Emily is excited about our trip.

Before I get to the exciting news, an update on Emily's health. She either has a really bad cold or a small ear infection. Today her Oncology team decided to prescribe high dose antibiotics just in case, to knock this thing out. She still has a low grade fever and a lot of pain now in her ears. Her NP examined her and saw a little pink in her ear which could be an infection. When I went to pick up the amoxocillian the pharmacist said she questioned the dose because it was so high, we called the Dr. and in fact the dose was correct. So if this is an infection I imagine it will be knocked out quick. Since her ANC is high maybe this isn't a virus? She remains on %100 dosage of her chemo and since she isn't neutropenic she can have Tylenol, so we are doing what we can.

This Sunday is Easter and we will be having my Mom and Brother over for brunch and for the egg hunt.

Next week we are going on vacation. We are driving from San Jose to Los Angeles. My brother lives there and so does Tracy's sister. When we are there we are staying in Santa Monica in a very nice hotel right on the beach. Tracy and I have stayed at this place before with Emily when she was about 2 years old. We are going to hang out with Uncle Nick and Aunt Leah and Uncle Patrick. On Tuesday we are planning to rent bikes and ride along the coastline which should be fantastic. On Tuesday night we'll be going over to Leah's for a nice dinner with family. On Wednesday my brother Nick, who works in production for ABC TV has setup a really special surprise/treat for Emily. We are going to get to go on the set of Hannah Montana and watch them do a walk through for the TV show, probably Emily's most favorite TV show. She is SO excited about it. When I told her today after it was all confirmed she was so excited she teared up with excitement. What she doesn't know is she is actually going to get to meet Miley Cirus / aka Hannah Montana and get to talk with her. It's going to be really exciting for Emily, and while I am not such a Miley fan, watching Emily's excitement will be priceless. We are so grateful and appreciative to Nick for setting this up for us. After we watch the show taping, we will be leaving L.A. and heading to San Diego for 4 more days of vacation. While we are in San Diego we are also staying on the coast. We are meeting up with our good friends the Leary's from Tucson. David and I work together at Intuit. The Leary's have 2 kids, so it's going to be fun to get together and watch our kids have fun. We plan to go to Sea World, Lego Land, and also have a day at the beach. On Sunday we'll be driving back home.

We are looking forward to this trip. Emily will need to get labs drawn while we are on the road and we have found a lab in L.A. where we can get that done. This is the longest and farthest away we have been away from home since Emily was diagnosed. It's a victory for us that we are able to do it.