Best Day Yet - Day 22

Hi – It’s Polly here for my first post. I’m not the writer that Jeff is, but we had a really good day and I wanted to share.

Today was Ellie’s best day since being diagnosed. It started off with an early morning visit from a good friend who brought Ellie some new horsey jammies, and me an early morning latte. For those of you who don’t know, Ellie loves horsey things (what a surprise) so the new jammies were a huge hit and she was very excited to try them on tonight before bed.

Timmy and our babysitter showed up at 10 and we all went up to the preschool playroom that is open for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. Today was the first time Timmy and Ellie played together like they did before she was sick. We did some art projects, played with some dried rice that you scoop and pour and best of all got to play with a pretend kitchen and food, which is one of their favorite things to do at home. The hour ended with a special musical guest and songs, and both Timmy and Ellie took turns playing with the small guitar, which I think was the highlight for them. Seeing them happily play together, just like old times, was a moment I will cherish for a long time.

Following lunch, a nap, and a few IV meds she was unhooked again and Timmy and Jeff showed up. We went outside to the courtyard and let them climb the benches. Jeff carried Ellie around on his shoulders, while I carried Timmy on mine. For a few minutes, if you could forget the setting we were in it almost seemed like we were all back to life before leukemia. She now smiles at every single person we see, nurses, doctors, other patients, and complete strangers. She has become such a good patient and this morning helped the doctor move the stethoscope to the correct spots on her chest.

She received her chemo this evening, so we know to expect the next several days to be not as good for her. But, seeing her today playing with Timmy was a wonderful thing and gives us hope that we have many more of those days to come in the future. Thank you to everyone for all of your continued prayers, love and support. We couldn’t be making it through this without all of our family and friends.