Our Week

Emily is doing well getting back to doing the things she normally would be doing. She is more challenged by school than she has been in years past, partly because she missed the first two months and partly because second grade is pretty tough. She is also going to Brownies again and requesting play dates as often as we can line them up. She has plenty of energy and reports to feeling "fantastic" most of the time. This week she also lost her front tooth, one that had been loose for months. The tooth fairy visited the same night.

This weekend Tracy worked so we didn't do much. Tracy is getting her two weekend days for the month out of the way. This morning Tracy wanted to rest, so Emily, Haley and I went hiking in the hills above Cupertino at a place called Panchetti Ranch, off Monte Bello Rd if you know the area. The weather was perfect and we had a great hike. We did about 2.5 miles round trip and I didn't need to carry Haley at all. Emily still has weak legs from treatment so a hike like today was really good for her.

Treatment wise everything is going well. We have been %100 so far at getting every dose of every medication. There are so many pills on different schedules it's hard(ish) to track. We are using Tracy's I-Phone to remind us to take medication with alarms. This next week she will have her blood checked again with a lab draw. She told me today that she didn't even feel the butterfly needle when they drew her last week, it was the anticipation that she cried about. In a few weeks she will be used to it I bet.

Other than treatment this week Emily has school and I will be going on a business trip to Tucson. I haven't traveled away from the family since Emily got sick and I am nervous about being away but I also know deep down things will be fine.