Abby asks at least once a day if she is going to get a poke today. She always breaths a sigh of relief when she hears that there will be no blood draws today. Landis gets a pretend poke at least once a day, but since it doesn't hurt and he gets a really cool bandaid, he is happy to play along.
Hey Mom, his tummy is talking to me. 
This is Landis pretending that he is scared.
Abby is our perfectionist. She had to do it all right. 
Abby wasn't allowed to swim until she got her port.
This was her first time to swim since July 11
and she was thrilled to be in the pool.
Landis was so glad that his sister was able to swim too.
Today started another long week of chemo. Tomorrow we will have chemo and a blood transfusion. That makes for a very long day, but Abby loves getting blood, because she has so much more energy after she gets it. We hope that we will be able to do all 4 days of chemo at the hospital's outpatient clinic, but depending on how she does, she could be admitted to the hospital. Abby is not scared to go to the hospital, but she misses her family when she is there. Abby has mouth sores that are causing her a lot of pain. With chemo she can get sores that go all the way down her digestive tract. We would appreciate your prayers this week.
Praise God, we had a wonderful weekend at home. Abby had more energy than she has had in weeks. She loved seeing friends and family. I will post pictures and more about it if I get permission from their parents. My in-laws couldn't stop talking about how blessed we are to have such wonderful friends. We were in shock when we saw how many wonderful frozen meals they brought us. They made this week so much easier for us and we are very grateful.
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Yeah! LOVED the pictures- too precious! You may just have a few future physicians on your hands!
:0) Abby looked so happy in the pool - that made my heart melt! I'll be praying this week for you guys and so happy that the meals are making things a little easier on you all. Love you guys! ((HUGS)) Amy
I've followed your blog since Abby got sick. Our family has been praying for her. I know it is hard, hard, hard this life you are living now...in hospital off and on, chemo etc...When I saw the heading for today "Landis needs a poke" I thought maybe he was going to get tested for bone marrow match. Happy to know it was just fun stuff instead. :-)I hadn't realized they were twins, way cool! When our Jonathan was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia, they right away began seaching for a donor. He is the only one of our adopted kids we thought would ever have found a bone marrow. He was domestic adoption and eastern european background....blood type that is very common in the donor banks. Our other 13 adopted kids are all from Asia or Africa...not common donor matches. I did meet several hispanic children getting bone marrow transplants and even though it isn;t as common a match they had found unrelated donors. I pray Abby never needs a transplant, but if she does they are a miracle most of the time!
God is blessing you and your family,and blessing the rest of us as your share your and Abby's story!
Julee
bride to Mike
mommy to many
waiting for two more wee ones from Ethiopia
http://stillwaterjulee.blogspot.com/
Abby looks so happy in the pool...it made me smile!! Love Landis' scared look:-)
We are praying for healing. Glad Abby got to go swimming!!
Sami and Abby make great docs and Landis is an obvious ham! Love the pool pics. I'm so glad for you that she had such a good weekend.
Kerri, Medina, and Ruby
The kids look great ! I am so happy to see Abby smiling and playing :) Prayers for the sores to go away and this week to be easy on her. HUGS! Maria
Praying for Abby's sores! The pics are really cute! Maybe she'll be a doctor someday!
I love seeing smiley pics of Abby, And Landis what a Trooper!!!
I'll send some prayers for this weeks round of Chemo....
HUGS :o)
Your kids are all too cute!
Glad to see Abby playing and swimming... that smile melts my heart!
Did the Dr give her magic mouthwash? It was great for me when I got mouth sores after the first chemo treatment.
Also, ices made my mouth hurt much less!! I used to eat them like they were going out of style.
That Landis is a HAM!!!! Abby looks sooooo happy in the pool!!!!!
I will keep you and Abby in my prayers.....Can we send her a gift?
Here is my email address...wadi2u@yahoo.com
So excited to see a fun post like this! The kids are so cute. I am happy to see Abby having a little fun. Praying that this week goes well with Chemo and for no pain for Abby. I am also happy to hear you received the meals and that they will make just a little part of your life easier right now.
love,
Melinda
Oh, I am so glad to see Abby's smiling face!! So glad you are getting all those meals!! So glad that you were able to have so much family time lately! Thanks for the update. I will continue to pray for you all.
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