We have thoroughly enjoyed the last week with Josh here! The girls have really missed their daddy! Annabelle and I were able to spend almost a whole week with him before having to come back for chemo. Layla is the lucky one who gets to be with him until he leaves next week! While we were all together we made sure to have some fun. We played outside, went shopping, worked on projects, had a pizza party, watched a movie, played Wii, had a picnic and went to the aquarium. Being from small town Montana, we don't get a chance to go to such fun places very often. The girls LOVED it! Annabelle had been looking forward to it for weeks and it seemed to have met all her expectations.
Layla is so cheesy with pictures lately.
Yesterday (Friday) Annabelle and I got up early to head down to PCMC. She had surgery in the morning to pull her old central line and put a new one in. There was some question as to whether or not the non-functioning lumen could be responsible for the frequent fevers so the docs and I decided to replace it. This time she got just a single lumen and so far so good. She really started getting worried when we were taking the south elevators and only went to the 2nd floor. She kept saying she just wanted to go to number 4! Fourth floor is familiar territory and she feels comfortable here. She knew she was getting a new line but actually seeing where we were headed freaked her right out! When she woke up in recovery she started asking again, "Why are we still in this room? I want to go to number 4!"
Right before I took this picture she said she is "So happy she has a new line because that old blue one didn't work and she doesn't want any more fevers!" I guess the relief of having a new one outweighed the drama of going to the surgery. (That, and Versed works wonders at taking away the memory of that moment of being taken from your mama by some anesthesiologist with some weird hat thing on their head!)
For now we are enjoying some quiet time at the hospital. When she is feeling so good is when it is hard for her to be here. She would rather be out playing with Layla, but she does enjoy the hospital and her friends here. Today we took our lunch and ate outside and did a puzzle. There's a whole other world of stuff you can do at the hospital when your counts are good and you feel like leaving your room! I think it will be a fun stay for this 5 days of chemo.
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I'm glad she had a fun time with the family. I love the picture of her sleeping in the car. With her leg all propped up and the book in front of her, she must've just nodded off really fast! hehe Thanks for all the updates, Sally. We love to hear how y'all are doing. The boys make sure to pray for her every night.
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