Overall, things are still going smoothly for Katie. She has only had to contend with minor incidents in the last few weeks. She had another ear infection a couple of weeks back that gave her enough of a fever to put in the emergency room at North Country Hospital for an afternoon. Her port access went smoothly and she was in at 1pm and out by 5pm. That's the kind of quick trip to the ER and back that we like.
This past Friday, she traveled to Fletcher Allen again for another round of chemotherapy. The last few monthly doses haven't had much of an effect on her other than to make her tired and a little ill - nothing that disrupted her activities. This dose of chemo had a more apparent effect. The Vincristine made her feel nauseous for the first time in a long time and she made several trips from her bed to the bathroom last night to get sick. I figured that she would be too tired to go to school today, but she woke up bright and early, ready for another day. She was more ready than Amy and I.
This past Saturday, we bought her her first pair of downhill skis, boots, and bindings. Now that there is snow on the ground she is eager to try them out. If the promised nor'easter hits tonight and we get a snow day tomorrow, we'll have to let her break her skis in in the back yard. Maybe she'll even let her parents sleep in late...
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