Thanks again to everyone that has emailed and posted in the guestbook. I look forward to checking every time. It just helps so much to know so many people are checking in on our little family. I hope that everyone had a happy Easter! We sure did. My Mom and Dad got the girls little matching Easter dresses, so we took them to church to get some ohhhhs and ahhhhs! They were so adorable. We had a fun time over at Gramma and Grampa Wright's house for brunch and an Easter Egg hunt. Riley and Emma were there too and the girls had a wonderful time searching, running and finding eggs. The girls just had a fun time together the whole day.
Last Friday Kelby got a new catheter put in. Her original central line was taken out in December because it broke. We had been hoping we wouldn't ever need one again. They put a new one in so she could get the anesthesia everyday during her radiation treatments without having to poke her. I knew she was at least thankful for no more pokes because she said, "They not gonna poke me." Today we headed down to the University of Washington for Kelby's first radiation treatment. We'll be driving down every day for about the next 3 weeks. It is an hour and a half drive each way, so that will take a lot out of us. It will be worth the drive to be home each night. Today was a little rough. Kelby was really scared of the anesthesiologist. I think it was a bad experience on Friday when she got her tube put in that bothered her. I took her into the room where they give her a shot of stuff that puts her to sleep. They kept her for about 20 minutes, though the rest of the treatments should only take 10 minutes. Then she gets to wake up and go home. She woke up really cranky today. Hopefully it will get easier as we continue. Then, it's another drive home. We did make it home at lunch time, but it was a hard morning.
I am so appreciative of the MOPS moms that have signed up to bring our family dinners during this time! It will help so much. Fixing dinner is just the last thing on my mind right now, so this will be so nice. Thanks too for wearing the happy face pins! It really is so encouraging to see you wearing Kelby's little mascot. She loves to see those pins.
Kelby seems to be doing okay. She is a little more cranky and tired these days, but we still get happy smiley times! Hopefully these treatment will stop the lump in her jaw from growing. It had grown a quite a bit while we were gone at Disneyland. If it continues to grow she'll have to get two treatments each day instead of one. They said they'd reevaluate on Wednesday.
I had a hard time today when I changed Kelby's dressing over her new catheter site. She was so upset with me as I pulled the adhesive off, but I think that she thought she was in trouble because she said through her tears, "I'm so sorry Mommy." I felt so bad. This is a little bit harder now because she understands, remembers and says more.
It is so hard to know how to feel right now. The emotions go up and down on a roller coaster. There was a guestbook message that said, "Don't give up hope," and I just wanted to explain that we will never give up hope. My hope is for Kelby to be all better. I do believe with all my heart that God is capable of giving us a miracle in her. I pray for that with all my might. I also believe with all my heart that Kelby will be all better in heaven too. So honestly, Kelby will be doing great no matter what, but we will miss her dearly if her place is in heaven. I am just amazed at the peace I feel knowing that God is in control. I don't want the responsibility on my shoulders, because I'm not strong enough to bear it. The prayers and encouragment from all of you is really helping us to get through this. Thank you!
She loves the slide at McDonalds!
Tegan was so cute in her dress, but a little tired.
What a good big sister.
The cousins.
The girls all loved to look at themselves in their hats.
Kelby's lookin' for her eggs.
There she is with Grampa Wright.
Kelby and Daddy got really tired!
She loves those Minnie Ears!
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