She made it through five days of chemo, a platelet transfusion, and two spinal taps. She is very tired, but we hope she feels good enough to go to school the rest of the week while she can. She will have blood work on Friday and will most likely need transfusions this weekend. She is scheduled for another spinal tap on Tuesday- we are hoping the leukemia cells are gone by then! They have been decreasing with every treatment. We have an appointment on December 13th at the University of Michigan to meet with the bone marrow transplant team. We will hopefully have a better idea of our next steps after this visit.
We will keep you posted.
I know I mentioned this in my last post, but I want to say again how blessed our family is to be surrounded by so many people who care about us. We had already decided as a family before Maddy relapsed to do something different this Christmas. We wanted to focus on the real meaning of Christmas- a celebration of God's love for us- giving of ourselves not just of material gifts. Maddy's relapse was another bump in the road (or more like a gigantic pothole) in our journey that tested our faith. However, in our darkest moments over the past couple of weeks, we have been lifted up by the prayers, support, kindness, and generosity of everyone around us. We have experienced the true meaning of Christmas- who could ask for more!
Finally, we just want to share information about the upcoming Bone Marrow Donor Drive... hope to see many of you there!
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