COOKIE-DAY 70

Dearest Friends and Family,
I know it's been a while but we've just been spending the last two weeks getting used to living together again! It's been better than good having the whole family home, happy and as healthy as possible!

COOKIE spent her 4th of July EXACTLY the way she wanted to....with her friends. Every year our block has a "block party" and this year the real party was on our end of the block! We put up canopies and set up tables and there were lots of neighbors, families and friends that joined us to have a wonderful little celebration. COOKIE got her favorite beach chair, her favorite sweater, her favorite blanket, a bottle of Dasani and her Wacky Packages card collection and she was good to go! Her friends took such good care of her and they had so may laughs! The ended the night sitting the middle of the street, all bundled up, watching the fireworks from nearby Wilson Park! It was great day, especially for COOKIE and Parker! They had a blast!

COOKIE is doing well, dealing with the side effects of her meds and her transplant. Home Health Care comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays to draw her blood. She has a standing appointment at UCLA every Tuesday and also on Friday. This Friday she will be getting platelets and red blood cells. It's the longest she's gone without, on her own, since the transplant. Every day counts. Her body is getting stronger and stronger.

As the title implies, we are at Day PLUS 70, 70 days post transplant. 30 more to go to the coveted 100. At 100, she is able to venture out a little more, and resume a little more freedom. All within reason and all in good time but the numbers are very important to COOKIE. She keeps track to make sure she's ON track! She is one smart COOKIE as most of you already know.

Not much more to say. We're just living our lives and it feels great! As always, we're extremely grateful for the love and friendship that you've all shown us throughout this ordeal!

Love to you all,
Cookie, The Grandma