Amazing weekend

We had a really great weekend. It started off with a trip to the SF Zoo. Emily was excited about going we had talked about it for a few days. The weather in San Francisco was absolutely amazing, I would guess mid 70's, sun, no fog, no wind. It was even warm and balmy out at the zoo, which borders the ocean. Both of the girls had a great time. Haley was very interested in the animals, she was really into the Penguin display. Emily seemed to enjoy most all of it. We stayed 2 and a half hours, and by then Haley was spent and in need of a nap, and Emily was tired of being in the stroller. As we were leaving, parked 2 cars from ours was a familiar face, Emily's Hematologist and family were arriving just as we were leaving. We heard a "Is that Emily Pepper"" and looked up to see Dr. Wong. She said "Emily it's nice to see you, how about I look at that left arm?" She gave Emily a little impromptu exam in the parking lot. :-) Both Tracy and I were so impressed that Dr. Wong on her time off recalled Emily by name, remembered which arm has/had the clot and was just so nice and personable. I also think she was quite impressed to see Emily up in SF .

As we were leaving I asked Emily "Do you want to go the quick route home, or the scenic route," not knowing really what I meant by scenic route, but as a ex resident of SF I do know my way all over the City. Emily chose the scenic route, and we ended up over at the Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina district of SF. And as perfect luck would have it someone was pulling their car out and we were presented a parking space. Again the weather down in the Marina was warm and balmy. Tracy , Emily, Haley and I walked all the way around the palace of fine arts. It was really nice and peaceful.

Tracy and I were having so much fun, so we asked Emily if she wanted to stay over night in San Francisco? She was all over the idea, so we called the Hyatt Regency and and got a room. The Hyatt is 2 blocks from the Ferry Building in SF on the waterfront. We spent the evening enjoying our first night away and having fun. On Sunday the great weather continued. We got home around 1pm and had a nice afternoon relaxing at home. It was so much fun to get away, even if it was just an hour away.

Emily went to school today from lunch time to the end of day, and is planning to go again tomorrow for part of the day. She is so excited about being able to go back. Next week she may need to wear a mask because her ANC levels in her blood will be below 1000, which means she will be neutropenic/ no defenses against anything. We don't know if she will want to go to school with a mask, so we'll see how that goes. She will be starting home school officially very soon as well. Walking remains a challenge, she is doing more and more, but it's very slow progress with some set backs.

Our next hospital visit is on Wednesday, just for labs, Tracy is giving the Chemo at home this week, which is nice for all of us.