Getting Into the New Routine

Sorry we didn't post yesterday. We have a new routine to get used to and we are on vacation so our schedule is a little looser than usual. It's easy to just keep putting things off and then forget to do them at all. For instance, bed times, nap times, and morning routine are all over the board and whenever we feel like doing it. The kids got to bed around 9:30 last night for no good reason at all. We just weren't paying attention to the time. The horses finally got their morning hay at 11am, and lunch will probably happen some time around 2pm. Oh well.

Yesterday, Tuesday, we went to visit Dr. Banach at Newport Pediatrics for the first of Katie's three visits per week. A pediatrician's office is notoriously full of germs and sick kids, so they make sure that Katie gets in just before they actually open for the day, and then she leaves out the back door so that she won't have see all of those germy but tempting toys and kids in the waiting room. The whole visit is over in under fifteen minutes.

In about thirty minutes, we will be heading to Newport for our second of the three trips this week. We already have numbing cream on Katie's leg where the needle will go in, and a Bandaid on top of that to keep the cream in place. For her, I think the Bandaid is the worst part. She hates having bandages and tape put on her because she knows it has to come off some time.

As a reward after going to see the doctor, we have arranged for some quiet time at the library. Our friend, Susan Guillmette is working at the Barton Library today and believes that it will be a slow day without many visitors venturing out on the snowy roads.

Katie is really looking forward to her visit to the library. Her mood and her energy are still good. The latest round of chemotherapy have yet to produce any nasty side-effects other than a slightly upset stomach yesterday that was easy to fix with a little Zofran. She is sleeping well and playing hard just as any little girl her age does.