Emma has been feeling GREAT this past month, and ever since she started the maintenence phase of her chemo. She has had only 1 day of nausea, which is just amazing. She is developing great both physically and mentally. What a blessing! God continues to hold her and protect her little body. We are thankful everyday!! She is cruising around the furniture like a pro now and is a very fast crawler. We think she will probably be walking by Christmas if not before. She is very vocal now, but we don't understand what she is saying most of the time. She has a love for music, especially worship songs. She even dances when she hears the music and daddy has taught her to head bang : ) I think her new favorite video now is Barney's top 20 music countdown. Thanks Great Grandma Ruby!!
Her appetite is off and on now. She has eaten some solid foods like rice and chex cereal, but still struggles to get it down. But it is a start! Her favorite food is yogurt, especially white chocolate strawberry : ) This is my favorite also! We used to share, but she can now eat the entire 6 oz. Her weight at her last check-up was 15 lbs 6 oz. We can't wait until she is 20 lbs so she can be moved to the forward facing car seat.
We visited the pumpkin patch yesterday and had a blast. She loved the petting zoo(although we did not let her touch the animals). She also went on a pony ride, hay ride, and walked through the hay maze. She then helped me pick out her pumpkin! It was a great day!
She has 2 more weeks of outpatient chemo and then she will be inpatient for 5 days with a stronger chemo. She has had the chemo before, so we expect everything to go great. After that she will have 2 weeks off and then 7 weeks of more outpatient chemo. During that 7 weeks she will get 2 spinal taps. After the 7 weeks she will have 1 more inpatient stay for 5 days and then she is done staying in the hospital!! Woohoo!!! Then she has only 9 more weeks of treatment before she is done for good. WOW! We are looking at the end of April.
Please pray:
Emma's health during this flu season
Her 5 day inpatient stay
No side efffects from chemo
Her growth and development
Our family's health
