Do Any of Us?

The port does not have to be removed! Anya was scheduled for surgery yesterday and had even started the necessary fast. But the culture results came back negative again yesterday morning so they cancelled it and she was allowed to start eating...yeah!

She was also scheduled to start chemo yesterday and to come home yesterday or this morning (Tuesday) but we weren't able to do either of these. Anya's healthy counts aren't quite where they need to be to start chemo (which depletes the healthy cells along with the leukemia cells). And they needed to keep her in the hospital to do some more IV antibiotics. So we are now hoping to start the chemo on Thursday or Monday and to go home on Thursday night or Friday morning.

Although we are disappointed about both of these things we praise God that the port did not have to be removed. And we praise Him because Anya is doing better emotionally in the hospital and in relationship to the nurses and doctors. She has been laughing and playing with Israel & I and even smiling at the nurses! She still doesn't like when they draw blood or when they wake her at night...but do any of us? :)