May 29, 2006

Happy Memorial Day! Leah was up at 6:10 AM (right after I gave her her medicine). She wanted to be sure to catch the Today show since we are down to Katie Couric's last few days. Too bad that Katie has the day off. So now Leah is working on an art project. We have also made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Chris has started running again and is on an early morning run right now.

Basically, we have had a week of being normal-aside from hooking Leah up for medicines 3 times a day and being on a pump for an hour a day. Still, it is so much better than being in the hospital. Leah has felt very good-she has been so busy. Chris took her jogging in the jogging stroller one day this past week, she has had school with Mrs. Larson, gone shopping, taken stroller rides, celebrated Chris' birthday on Wednesday, baked cookies, and done her usual organizing. We go back early Friday morning for more chemo. That will include an AFP test. I have been worrying, calculating, and praying that the numbers have gone down dramatically yet again. We really need for this drug to still be working and killing any live cancer cells in her body. I should be banned from looking on the internet because there are so many stories of children with AFPs that don't go down to where they should be. The whole idea is very scary. Please keep praying that her AFP is normal-or at least very, very close. As I said, she feels good right now-it is impossible to believe there is something as evil as cancer lurking in her body.

Our plans for today are none too exciting-going to the parade here in town, cleaning a bit, and maybe some baking. It is going to be sooooo hot outside today that even though I would love to be outdoors, I don't think we will last there for long. Tomorrow it is back to work for me-just half a day since Leah needs to go to Covenant to have her port reaccessed.

Please, please keep praying for the AFP level to be NORMAL! We continue to rely on the prayers of thousands for Leah's complete healing on earth.