3 Month Scan Time
Hello everyone,
Its been a while since our last update, 3 months to be exact! Paris has enjoyed being home since our last surgery in September. Things have been wonderful other than our routine daily chemo (temodar) and routine weekly trips to the hospital for blood draws and infusions. When I ask her how her day went she responds “today I got my ochies and I got a sticker” Its that simple to her and just has become a normal part of her life. Compared to everything thus far, I’ll take the maintence work gladly. Home is a wonderful place to be. She has gotten to be quite a character. She talks up a storm and repeats everything. She makes us laugh every day. She continues to be bossy and demanding but we have determined that since thats all she really has control of though all of this that she can be as bossy as she wants. She knows all of her letter names and sounds, numbers 1-11, shapes, colors, and she even has pretended to be a mommy to her baby doll. She is so helpful around the house, she wants to clean up and put everything in her proper place. I may be contributing to her minor OCD issues!! She loves going to day care and talks about all of her friends. She is getting so big, its amazing that she just turned 2 in November. We had a wonderful birthday party, however the morning of she woke up and sure enough had an ear infection. She was a trooper through it, to her compared to everything she has been through an ear infection is no big deal. She has been able to enjoy Thanksgiving and now Christmas at home.
Well its that time again and we are headed off to New York for our 3 month scans/work up, which consist of MRI of brain and spine, CT scan, bone marrow, blood and urine collections, and MIBG scans. The MRI is the main scan as it specifically looks closely at the areas where tumor was present and that previously had radiation and surgery. Thank God its scheduled for the first day. We should know results right away so at least we wont be as worried for the entire week. I will definately keep you posted as we learn the resuls of the scans. Please keep Paris in your thought and prayers as we scan again. As always we hope for the best that we can quickly return home and enjoy another 3 months of calmness, but are prepared for the worst as it can happen at any time. We just continue to be grateful for the time that we have. Have a very happy holiday. We welcome you to check her site and post comments there as we enjoy reading them.
Please also continue to remember all of the families that have lost someone this holiday season. I can only imagine the strength it takes to go though the days, especially the holidays without your loved ones.
Ralph, Lauren and Paris Strickland