More of the Same

Dr. Maris was in about 7:30 this morning surprised to see us both "sleeping" on the parent couch asking, "How can you two even fit there much less sleep?" I don't know if real sleep will ever come again. Dr. Maris said, "Christi's spirit is gone, but why her body is still working is puzzling." He did point out that her heart rate had dropped and her urine output had decreased indicating it shouldn't be much longer until her body stops. Shayne pointed out that throughout four straight years of treatment she never had real damage to her liver, kidneys, heart nor hearing so perhaps it was because her body was in such fine shape, relatively speaking. Maris agreed that the more gentle treatments were good for Christi and will probably be the wave of the future to extend kids' lives.

Last night Shayne signed the limited autopsy consent form while I looked away and tried not to throw up. This morning he said it's best that if her body is still working, early this afternoon to go ahead and do that because the freshest sample the better in trying to grow her tumor cells. It will involve A LOT of blood being drawn out of her pelvis and then being shipped out to Dr. Reynolds's lab in Los Angeles. I'm certain I'll need to step out of the room as I've been incredibly queasy the past 24 hours.

Thanks, Eric for updating this blog for me many times in recent days. Our lap top isn't allowing us to post so I've been emailing things to the wonderful "Webby" for help. This morning, Shayne threw me out of the room as I haven't really left for over a week now. Additionally, I knew it was important to have some alone time with Christi too.