Lucky #13

Gracie had her 13th EUA on Friday August 28th. Ah, a full year of going to Houston at least every four weeks. Well I'm excited to report that everything went well. The right socket looks excellent. There are no new tumors and the two tumors in the left eye continue to die. Dr. G figures he'll only laser the tumor one or two more times and then we'll just continue with observation, no more treatments (unless necessary). So the excellent news is that we can now extend the time between EUA's to every 6 weeks. It might not seem so exciting to everyone else, but this is thrilling to us as it cuts out one trip to Houston every 3 months! Remember it's a three hour drive one way so each time we go it takes our entire day. For the EUA we had an anesthesiologist who we've never had before. After the exam she came to talk to me in the recovery room. She told me how happy she was to take care of Gracie mentioning that "That's one sweet little baby girl you've got" I had to answer with "Thank you, she is isn't she?" I'm so glad I'm her mom - I must have the best job in the whole world. We're grateful for all the blessings in our life, whether big or small.

Oh yes, yesterday morning I was watching Gracie as she was playing with a small teddy bear which only has one eye (thanks to our dog). Gracie was talking to it and said "Oh look, your eye is broken!" To which I replied "Should we get it a fake eye just like yours?" Her answer was "Yes, because fake eyes are really cool!" Obviously this prosthetic hasn't set her back a bit.

Stephanie