Happy 14th Birthday Madeline!

Sunday, January 6, 2007 - Mady turned 14 yesterday, solidly in her teens now, we still summon quantities of surprise at how time really does fly. The past week was pretty good! Mady's ANC count was still about 220 last Wednesday. She needs to be at 750 to start her next round of outpatient chemotherapy, so she'll be tested again this week to see if she can begin her Interim Maintenance protocol this Thursday (fingers crossed). Although her ANC was low, the doctors are encouraging her to go to school unless her ANC goes below 200. So she set a new (post-September) record by going to school three days in a row! As I mentioned previously, her oncologists really prefer fewer gaps in her chemo, but in the meantime she lives a somewhat more normal life. The biggest change is that she started wearing her wig to school, even though she says it makes her head itchy.