HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Too bad Lia's birthday fell on chemo day...no fair! But we made a pumpkin shaped cake for her to smash up last night while she was feeling better....what FUN! Lia had a very good time mushing that cake and eating the sprinkles off the icing! It was good to see her feeling a little better.
Then, since today was chemo treatment day, Lia was surprised by the terrific "BASE CAMP" staff at Arnold Palmer Hospital with a special birthday breakfast, and later a birthday cake, a big balloon and all the attention she could stand!
Sadly, Lia had to be hooked up to the IV machine to get her fluids and chemo drugs all day...but she takes it like a champ. She is feeling better, and her blood values were improved enough to have treatment this week.
Next week, Lia gets the first MRI to see if the treatments have stopped the tumor's growth or shrunk it at all. This will be a time to determine if the same course of treatment will be followed or if changes will be made.
Right now, we are focused on Lia, and her birthday. On Saturday, we will have a huge cake and just the immediate family to celebrate in style.....we had a birthday / Halloween costume party planned with all our friends since Lia can't go out trick or treating.....but since she got so ill we decided not to risk exposing her unnecessarily.
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