Amelya back in her room at Children's Hospital

Hi everybody,
Well I am back in a regular room at Children's Hospital now. They moved me out of Intensive Care on Thurday evening. The doctors say that I will still be here a while so they can continue to monitor my heart rate and breathe rate. I am now on a machine that buzzes (very loudly) every time my heart rate gets too low (or too high) and my breathing gets too slow.

I still am on a lot of pain medicine because my bottom is still very raw and blistered. But is it starting to heal and is not so swollen now. Of course, I still do not feel very well and cry a lot because of the pain.

Saturday is the first day I felt good enough to have visitors. Uncle Doug and my cousin Lainy came to visit me. In the picture you can see me and Lainy. Having Lainy there did make me feel better -- I hugged on her, let her hold my finger, and helped give her a bottle. I even cracked a smile for her.

Later daddy and my brothers (who I started calling "my boys") came to visit. I actually laughed and played with daddy and "my boys". I got so excited laughing, my machine started buzzing because my heart rate got too high!!

Please keep praying. The doctors say that I am staying at Children's until my bottom is much better. They said that then they would talk about what is next in the treatment plan for me.

Love and kisses,
Amelya

PS -- My grandma met a lady and her daughter who came to visit her for the weekend. The mom is at Children's with her six-year old son who has leukemia (diagnosed in 2006). They are from Mississippi, and this mom has been at Children's for a while now -- her son just got a bone marrow transplant. In addition to all this, her 17 year old son has now been diagnosed with leukemia (last year). He is being treated in Birmingham. Please pray for this mom and her family!