Congratulations, Good Luck and Happy Birthday!

All in one party, yesterday...

Just in case you didn't make it, the yard looked great, the weather cooperated nicely as it wasn't too hot - we actually had some real weather come to think of it. It drizzled a little bit and there were some clouds all afternoon. Oh yeah, and the cupcakes. Oh the cupcakes...

We celebrated Danika's graduation finally and to send her off to grad school. Her plane leaves at 9 tonight as a matter of fact. We also snuck in a happy birthday for Nancy as she turned 54 yesterday. It turned out to be quite a nice day and a good time was had by all...

Our little girl is off to graduate school! She will be missed a lot as Nanc really came to rely on her this summer both for business and because the girl has such a big heart. Atley moves in this week to help out for the next couple of months so that will be a huge relief.

I know he's awfully white for being a southern California boy but what's a parent to do? ;-)

So this leaves us with the hard reality that round 4 starts Tuesday afternoon. I am a little worried about her energy level lately. She did much better last round at this time and is really fatigued most of the time.

The symptoms could indicate low electrolytes, low white and red blood counts, etc. When we visited Leuchter last week, he didn't seem to think a blood test was in order. I hope she's in good shape next week and they don't have to put off her treatment. That would definitely suck. She reallywants to get this thing over with. We had a moment tonight after dropping Danika at the airport. There were tears and frustration over 3 more rounds of chemo and the fatigue and the hospital visits, and on and on and on. It is so hard to stay in the moment sometimes when you feel like that, especially with your daughter moving 3,000 miles away.

I will try and bring you more frequent updates the next couple of weeks. And I really need to take more pictures of the nurses and doctors. Not just to post here but I really want more of a record of this thing. I think it might help someone else someday if they ever have to go through what Nanc is going through right now if they see that she made it even though it was tough.

And she will make it. Even if it is tough. And we know why....

xoxo