Before Presley was born, we had planned my mother-in-law's 60th birthday trip to Hawaii. She turned 60 on September 13, but we scheduled it for a few weeks later so Presley would be around one month old. After returning home from Austin with our one week old to start our new normal, my mother-in-law wanted to postpone the trip out of sensitivity to us. For those of you that don't know Kathy Halbert, also known as Minnie, this woman is incredibly selfless. Selfless is one of those adjectives that you really can't use often to describe someone, but Minnie is just that; she is selfless in every aspect of her life. She deserved to be celebrated.

A few days after returning home from Austin, Michael and I began to have a change of heart and couldn't give up on our baby yet. Through our research, we kept coming across some doctors up in Detroit who have done extensive research on FEVR. We called our Austin doctor again, who was still taking our calls without hesitation, and expressed to him we would like to go up to Detroit for a second opinion. While he stood by what he previously told us, he understood how we felt and sent Dr. Capone the images he took while Presley was under anesthesia. Dr. Harper got back with us within a few days that Dr. Capone agreed with his diagnosis but would be happy to see us and take a look at her eyes himself. Knowing we had this birthday trip planned, we asked him if it was time-sensitive to get up to Detroit. Of course, Presley's health was our first priority, but we wanted to see if we could make it work. Since she was completely blind, he reiterated that nothing was going to change so waiting a couple weeks wasn't going to matter.

We were able to convince my in-laws to reinstate the trip and had a great week celebrating my mother-in-law.