The DAY after......

Dearest Family and Friends,
For some reason that I haven't quite figured out, the very next day after an especially good report about our girl, invariably we experience the "valley" side of the peaks and valley's of post bone marrow transplant. Today, Monday, was such a day. COOKIE could barely wake up this morning she had such a bad headache. Today's nurse was slow and needed "teaching" every step of the way. Not a good omen when the day starts out like that. It got worse as the day went on. The doctor of the day came to the rescue and made things happen that needed to happen. Tests were run, results were obtained and by dinnertime we were told we could all breathe easy and rest assured that COOKIE is right on track. This is a very simplified version of what turned out to be one heckuva day. I thought it share-worthy since I had painted a much rosier picture the night before.

To make a long, difficult story short, it was a very draining, emotional and physically challenging day for many of us. Especially, of course, for COOKIE, Shelee and Matt. Thankfully, everything got resolved, including COOKIE's headache, which didn't actually go away and allow her to function until 6:30pm! Needless to say, none of us functioned at 100% either.

Aunt Shannon and I did our best to make this a good birthday DAY for Parker. We're so grateful that he got to have a little party at his preschool. I'm attaching a picture of his celebration the day before at the motorhome. It's worth sharing.

As I always say, tomorrow is another day. The last time we saw our beloved Dr. Finklestein, he said to Shelee and I, "This is going to be a ride. Hold on." We've used that phrase more than once. He was so right and we are so holding on.

So, hold on, Folks.
Love,
Cookie