Monday is a Big Day

This has been a fairly uneventful week. Anya continues to be fever free, yeah! Yet she is still uncomfortable, her fingers & toes tingle as a side effect from a medicine, and she is very unhappy most of the time.

The other day while I was in the kitchen washing dishes I overheard Anya & Israel in the living room talking on the couch. She was giggling at the silly things he was saying and it was like sweet music to my ears. I stopped working and stood in the doorway crying silently in thanksgiving for her laughter but also heartbroken that it isn't more common.

This morning started out well for her. She had an uninterrupted night's sleep and was able to talk with Israel some about leukemia and the future. However later she was very disappointed when she wasn't able to go to church with the rest of the family. She cried for a while after everyone else left and it took work for me to distract her from thinking about her daddy being gone. I think she is ready for life to be back to normal.

Tomorrow (Monday) is going to be a hard & big day. Anya is not allowed to eat after 9am because she will be sedated in the afternoon for a spinal tap and bone marrow aspirate. Please pray that she is in remission so that we can procede with the remainder of her treatment. And please pray for her peace while she is fasting. She eats about 3 times as much as before she was on steroids so being without food all day will be a struggle for her.