Sunday morning

Gracie's counts from Thursday were fairly good for where she is in her chemotherapy cycle. Because of that we had to cancel an appointment to receive platelets on Friday morning. While this might seem good, it is kind of frustrating because, in all likelihood, Gracie's counts are so low this weekend that she should get a transfusion. The cancer clinic is only open weekdays so in order to get a transfusion today we would need to go to the hospital. The hospital is usually a longer wait, less fun for Gracie and more expensive for us.

Gracie is feeling great right now and we are having a hard time keeping her from bouncing off couches and running around the house. Hopefully she will be able to quietly watch a movie or play a game with her mom when I take her older sisters to church pretty soon.

We (especially Stephanie) will continue to monitor her for signs of low platelets and the on-call oncologist is ready to admit us to the Children's hospital should be need a transfusion. Hopefully all goes well and we find that her counts are going up tomorrow and she is done with transfusions!!

Thanks for all your concern and prayers. We have been truly blessed and know that it is, in large measure, because of your faith and love.