Our Unexpected Journey: Wahoo!

Today has been good overall. Other than snoozing my alarm clock multiple times because I wasn't ready to get up at 7:15 to get ready for clinic and I was having a good dream which is totally rare for me:) Clinic went great! Gracie was Gracie for the most part. The nurses and dr's were really enjoying how fun she was. She would wave and say hi then do a few dance moves then walk around and point to something. She was SO cute! Until they accessed her port of course...then the tears and screaming came and I felt really awful while she looked at me and cried "MOOOOM". We were anticipating she wouldn't need a transfusion b/c she was acting so good so the nurse tried accesssing her port and not putting the dressing on. It took a lot of disctracting while they got the counts but so worth it b/c then they didn't have to take the dressing off after only having it on for a few min. She is rocking this phase:) Yep I'm super proud of my little girl! More proud than any Mom could be! She has been so happy for the most part and fairly energetic. Hopefully the next 2 weeks will go similarly while Todd finishes his last 2 weeks of his ER rotation and gets home at 10 pm. Grandma Bucher leaves tomorrow and Gracie is going to miss her like crazy. She just loves her...I'm pretty sure it goes both ways. We are SOO grateful, blessed and lucky to have had so much help from her. As far as mother-in-laws go she's pretty hard to beat...and no I'm not just trying to score points.

Clinic Stats

Weight: 15.1 kg (over 33 lbs again..she must be getting taller I guess I should pay more attn to her height they take weekly haha)

WBC: 1300

ANC: 500

HGB: 8.8 (they transfuse at 7.0)

Platelets: 273,000 (they transfuse at 10,000)

The Dr even gave me permission to call and cancel her appt next Tuesday to check counts if she look as good as she did today! Please let her look that good because that would be AMAZING to have almost two whole weeks with no clinic....no chemo...no steroids...no dr's appts for me or Tyson...maybe I'm getting carried away. I'm just hoping we get a break.

Sunday we had a little party...ok not really a party but we made cupcakes and she decorated some (ok she only wanted to decorate one but she ate two) and took them to some friends and she rode in the car and got out and some of the houses ( of course we didn't go inside any of the houses) and we gave her an early birthday present. Can't tell you what it is b/c it's not her birthday yet but she LOVES it. We're suckers now b/c we just want to enjoy every minute we can so if it means an early birthday present we're in!