A great day/good week!

Well, Mom had a pretty good week this past week. Last Monday, after about 12 consecutive days of Procrit and/or Nupagen injections, her blood count was finally up. She was so excited. She called me right after getting her blood draw and wanted to see the girls since she hadn't been able to see them in a while. I took them over and we had lunch with her and Dad. She got to rest that week since she didn't have to get up and go get injections each morning. That was really exhausting to her and really took its toll on her.

She got to spend some quality "alone time" with Allie on Wednesday as well. Mom and Dad both really enjoyed that because they really haven't had the chance to really bond with her like they did with Ava since Mom has been sick since she was 2 months old. Mike was working late and Ava and I went to church that night and it was going to be a long evening so I didn't know how well Allie would do in the nursery that long. Anyway, I think Allie finally got used to being around them. She finally smiles and giggles at them now instead of crying when they look at her. She's really bonding with Mom...which I'm glad about since Ava is such a "Paw Paw's girl"!

We had a really great time yesterday at Grandma & Papa's house. We haven't seen them in a while so me, Mike and the girls met Mom, Dad, Amy and Scott out there. We visited, walked down to the dock, cooked out and played Chicken Foot dominoes. We had a blast and I know Mom really enjoyed her time.

I'm really glad she had a good week because we don't know what the next week will be like for her. Her next three rounds of chemo will be different. She will be on Taxotere which may be a stronger type of chemo. She has to take medication the day before, the day of and a few days after chemo to control the side effects. She took her first doses today since she has chemo tomorrow. She'll go in the morning for a blood draw to check her blood cell count and she'll meet with her oncologist. I guess the positive thing about Taxotere is that it is a shorter session. Before it took about 3 hours or so for the previous type, now it will be about an hour.

Well, I'll blog again in a few days once we know how this Taxotere will be for her. Hopefully it won't be bad and this will all be over for her before too long. Then, she can get back to life as it was before this horrible disease came along.

Love to all,
Emily