Tuesday Morning

Yesterday we packed up and tried to be out the door by about 8:00am with both girls, the trailer, etc. all ready to be gone for a week plus.  

At 9:30am we had an appointment with a photographer for Portland Monthly magazine.  They are doing an article on Kory’s Foundation, a SPECTACULAR organization that helps families with the same type Cancer Rebekah has.  They have helped us SO SO much and the only reason that daddy is able to be at the hospital most of the time is because of them.

At 10 we were in clinic getting blood and other labs tested and being readied for admission.  Rebekah’s blood counts came back okay and after about an hour and half we were admitted to room 3522 in the school age wing.  Rebekah got her dressings changed which is always a traumatic event as it is somewhat painful and hooked up to all of her tubes, bags, chemicals, etc. and we were on the way towards another week of chemotherapy.

Please note the picture on Rebekah's wall next to her bed. This was done by a friend that we have not met, Lilly (I hope I have that name right but I forget for sure right now). She asked her mommy's friend, who is a nurse, to bring it to us here at the hospital and Rebekah, who normally does not like pictures that close to her bed really wanted it it right there!


While we are here this week, probably today, Rebekah is going to have to have a catheter put into her bladder to collect her urine for some testing.  As part of the chemotherapy protocol they need to observe how her kidneys are functioning or how they are being affected by the chemicals.  They collect for a 24 hour period.  This will be fairly difficult for her – yet another tube coming out of her.  This will make 4 invasive tubes into her body at one time.  Pray that she tolerates this well.

About noon yesterday friend Debbie came and took Sarah home for a couple of days.  Debbie lives pretty close here and her family seems to need a baby fix so they can have Sarah for a couple days.  That will definitely fix her fix!  Thank you Debbie and family.  Later this week Ginger and family will have Sarah and then hopefully some grandparents will have her into the weekend.  It is definitely hard finding 24 hour/day babysitters for weeks on end and it is even harder being apart from your little girl like that.