Yes...it's true, we received official word on Monday that Bella will begin 1 1/2 years of Chemo maintenance on Monday the 27th! I find it interesting that Monday is also the one year anniversary of the day we left to pick Bella up for good. We will begin the day with a physical for Bella, discussion on what maintenance will entail and then she will have another spinal tap and chemo. Maintenance will still involve chemo, but not as often. By mid June, we will go from twice a week apt's to once a month with a few blood counts in between. According to our nurse, our life will start to resume a little more normalcy. Dave and I are just so thrilled to have the toughest part behind us, Bella is so herself again, strong, happy, laughing and walking. It's good to be "normal" again.
Today, I was finally able to take Bella to the park. She has not had any chemo for 2 weeks now, so I took advantage of her normal blood counts and we spent some time climbing and swinging. I just feel so incredibly blessed and hugged by God to have had this last year with Bella. I am not sure what our life would have been like with out Leukemia her first year home, but I do know that God gave me back all the time I lost with her when she was in Guatemala.
Today is our 1 year anniversary of receiving our PINK from US Embassy....will post more later today.
17 comments:
Yahoo for maintenance! And Happy 1 year anniversary of receiving pink. She looks so beautiful and happy swinging at the park.
what fantastic news!!!!!! bella must LOVE being outside playing...happy one year pink anniversary... cant wait for more pics
alex
She is as adorable as ever! Great news - so glad things are going well :)
Awesome news! We keep you in our prayers! Bella you are adorable!
Glad to hear things are looking up! My prayers are still with your family!
Last year I was saying CONGRATULATIONS to you and feel it is only fitting to feel that way today. So, so happy for you that life will start feeling a little more normal. God is GREAT. PINK, PINK, PINK....that was our mindset last year. I think I called you from Guatemala. You know I love having days to celebrate....April 23 could be our PINK day and we could wear PINK each year. Let me know. Love.
Big PTL for Bella! She look so good, Sus! Love ya
PTL to bella!
Happy forever family day!(SOON)
She looks sooo good in purple!
hugs,leslie
Wonderful news. So happy the worst phase of treatment is behind Bella. She looks so precious playing and having fun in the park!
What a beautiful day and a beautiful God we have!Maintenance is not so bad either!!
Wonderful news!! Happy Pink Anniversary!!
She is so, so sweet! And HOORAY for maintenance! You're in our prayers.
YAY! We are so happy for Bella to be moving on to maintenance! She is such a doll! Can you believe it's been a year? What a year it has been ~ huh!?! What a relief to be looking back at the past year with the "worst part of chemo" behind you! God is good! We need to celebrate with the girls again soon!
I'm so in love with that little girl. I know exactly how you feel about that one year thing. Yesterday was our Gotcha! God turns all hard, painful, yucky things into glorious blessings. I'm so glad we're here to raise them, aren't you?
So happy for your family, Susie! Love,
Amanda
Thank you God!! I am so glad that the worst is behind you!! So glad you got to spend time at the park and enjoy the swings and slides! I love the pic of Bella peeking out and smiling so big! Beautiful!!!
so incredibly happy to hear how well she is doing and she looks so terrific in that cute little outfit and hat!
I LOVE Bella's expressions! She is so precious! She just makes me wanna scoop her up and give her lots of hugs and kisses!
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