Such a great day

Here is Elizabeth walking up the stairs to school (she's in the red shirt) with one of her best friends this morning. It was 9th grade day at Lagoon (a big theme park) and Elizabeth's Dr gave her the ok to go! She only stayed half the day, but had a wonderful time!! 

No rest for the weary

I thought being done with chemo would feel like a break, but we have been back up to the hospital several times since chemo ended for blood and platelet transfusions and loooong appointments at the Huntsman Cancer center for her radiation. She met with several doctors one day at Huntsman and another day was spent getting her radiation "bed" ready. It was sort of an ordeal and Elizabeth continues to be so tough through it all. Her labs are being VERY slow to recover and I hope they start to improve more quickly before her radiation treatments start in the first week of June. We have more lab and scan appointments next week. On a happy note, Elizabeth was able to schedule getting her port out. It's set for June 17th, so we're praying all her treatments go smoothly and we can keep that date!! 🙏 She's meeting for outpatient PT evaluation at the end of June and we are so excited to get this going and get her back to life and all the things she loves! She's been able to get back to horse vaulting a few times a week and also spend some fun time with friends. So wonderful! If you're reading this, please know that we love and appreciate you so much!!

THE. END.

I have been giving Elizabeth these shots every night since she started chemo to get her white blood counts back up. We hate them and last night was her last one!! Hooray!

Happiness and a hospital trip

Elizabeth went to horse vaulting practice tonight!! (I wanted to take pictures, but respected her request that I not.) This was her first time back since she got cancer and as we were driving home she told me that this is the happiest she's felt in a very long time! Her coaches said she did great and I'm so so excited to watch her get back in to this amazing sport. She works hard and pushes herself and she has an incredible coach and team. I will post pictures soon! We haven't even been out of the hospital a week, but we're headed back tomorrow for blood and platelets. She told me she was pretty sure she needed a transfusion because she was totally exhausted during physical therapy. We're getting to the hospital early so that she can get home to spend the evening with friends. These little things in life are just everything! We have our appointment with the radiologist on Monday and I am eager to get the radiation plan.

 We love you all. Thank you for your continuous support  and prayers.

Best mother's day!

My awesome sisters had this sign up when we got home! Happy mother's day everyone!!

Sweet goodbyes!

These places and people have been our 2nd home since September. We're so thankful for their amazing care! We are SOO excited to be done with chemo and going home in a few hours. Thank you for all of your love and support that have blessed Elizabeth and our family with so many miracles!

Count down...

Just 3 chemo days left and praying it all goes smoothly! It was a bumpy Chemo day today due to Elizabeth having low blood pressures. There was talk of slowing chemo in the coming days if her blood pressure didn't stay consistently stable this evening and through the night and, thankfully, so far she's been good since it recovered a few hours ago. (It's things like this that make me hesitant to start getting excited too early about finishing chemo as planned.) They're not sure why it happened. It's normal for her blood pressure to dip a bit with the meds she's getting and maybe by now she's had so many that her body isn't as resilient?? So many unknowns with cancer life and I am ready for some sleep. Love you all!