Monthly IV Chemo, High School Musical on Ice, Girl Scout Cookies, and Beads

Today was Emily's monthly IV Chemo, labs, and physical exam. Everything went really well, she had her exam first and both her NP and Dr. Link thought she looked great. Most of their questions were around how Emily is doing in school and if she is having enough energy to be running around and playing. They were really pleased that she was up skiing last weekend, and that she's doing so well in school. Her labs were in line with expectations so she will remain on %100 dosage for at least the next week. Next month they ordered a chest x-ray so we can have a look what is going on inside. Every 3 months she will either have a chest x-ray of a CT Scan to keep monitoring her. They do not plan to do anymore PET Scans unless they see something that concerns them in a CT Scan. Her labs and IV Chemo went well, but they had to poke her twice because they missed the vein on the first attempt. Emily was very brave as usual and we were so proud of her.

Tonight Emily is at the HP Pavilion in San Jose watching High School Musical on Ice. Santa had left her tickets in her stocking and tonight is the big event. She is really excited and her seats are on the ice so she will be up close to the action. After the ice show, one of the stars from High School Musical, Corbin Blue, is going to have a mini concert which she is also very excited about. I am sure she and Tracy will have fun.

We are picking up the Girl scout cookies, so if you ordered them from Emily she will be delivering them soon, also if you are still interested in ordering some, let us know. Thanks for all your support on the cookie sale, Emily was a top seller in her troop, and some of the proceeds go directly to her troop.

I sent a link of the video I posted last week to the founder of Beads of Courage. She was so moved by Emily's video, and wrote back to me to thank me for sending it to her. She told us that sometimes she feels so removed from the kids who are in the program and my video helped to remind her why the program is so important, I was glad I could show her just how important the program is to us. She also offered to send Emily a special "remission bead" and a Beads of Courage T-shirt.