Joshua and I have returned to Fletcher Allen; thanks to Grandma, our tummies are full and we are well rested. We dug a dinosaur out of clay and ran to Barnes and Noble for Magic Tree House stories. We are in good shape, and I am ready to trade with Rick, who has been hanging out with Katie.
Katie is doing well. Her ANC continues to drop (grrr...), but she did get out to the play room for some fun. She was happy to see Dr. Homans this morning. Con artist that she is, she came away from their meeting with a LiveStrong bracelet and a Fletcher Allen flashlight. Dr. Bradeen will be very happy that Katie has her own flashlight now; these little mini lights are typically linked to the doctors' identification badges, which circle their necks, so Katie's ongoing interest in checking for sores in her own mouth has meant some serious bending on Dr. Bradeen's part. This should make it easier for everybody! Katie continues to take an active interest in all the medical tasks her doctors and nurses perform. She knows how to run the gadget that measures her blood pressure, for instance, and she likes the oxygen sensor. We'll have to see what this means many years from now as she prepares for college!
We're still waiting on a poop, but her belly is very noisy, so the doctors have elected to continue with Katie's treatment today. She will have chemo this afternoon, just one day late, and this will allow us to remain on schedule for next week. We are so close...We are eager to come home, but we know that this is in service of our long term objective: We will move to Maintenance next week! This, at least, is good news.
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