Happy New Year!

We had a very nice break during Christmas and New Year's. The big news is that we made it through without a fever. Olivia enjoyed time with friends and family, and best of all had her 13th(!) birthday hospital-free. She is now officially a teenager.

This past Monday we went to clinic to see if her blood counts were high enough to start the next round of chemo. While the treatment protocol calls for chemo a week earlier than previous cycles (due to the fact that she now has one less med.), we were told that the kids are rarely ready. So we were not surprised when they were too low. We'll stay home this week and go back again this Monday. Olivia is spending the time getting back to schoolwork, going to PT, and resting up for the coming weeks.

(Forgot to mention that PT started a couple of weeks ago and is going very well. She is seeing her former head of school, Mrs. Lisa G., who is a physical therapist. It is awesome to have someone she knows and who also happens to be very knowledgable and experienced with Olivia's type of surgery. Thanks Lisa!)

Our focus now is to get through treatment and start thinking about the transition back to school.

Until next week...