to test genetic predisposition. He curious about our kids, who haven't exhibited any VF symptoms and haven't been to an endemic region in years. I got his card.