Back to Florida!

Tomorrow is the big day!  We are being picked up at 5:18 am to go to the airport.  Kelly's Make a Wish Trip is finally here.  We are all excited about the Disney cruise and being in Caribbean Water.  

Kelly relaxing on the trampoline teenage style.  Gotta have the laptop.  This has actually been a good way for her to stay in touch with her friends, especially when she is not in school with them.

Wednesday was Chemo Day.  Since it is summer Shannon comes with us.  She really enjoys the Infusion Center since there is a lot for the kids to do there.  She was really happy that it was a chemo day for Bailey too.  She spent the afternoon with Bailey and his little sister.  At the end of the day, she asked if we could come back the next day, like Bailey had to.  I explained that Kelly only came once every two weeks and all their treatments are different.  She really wanted to come back the next day.  I was really thankful we didn't have to, but Shannon felt so strongly that she wanted to be there the next day with Bailey and his family.  So she ended up going home with them, spending the night, then coming back to CHOC with them the next day.  I just picked her up when they were almost done.  The nurses are offering to put her on payroll.

Kelly did pretty well through the first half of her treatment.  It is so nice to have distractions to keep her busy at the infusion center.  She was very happy that her friend, Sarah, came to spend some time with her there.  Sarah was also on our trip to Lourdes, France last Spring.  Thanks for coming to see Kelly, Sarah.  She really was excited to see you, even though she started feeling pretty bad.  I don't know what makes these chemo days different from one another.  Last time, I really thought we had come up with a good plan for anti-nausea meds because she never got sick.  We did the same thing this time, and I can't count how many buckets she went through.  Even after we came home, she kept getting sick until she fell asleep at 10:00.    The good thing is, she is feeling good now and ready to go tomorrow!

Her Make a Wish Party was also earlier this week.  Her wish granters gave her a backpack with her Make a Wish shirt and some other goodies for the trip. She had a just a couple friends over (the wish party budget had just been cut!) but had a really nice night. Thanks to her wish granters, Marissa and Rachel, for making this trip special for her. This is her friend, Katie, who hopefully will be planning her own Make a Wish trip soon!