Dear Family and Friends,
The latest round of chemo completed on Friday and Amelia came home a very happy but somewhat nauseous young lady. This last round involved two different drugs, Cisplatin and Etoposide (VP-16). Four more rounds of chemo to go, alternating between the two different drug combinations. Prior to this last chemo Amelia's peripheral blood stem cell harvesting was successfully completed. They now have what they need for a transplant at a later date.
The benefit dinner for Amelia hosted by Hillsmere Elementary School on 6 June was well attended. Allison, Robert, Kathryn and Benjamin thoroughly enjoyed seeing and visiting with so many friends. Amelia skipped the dinner and stayed home with us.
Now we wait for Amelia's blood count to drop, and then work its way back up so the next round of chemo can begin, probably week after next. It's very likely that she'll have to go back to the hospital for awhile next week while her resistance is at its lowest.
Allison's sister Lisa and niece Melissa are arriving from Alaska for a visit on the 18th. Lisa and Melissa will be taking Kathryn and Benjamin to Florida for a visit with Allison's other sister, Elizabeth, in Jacksonville. That will make things pretty quiet around here for awhile!
Please keep those prayers coming!
