Thank you Watermom and PoolDoc. That is good news that the kids will be fine...me too! I will keep the water in the pool for now but I can see I'm going to be adding lots of bleach to keep FC at 8+.

I really appreciate your time and effort in helping me and others who are overwhelmed with this process. The test kit you recommended is awesome. I think I'll be able to keep maintaining my pool for the most part and only call in the big guns (pool service company) when major things need to be done like opening the filter...yikes!

So grateful...Lisa