A Good Day

In general, it has been a good day. Sarah has not seemed to have any ongoing problems with her leg, so that is good. We'll hope that continues.

Rebekah has done a good job of using the potty. She has been very cooperative and had more stools in the potty than in the diaper today! Hooray!

Rebekah asked several times for tummy drinks and we were able to get 3 cans in during the day. One full can at a time without any dilution and no vomiting. Once, she told me she had an upset tummy, so we got the yellow bin out just in case but didn't need it. That means that we only needed to get two more cans in overnight and we have time to do that before Mommy goes to bed. So she gets to be unhooked for most of the night. Woohoo!

Rebekah did a good job of eating, too. Several times she asked for something to eat and did eat some bites. It is always encouraging to see.

Mommy spent much of the day on the phone with doctor's offices, billing offices, and the insurance company. It never ends!

One year ago, today, we were in the hospital. At about this hour, Rebekah's nurse and another nurse came into the room dressed in blue "chemo" gowns with masks and chemo gloves to start Rebekah's first round of chemo. They explained to us, that the chemo was dangerous and they needed to protect themselves against it. They also explained that the chemo drugs will be expelled in her urine, so any diaper changes had to be done with special gloves and that any linens that were soiled with chemo pee would be bagged separate from other linens and incinerated. I think it was then that we realized the harm that we were going to allow our daughter to be put through. It was a rather scary realization, but we had no choice.

What a difference a year has made.