At Last I See the Light: May 10th

Today started out with lots of crazy dreams for me! On Wednesdays, I have trouble sleeping because I am subconsciously afraid of sleeping in, so I dream about it all night. :) I had dreams that Nathan and Lily missed the bus (about three different dreams) and I had a dream that the clinic was kicking us out because we were late too many times. Our school is 15 minutes away, so if they really did miss the bus, we would not have time to drop them off because they catch the bus at 7:10AM and we try to leave for the clinic by 7:30AM. So, I usually lay awake from 5AM on and keep looking at the clock.

Anyway, we did not sleep in, and actually we weren't even very rushed so it was a nice morning. Nathan and Lily did not miss the bus and we got Benson off to a friend's house without a problem. And we were right on time to the clinic.

Kayla did awesome today. She did not cry at all again when the nurse stuck the needle in her port. She still had me hold her when she got weighed, but a major improvement was she let us get her height! As long as the nurse stood out in the hall, she was okay with Bryson and me helping her.

We saw a different doctor today--one we hadn't seen before--and Kayla did fantastic. She didn't complain or cry at all and she even lay down on the table when the doctor asked her to. Hooray!

Now we are in the chemo suite chilling out. We watched a little Tangled, played Sequence for Kids about 5 or 6 times, made a lady bug visor, ate lunch and now she is working on a Mother's Day project with Miss Jenn, the child life specialist, so I am trying to stay out of the way. ;)

Last Friday, Kayla woke up throwing up at 4AM until 9AM and I couldn't get her to take any zofran. She was fine for the rest of the day. But, since she did get sick, the doctor decided to give her an additional steroid that will hopefully prevent any problems tomorrow. We will also stay until she gets her second dose of zofran again. So, we'll probably be done close to 3PM.

Here's a picture of Kayla playing the harp. :) There is a music lady who always has fun instruments to play. I had a lot of fun playing the harp, too.