Catching up ...

Hello Everyone,
Well, mommy and grandma have been pretty busy and haven't been able to help me to update you on what is going on since my last post. Just to update you on things, I got out of Children's Hospital Thursday, April 9th. This picture was taken the day I was released. I was smiling because I finally was taken off my "leash" (IVs) and free to roam on my own.

I have been getting my chemo each week and things are going pretty good. I have to admit that I am having more "grumpy" days, but I still have a lot of good days too.

Right now I am back at Children's Hospital. Monday was "Chemo Cocktail" day, and my counts were good so I got my treatment. I was suppose to come home today, but my stomach got upset, and I threw up. When that happens, I have to stay at the hospital for another 24 hours without throwing up before they will let me go home. Pray that I get to feeling better and my stomach settles down so I can eat and be able to go home.

Some Good Things I Got to Do
Easter Sunday was great fun for me... I got to spend the day with most of my cousins at my grandma's. We had a big Easter Egg Hunt -- see the pictures the below to see me and some of my cousins when the hunt started and we all took off looking for eggs. (Note the fun we had drawing with chalk on paw-paw's patio before the hunt!)

In the next picture, you can see all our eggs we found -- I was asking Ms. Margaret to help me open one of my eggs. In the last picture, I am showing daddy and paw-paw all the candy I got out of my Easter eggs, which I piled up in my skirt. They all thought it was funny... I just wanted to show them all the candy I got!! Notice that daddy has no hair, just like me. Daddy shaved his head when my hair fell out to be just like me. Paw-paw doesn't have any hair either. His has been that way for a while, so I guess he just lost all his hair just because he is paw-paw... he he he. Love you paw-paw!

Last week I got to go and pick strawberries. Mommy and daddy made arrangements with Ms. Heather's Strawberry Patch so we could go at the end of the day after everyone else left so I could pick strawberries. This is something mommy, daddy, my brothers and I get to do every year. It is a lot of fun.

Daddy helped me pick the berries -- I wanted to pick them all but daddy told me I have to look at them and pick the ones that are red and ready to be picked.

As you can see, we did get lots of big, beautiful, luscious strawberries!! They sure were yummy. Mom made me strawberry shortcake and boy was it good.

Well, that about wraps it up for now. That gets you up to date on the last two weeks, which I said was busy. I will leave you with my latest picture, me on the pink pony at the strawberry patch.

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes. We will get a re-evaluation of the tumor in three weeks. We are all praying that the tumor will have shrunk even more than what the doctors expect. In fact while we are asking God, let's ask big -- that the tumor is gone!!!

Love and kisses to you all,
Amelya