Vacation is ending

We had a nice Christmas and I had an especially wonderful time just being at home and ignoring our "cancer life" for the last week. Unfortunately, Elizabeth's blood counts were low on Monday. The Dr wanted to get her in for a blood transfusion before she starts radiation next week and so we were up early this morning to get to Salt Lake and she's now getting 2 units of blood. Thankfully, she's tolerated all blood products she's been given in the past and it's all going smoothly so far today as well. Her walking is steadily improving, which is great to see. We've been in touch with Seattle regularly this week and she's set to start radiation on Monday and then will be admitted to Seattle children's hospital for her 2 day chemo on the 5th. We're so grateful this worked out, because we had been waiting to hear about insurance approval for this admission. (Usually, they don't admit patients in Seattle for 2 day chemo like they do here at Primary children's, but we really wanted to stay at the hospital for better IV nausea control and for proximity to radiation during chemo.) Elizabeth and I are both feeling sad for the time we're going to be away from the rest of our family, our pets (Max and Lemon loove Elizabeth and she loves them🐶🐤) and just the comfort of home, but we're thankful to be able to get proton radiation and for the best "home away from home" possible at my parent's house. We're also looking forward to spending time with my wonderful parents and seeing some dear friends during our time there.