It is hard to believe that August is here! July just flew by. We spent a lot of time at softball games and visiting with family and friends in between treatments. The month ended with The Cure Search Walk this past Saturday. The walk went well. We saw some friends we have made through our clinic and hospital visits. We also had some family join our team to walk. All the children were honored- those battling cancer and those who have lost the battle. The walk raised close to $30,000. Not bad for the first time walk! Thanks to everyone who donated to this great cause. While a lot of advances in the treatment of childhood cancer have been made, many more are needed!
Maddy is still trying to get through the second cycle in this first phase of treatment. Her counts were not high enough last week to have her week 2 treatment so she had bloodwork again today. Her counts are still not high enough so we will try again next Monday. Having time off this summer has been nice. While our world still revolved around Maddy's treatments, we at least didn't have as many other schedules and commitments to work around. Now that August is here, it is going to start to get hectic again! We are not looking forward to this.
Maddy is excited about school starting even though she is not going to be able to actually go to school at the start of the year. She has already gotten her school supplies and had her dad and I rearrange the office at home- she was tired of how her "classroom" was arranged and needed a change! : )
Maddy-
ReplyDeleteI have some extra classroom decorations if you want them for your "classroom". Just send me an email and I will make sure you get them! I've been re-arranging my school classroom for two weeks now- I just can't seem to get it right, or like the way I have it set up, maybe I need your help! Take care sweetie.
Hang in there, Maddy!!!! Know that so many people are praying for you as you and your family walk this journey! I hope you get your school room all the way you want it!
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