Today we were at Children's for the start of round 5, it's downhill to Christmas (finger's crossed there are no slips in the treatment dates).
Matilde came to the hospital today. Isabella whispers in her ear, just before they started the procedure "don't worry, I might cry, but I promise I won't scream". It was a very sweet moment, Isabella wanted to be the brave strong elder sister and Matilde was there to help but Isabella knew she wouldn't stick around if there were too many screams. Matilde has not been to the Thursday morning clinic many times and today she got to enjoy the routine including an entertaining visit from the clowns. Isabella was a little more agitated today, as she had had a couple of weeks off, but all things considered, it went pretty smoothly.
Her neurologist repeated the MRI results that everything was stable and that this was good news and very standard at this stage of treatment. Our aim now is to keep the tumors at bay. We also fitted in a visit to the eye doctor. They need to do a few more tests next week but so far she has 20/20 vision. As if we had any doubt, but it is one of the main things we have to watch, given the location of the main tumor.
In the three weeks we have been off chemo Isabella has grown in height, gained weight and all of a sudden none of her shoes fit. She is looking well and happy.
Not much else to report this week other than we are enjoying having the Italian grandparents here. We have been splashing in the pool in between the rain showers and fixing leaking kitchen taps and aging cars.
We are counting the weeks to our vacation in Canada - hopefully starting on August 14th, at the end of cycle 5.
Lots of love,
Emma & Gregorio. xxx
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