Blessed - Day 998

It is Polly here, we haven't posted lately because we have been busy and things have been going well.  For those of you we don't see on a regular basis and are wondering what we've been up to, I thought I would write a quick update.

We are 4 1/2 months from the end of Ellie's last chemotherapy and her counts are looking GREAT! We spent a long day on Monday at the hospital doing several different checkups and the results came back that her ANC is in the 5000 range, which is fantastic.  She had been sick for labs in February and everything had dipped down so we were happy and relieved with these labs.  She also completed her ECHO on Monday and everything is looking good with her heart too.  Due to her age at diagnosis and the amount of one chemotherapy drug she had to take because she was diagnosed high risk, they have decided to do her ECHO'S every two years instead of five, but things are looking good.

As some of you know, back at the end of January she fractured the top of her foot.  She is quite embarrassed when people ask her how it happened...She and Timmy thought it would be a good idea to hold hands and see how many of our stairs they could jump down together, what a surprise that didn't end well.  She had a second check up with the podiatrist this past Monday, and they said that while it is healing, she still needs to stay in her "Wee Walker" (walking boot like Daddy had last year) for another 3 weeks.

We've also been busy with Timmy these past few weeks.  Last Friday he had his leg muscle harvested and his slings which were placed in his eyes at 6 months of age, replaced with slings made of his leg muscle...science is pretty amazing!!  He is doing very well.  It took about 24 hours, and then we had our happy little boy back. 

Finally the last week of February and first week of March, Jeff and his soccer team kept us busy as they proceeded through the playoffs to win the schools first CCS title for soccer.  Timmy and Ellie were ecstatic that Daddy won a trophy and that they got to go on the field with him.

As we move towards the Spring, we are looking forward to some downtime with Jeff, as he now has his afternoons free, our trip to Camp Okizu for Memorial Day Weekend, and Ellie's Make A Wish trip to Disneyworld in July.  We are so incredibly blessed to have Ellie and Timmy doing so well right now.  We try to enjoy every day to the fullest.  We ask that you keep Justin Solomon, a fellow cancer warrior and friend who is awaiting a kidney transplant in your prayers.

Polly