Mother's Day!

Today was the perfect mother's day!! Emma woke up smiling which is the best gift I could ask for. We even made her laugh which is the best sound in the world. She and Jonny got me my favorite Godiva chocolates and two sweet mother's day cards. But my favorite part about the entire day is I got to spend it with my two favorite people in the world. The doctor also said during rounds that she can't officially say it, but she did say that Emma is in remission!!!!! It is still early, but we are very encouraged by her words. We will let you know when this is actually official too : )

Emma hardly fusses anymore except when she is being messed with. She is very tired of having her blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen intake taken every four hours. On top of that she has to take some medicines orally which she hates. Other than that, she is the happiest baby. From 1 to 5 every day the nurses unhook her from the fluids and let us take her on a walk and play in her jumpy gym. Her counts are up to 4800 which is normal for a baby. She is now able to fight off infection just like everyone else. This has definitely eased our minds about her getting infection and we have become a little more lenient about taking her out of the room.

We are anxiously awaiting the ultrasound tomorrow to see if the abscess is still there. We are confident that no matter what they find she will be fine. God is holding her so tight right now and has given our family a peace about the entire situation. If the ultrasound is good we will get to go home tomorrow thru wednesday or thursday. I'm going to beg and plead for thursday though : ) Then they will start the next round of chemo.

The next chemo medicine is a very toxic medicine and will more than likely require Emma to get a chathedar. We would like to avoid this at all possible, but they don't want it to touch her skin so she won't develop a diaper rash that will turn badly fast. And since she won't have any white blood cells after the treatment, this will be another site for infection.

Jonny and I had a chance to go to dinner with our wonderful small group tonight. It was so nice to get somewhat dressed up and do something normal. When I say dressed up I mean jeans instead of sweats, and I wore jewelry!! When we got back Emma was her normal happy self just playing with grandma and grandpa, and of course watching Praise Baby.

Pray specifically for:

A good report on the ultrasound, no abscess.

A good restful night of sleep for all three of us.

No infections

Her counts continue to recover over the next few days.

No side effects for the next round of chemo(one of the long term side effects is learning disabilites. She may not comprehend things as easily and she may have attention problems. These are things they have seen in some children chemo patients.)

A complete healing!!!!