February 21, 2006

Greetings tonight as I am somewhat recovered. I made fun of Chris and the moaning he did when he had his cold, that I don't dare complain too much, but I will say that I have felt better. Tomorrow I will go to school all day since the book fair is there to be set up.

Leah had another GCSF shot again tonight. Esther came over for moral support and Leah ended up reading books with her for a while. She is tired now, so we need to get her to bed, but she will complain about being tired and then run around for another 30 minutes. She just got done asking Chris "Chis...are you cooless?" The downside (one of many) of her being sick is that these totally inappropriate, disrespectful lines she comes up with are funny, and she does not really know they are disrespectful, and it is hard not to laugh. She has obviously heard me say the word "clueless" before and can turn around and use it in context. To give you an idea of her knowledge of her medicine she informed us on Sunday that Monday she would be taking bactrum for the next 3 days. Today Chris put 5 ml in the dropper for her and as she was bringing it to me in the living room to squirt in her mouth she looked at the medicine, turned right around and was yelling at him that she only gets 4 ml not 5 and that he needed to fix it. The scary part is, she is right about these things. Chloe has been renamed the Bandaid Bandit by Esther because she loves bandaids. We have been putting a stop to this because she ends up getting adhesive marks-bloody scabs- on her body where the bandaids were. However, I noticed today that she has one on her chest exactly like Leah. Apparently she is covering up her port, too. Leah just rolls her eyes.

I did not work until noon so Leah and Chloe and I had a dancing session this morning to 8675309-they both wore pink tinted sunglasses, and Leah looks the part of a stoned rocker with her hairdo right now. I took quite a few pictures.

Today is Grandma Kathy's birthday, and unfortunately, she, too, is suffering from a cold. So, we did not get to see her on her big day. Leah picked out a great 21st birthday card for her at Target yesterday she is waiting to give her. It was selected because there are pictures of olives and a martini glass (it is pretty) on the front.

Leah's personality continues to be just as usual-a big personality in a small body. There is constant chatter, information, ideas always being shared. Right now she is discussing how she always has to put her 3 kids to bed at night and Chloe just comes in and lays down on the couch and does not help at all and does not do any chores while she has to do all the work. Chloe gets called in to work at 2:30 in the morning .....could this sound like a strange version of reality? Did I mention that she may be my clone?

The scan is just a little over a day away. We are still praying for some positive news so that we are able to proceed with surgery. Please continue to pray with us for good scan results and a shrunken tumor.