A wonderful break

We enjoyed wonderful time at home last week and the weekend was filled with visits from loved ones. It was exactly what we needed, especially Elizabeth. She was able to just hang out and do some normal teenager things for a few days.  Friends and family sent and delivered gift baskets, cards, flowers, and goodies. We were overwhelmed. Again, thank you! Thank you also for all the prayers that she would be able to get home!! It was such a blessing.  We’re back at Primary Children’s for the week now. If everything goes well, she gets to go home on Friday. She was very stressed about having her port accessed and it has been abnormally tender, but it went really well today. Yay! It seems like it’s healed a bit and they had better numbing cream than they used last time. Right now she’s getting fluids in preparation for her chemo, which they will run in the next hour or so. We have a giant basket of great stuff (from all of you!) to keep Elizabeth happily busy during this week at the hospital.  I’m praying that her treatments are fully effective and that she can remain cancer free in the years to come, as this is the biggest challenge with this type of cancer. Elizabeth’s movement continues to very slowly improve each day. Today she was able to move her left ankle!