There She Is!

"There She Is!!" Well the newly crowed 2006 Miss America's dream came true today (wink), she finally met the famous Little Miss Christi Thomas of Ohio!! (Smile) Seriously, just as we were wheeling Christi down the hall with her 4 hour pass we learned that Miss America was in the lobby so we literally rolled right into her. And having just watched the Miss America pageant two weeks ago we knew Jennifer Barry was a ballet on pointe dancer. I cued her in so "the girls" talked ballet. (Precious!)

The story just aired on NBC Channel 10 news here in Philly and also on Philly's CBS channel 3 news. For anyone in the Philly area, it may be re-run at 11:00 PM. (Photo taken from the TV during tonight's news.)

Christi's now sporting a darling pink baseball style "Ben and Jerry's" cap - and of course the little healthy eater selected some yummy sorbet while I had the chocolately thingy ma bob!

Her left eye appears to be nearly back to normal and I do believe her right one is improved even though I read in her charts that it has worsened. When a doctor examined her this morning she told us that she felt that the bumps on her head were smaller. We Praise Him!! Even though we know this will be a "temporary fix" if anything at all - we are full of praise and thanks that she is feeling great! She's scheduled to get an EKG/ECHO tomorrow to establish a baseline for her heart functions since one of tomorrow's harsh chemos is known for heart damage.

Back at the Ronald House she painted and ate and played Nintendo games with Daddy and some other kids. She was an hour late returning back to the hospital, but I couldn't push her very fast in the wheelchair - that made it "too bumpy" and she wanted to read a book all the way (so funny) so I slowed my pace to accompany the little reader's desire.

We've called her teacher and asked if the 4th graders could celebrate Valentine's on Thursday. If all goes as Shayne and I are hoping to fly home tomorrow or Tuesday so that we can get back to school until her blood counts bottom out - most likely by the weekend. Then, sadly, I think it'll be the end of school for a while. We'll talk with Dr. Maris tomorrow. Tomorrow are the "hard hitters" in the chemo concoction - Vincristine and Doxarubicin. She's complained a little bit about a headache tonight, but we pray it's nothing serious and that it really is from hitting her head on the treehouse at Ronald like she keeps reminding us she did and not this horrible cancer which has taken over her skull and so many other parts it wasn't invited to invade. I'll head back to Ronald to sleep on the last shuttle run tonight and I hope it's my last night there for a long time. For those who've sent items to the hospital, CHOP is WONDERFUL about forwarding mail to our home in Ohio! There are Angels working at CHOP!