Things Have Changed

Bella's Broviach (port) , this thing gives me the heebee geebies. It reminds me of the umbilical chord, if she pulls on it and it comes out...will her insides spill out? I have to use a syringe daily to insert a saline solution and antibiotic and change her dressing weekly. We tried bath time last night, that did not go so well. Its difficult to not get it wet. So we will only do bath time once a week and have a "wash cloth" bath the rest of the week.

Life is different, these are Bella's daily medications and Broviach equiptment. She takes 5 medications a day, each one is given 2-3 times a day. Because Leukemia attacks her white blood cells, she is highly suseptable to illness, so being "germ free" is a big ordeal in our house. Now remember, I am a cottage girl with 3 boys, this is a whole new life style for us. My hands are cracking from all the hand washing and Purrel Lotion.

This is life for the time being, but it is "but a time". This too shall pass, so on with the journey we go, the journey to healing and all the miracles and blessings God has in store for our family and Bella. It's not the journey we planned on or desire, but we are confident that God is doing a "good work in us", and that He will prevail in this circumstance. "For all things are possible with God". He is good, all the time.

Bella is really doing well, we are grateful that her stomach is tolerating the chemo so well. The oral chemo makes her very emotional, edgy and irritable...in general, she cries a lot and the smiles during the day are few. Then, every night around 8 pm she becomes "party girl" and she is all smiles and silly. At that point, I am exhausted and ready for bed, but its hard to put her down as we look forward to those moments of joy and her normal personality.

Our Halloween Party was a huge success and we had a great time. I will be posting pics tomorrow.

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God Bless!