According to Amy, Katie had an absolutely spectacular day yesterday. Fletcher Allen was nearly empty because this week is the week that Camp Takumta is open. Camp Takumta is a summer camp for children with, or who have had cancer and many of the children are at camp this week. So Katie got the benefit of everybody's full attention at Fletcher Allen yesterday. Amy said she saw two of Katie's doctors multiple times in a very relaxed fashion, while the child-life specialists there spoiled Katie rotten. After spending many hours at Fletcher Allen, Katie came home yesterday very happy about having gone there.
When she got up this morning, we were able to share more good news with her that came out of yesterday's visit. The enocrinologist was satisfied with Katie's morning blood sugar levels and told us that as long as we feed her first thing in the morning, we won't need to pick her finger every morning when she gets up. So Katie got to start her day today without a finger pick.
One final piece of information that came out of yesterday's trip was news about the pain in Katie's foot. She does have a stress fracture in one of the bones of her foot. It is not bad enough to need a cast or any sort of boot, but she should stay off it. I know that kids on the medications that she is on sometimes get thin, fragile bones but I am surprised at just how fragile they are. The broken bone in her foot is an unfortunate set back that is going to keep her less active than she should be, which is very disappointing.
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