cheesy pasta casserole

We spent the entire day in the Oncology Clinic Urgent Care. Pablo has been suffering from stomach pains all weekend and began teetering on fever's edge last night. We were on the phone with the on-call oncologist and decided to monitor Pablo from home unless he actually reached the "get to the hospital quick" temperature of 100.4 or higher. He stayed below the mark all night, so we went in first thing this morning. After an x-ray, iv fluids, blood transfusion, more iv fluids and no sign of fever, we were allowed to head home. Pablo had nibbled on a pancake all day, and drank a couple of small glasses of water. He's hungry and thirsty but afraid to eat or drink because he doesn't want his tummy to hurt. I'm staying constantly at the ready with food in case he says he's hungry. Although, he hasn't really liked anything I've given him today. Like I said yesterday, a few bites are better than none, though... so, I'm still searching for the one thing to HIT!

Tonight I made a version of mac n cheese, because Pablo told me, "Mmm, I like Mac n Cheese." I used a recipe that the nutritionist gave me. It was used in a mac n cheese contest on Good Morning America and it won. The judges: a group of 5 year old kids.

Here's the link to all of the contest recipes. I made mine with penne and I did not put in the cauliflower because I did not have any in the fridge. It is yummy. Jeff and I enjoyed a small bowl of it. While Pablo liked it, he only managed to get 3 or 4 bites down before his tummy got all wonky again. Hopefully, he will be ready to eat again, tomorrow.

Here's a little song that I sang to Pablo as we were leaving the hospital and all the way home in the car (good thing we live 7 minutes away). It's a playground song from when I was a kid. We used to do one of those choreographed clapping, slapping thingies to it:

Say, say, oh playmate,
Come out and play with me
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree

Slide down my rainbow
Into my cellar door
And we'll be jolly friends
Forever more more more more more

Say, say, oh playmate
I cannot play with you
My dolly's got the flu
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo

Don't have a rainbow
Don't have a cellar door
But we'll be jolly friends
Forever more more more more more

love,
Jo Ann