End of the Day Friday

It has been an "at home, don't do much of anything" day. We have hung out and played most of the day.

Rebekah's teacher came by and played with both girls for a while this afternoon. Both Rebekah and Sarah seemed to enjoy the time. I think the girls get tired of Mommy and like "new" faces. Jennifer (the teacher) noticed several developmental growths since she last saw Rebekah, which was before Rebekah was diagnosed with cancer in April 2004. We have seen them as well, but it is always good to get an outside perspective. Thanks Jennifer for coming!

For those of you who don't know, before Rebekah was diagnosed with cancer, she had been involved with Early Intervention through the local school system because of her development delay issues.

The girls have played well together, at times, today. Rebekah would say she wanted a toy and Sarah would go get it for her, they were taking turns playing with a particular toy, they both worked at filling a stocking full of peek-a-blocks, etc... At other times, they have been beating up on each other. Rebekah has spent time in time-out for hurting her sister. Sarah has had some time-out for hurting Rebekah as well. Uugh!

The stool softener seems to be working. She had a couple of soft (although not runny) stools today. I decided to go ahead and give her one more dose of the stool softener tonight. I hope that I'm not sorry for that.

The claritin seems to be helping some, but I'm not sure how much. She continues to sneeze periodically, but she hasn't seemed in as much pain as she had been. We will continue to monitor her situation.

New friends, Kelli and Jake, are coming tomorrow to help us get some things done. It should be a good time and we are looking forward to it.