Maddy got her wish and her counts were not high enough to start her chemo treatment last week, so she was able to spend time with family that is visiting from New Jersey and she was able to see her cousin Casen from Findlay. This made Maddy happy!
She had her blood work done again yesterday and her counts had come up. Her doctor was going to be out on Thursday so they went ahead and started her treatment yesterday too. If all goes well, we hope to be out by Saturday evening.
We are now looking forward to the Cure Search walk in Toledo coming up on July 30, 2011. We are members of the DreamMakers team from Mercy Children's Hospital. We would love to have some family and friends join us if possible. You can check out all the details at: http://www.curesearchwalk.org/toledo
The money that this event raises will be used specifically for childhood cancer research. Advances in treatment from this research is essential- a new protocol has already been developed for Maddy's type of leukemia since she was first diagnosed that has lessened relapse rates. While we wish these research results would have been available sooner for Maddy's sake, we are encouraged that advances are made almost continuously that improve survival rates for all of our children fighting this battle.
Glad to hear you got to spend time with your cousins. That sounds like a fun time. Hope things go quickly for you in the hospital and you get to bust out of there by Saturday evening. Stay strong sweetie- we're thinking of you and praying for you. I can't wait to hear all about the Cure Search walk you will be doing- hopefully the weather will cool off by then!
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