Today was Ella's 7th dose of chemo out of a total of 14 doses she'll receive. So it is her 1/2 way mark for # of doses but not in our timeline. In another month they begin to give her 2 weeks off between chemo doses.
We also had an ultrasound and X-ray to check for cancer. Both were clear. Ella was able to admit tonight that she was nervous during the ultrasound that she would see "colors" on the screen and that the ickiness would be back. She apparently thought that pre-surgery when they did an ultrasound to see if the cancer had spread into her blood vessels (praise God it hadn't!) that the colors of the blood flow on the screen were the tumor. I'm constantly floored by how much our two kids have gone through so far in their short lives compared to the cushy life I have led. Ella asked me the other day "So you didn't go through chemo when you were a kid?" And "Daddy, did you have chemo when you were little?"
The big excitement of this week was the visit on Monday night from the Make a Wish foundation volunteers. It is such a wonderful organization and we are so excited to fulfill Ella's wish of going to Disney World and meeting the princesses.
2 comments:
So awesome to hear that Ella is halfway done and about the trip to Disney World! After all that she has endured, she deserves it!!!
You are on the downhill side now. Kudos to Ella for her strength and courage. And to you, for your faith.
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