Friday, October 3, 2008

Emily is feeling great


Emily is feeling really good. Today she went to school. She didn't make the morning bell but got there about an hour late and stayed the rest of the day. When she got home I asked her how school went and she came over in front of me, smiled and jumped up and down. She was really excited to be back and feeling so good.

We are still giving her IV chemo and her pills here at home, and she still seems relatively unphased by it. We assume she is close to or neutropenic again so we are going to keep her out of malls and crowded places, but pretty much just do our normal thing. She will get one more dose of IV Cyterabine tomorrow, and then be off until next Wednesday.

We didn't take too many pictures of her when she was feeling bad, today's picture is from this afternoon in our neighborhood park.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Still the beautiful girl we all know and love -- great picture!

We're so glad Emily is feeling so much better! Many ehugs!

Lots of love and prayers,
Auntie Diana ~^..^~ and Uncle Marty

Anonymous said...

Wow! That's our beautiful girl with the sensational smile. It was terrific seeing you and your sister and Mom & Dad this past week and seeing you back to your old happy self. We're glad you got a chance to go to the park. Grampa still owes you a trip to the park as well, so we'll have to plan on getting together real soon. We love you.
Grampa & Grannie

Unknown said...

It's really amazing how well these kids bounce back. Yay Emily!

She's also lucky to have a nurse at home to do the IVs. :) Though I became a defacto nurse back in July when Ricky had home IVs in his port for the first time! Trial by fire!

Anonymous said...

Emily, it was so good to see you at school yesterday! Can't wait to see you next week; I'm so glad your class is going to be buddies with my class!

Love,
Miss Ewers :)

Kim said...

Emily, I'm glad to learn that you are feeling better, and that you got to go to school! I recently caught up with your blog and was so sorry to hear of all you've been through. It's great to see you smile in the photograph and move through another difficult period with your incredible fighter spirit.

Jane Izumi Matsumoto said...

Hey beautiful! Love that smile of yours, Emily! Glad you made it to school. I'm caught up on your month of September now. My computer crashed and I was without for a while. I missed your updates! Keep going strong! hugs, Jane

Emma said...

Wow Emily, you are looking as beautiful as ever! We are so happy to hear you are feeling better, it put a big smile on our faces :) Sending lots of love across the miles.

KMGheno said...

Hi Emily,

(This one is from Gianni and Bruno)
Knock knock
Who's there?
Tank
Tank who?
You're welcome!
...Uncontrollable laughter...

No accounting for taste - now get some shoes on those toes!

Big hugs,

Ghenos

Anonymous said...

Hi Pepper family-
Yes! A photo at the park! And what a contented and happy face Emily has - so glad to hear things have been better - hope the weekend was too-
Jessica Rose

Anonymous said...

Emily,
What a great picture. I love that park too. Sometimes I take my grandchildren there - that is the park my children grew up playing at. I hope to see you at school tomorrow.
mrs. breit

halmom said...

Dear Peppers,

I just got caught up on Emily's journey. Emily is so feminine and lovely...great photo in the park, it looks like fun. Very glad school is back in the picture, I can sure see the teachers love having you back.
Take best care,
Barbara