March 8, 2007

AFP = 2.5
Great news! That is consistent with last month's blood draw. It was 2.2 then, but if you ask anyone in the lab they will talk about margin of error, validity of the test, etc. So, we get to be normal for 5 more weeks.
We left at 6 AM this morning and arrived just before 8. However, I was a little worried when we got there and they had no orders printed up or anything. UGH! Tom and Mary Lou got that taken care of and we had the blood draw done right away. Dr. Rahdi visited with us for a while and we learned about his vacation plans and a variety of other things and then amazingly enough the blood work labs were back when I asked him to check them. So, we spent a while watching the construction outside of the windows by Elevator F. We stopped at Prairie Lights book store and met my friend, Andrea. And then we headed to CR to the Olive Garden and consignment shop. Leah is tired out because of her lack of sleep from staying up late reading every night now. She was up at 5:30 today and 5 AM yesterday (for no reason!). Tonight is the Family Fun night at the elementary school that Leah is anxious to go to. So much for an early night here.

As I was looking at Leah's appointment page that included today's date I realized that a year ago today soem friends we made in Iowa City lost their son, Kyle, to cancer. He was only 5 and a half...just like Leah is. We still check up on their caringbridge site and pray for them daily, and we know how one CT scan or blood draw can change your world forever. We continue to pray that through time they will find some peace. We are so thankful that this check-up was another positive one, yet remembering Kyle and his fight is a scary part of the cancer roller coaster we live on right now. So we continue to ask for your prayers on this journey.

Leah is summoning me to help her upstairs and I need to get a little work done. We still cannot park a vehicle in our garage-and probably won't for some time. Thanks for checking in on us!