I apologize for the delay in posting but there hasn't been much to post. We had a nice, restful weekend. Friday night, we had a girls' night out. We went and saw G-Force. It was a super cute movie. We then had dinner at Red Robin, which was a first for all 3 for us. We spent the rest of the weekend relaxing.

This morning, Karly went in for routine blood work. Her counts were not great but they weren't bad either. I gave her the last injection she will receive before Thursday. Say a prayer that her counts will be right where they need to be so she can get one more round of chemo behind her on Thursday. We are scheduled to be at the clinic at 7am Thursday morning for labs and the cycle 7, this will just be a 1 day cycle.

Thank you all for the continued prayers. Your love and support helps us get through each day.

Karly was able to take her last 2 doses of Mesna by mouth yesterday so we got out of the hospital around 4pm. The Mesna is given at 1, 3, 5, 8 and 11 hrs following chemo to protect the bladder. Karly did not experience any vomiting yesterday and besides being tired she felt pretty good. She had to follow a specific diet last night and this morning to prepare for the PET scan. Last night for a snack she could have cheese and salami slices. HAHA If any of you have ever been around Karly when she eats, you can only imagine the look I got when I said salami.

Karly had her PET scan today and she slept right through it. We got to visit with Daniel and his mom, Laura today at the hospital. They will be heading home(Sudan) Friday or Saturday and will be back here in September. We are so glad they are getting to go home but we will miss our West Texas buddies! :)

We are finished at the hospital for the week.

Day 4 of Cycle 6

Today was day 4 of 5 days of chemo. The first 3 days of chemo were nice and smooth. Today got off to a good start. Karly got up had breakfast, a shower and a nice visit from Victoria and her dad, John. Chemo started around 10am and was done about 2 hours later. Karly has been having body aches and today they have been really bad. They gave her pain meds a couple times and then the vomiting kicked in. But, they don't let her vomit or even feel nauseous with out trying to find a way to fix it. Right now she is up and eating chicken strips from Sonic.

We hope to be out of here tomorrow around 5pm. Karly will have a PET scan on Wednesday.

I want to Thank everyone for Lexie's birthday cards and gifts. She had a great birthday last week!

Karly finally got in a room at about 7:30 last night. She started chemo at 10:30pm and is doing well. She sleeps most of the time due to the anti-nausea meds and one of the chemo drugs. We will be here through Tuesday evening.

Before coming to the hospital last night, we got to spend some time with Donny and Shaunie. Karly and Donny compared stories and battle wounds. Donny is doing great and looks wonderful!

Mom and Dad have been here since Tuesday and been helping entertain Lexie. Dad is heading home this evening, but Mom is staying until Wednesday or Thursday.

Wednesday morning we met with the surgeon, Dr. Lewis. After visiting with her about how aggressive the surgery would be we decided to only use surgery as a last resort. This morning we saw both Dr. Herzog and her intern and they both agreed with our decision. Karly will go through more chemo and then begin radiation. Dr. Herzog and Dr. Mahajan will work out the best plan on how to handle the schedule with chemo and radiation. Dr. Herzog does want a PET scan performed after this cycle of chemo, so that will be done one day next week. Dr. Herzog showed us what she called "centralized necrosis" in the mass on the MRI image. Basically, that means dying cells, which is good news.

Karly was scheduled to be admitted for chemo cycle #6 today but she was not because there were no open beds. We were not the only ones sent home, there we several kids who had to go home. The plan is for the nurse to call us when they have a room for Karly.

Wednesday night we had a birthday party with Nanny and Pa for Lexie. We had a GREAT time!