Rockin' the good health

Ella ready for a daddy-daughter date

9 months since chemo ended and this girl is a superstar of health! This week we went to Children's for them to check her out and gratefully we were told that there is no evidence of disease, she looks great.  Of course they didn't tell us that until 2 hours after they'd taken 3 extra x-rays and left us wondering what they'd seen.  The other scare we had related to her health happened in September I brought her to her regular dr's to catch up on immunizations and mentioned that she'd been complaining of right leg pain.  After the dr checked Ella's leg she spoke to me in that too calm voice and told me it wasn't Ella's leg, it was her hip and that they would get an x-ray and I should probably also talk to her oncologist.  I spent about 2 hrs with my stomach in knots thinking we could be right back in this again but this time in her bone? We waited for the x-ray results and thankfully it showed nothing abnormal.  Two days later Ella couldn't put any pressure on her right leg so I talked with the oncologist.  I was to keep an eye on her and if it didn't go away or got worse in a week they'd do an MRI.  Praise God it completely resolved in a few days.  Tis' our life for the next 4yrs 3 months,  going along just fine and then some odd symptom makes us wonder if we're back "in a ding" (Ella's phrase for going through something unpleasant-like chemo)
Otherwise Ella has been doing great.  She's only had one runny nose this fall, which is amazing testament to her strong immune system!