Posts from the ‘Journal’ Category

Matzah Ball Soup for the Soul-Entry #24

Well the transition energy continued for a few days after Olive's arrival back home last Saturday. Everyone was excited and just wanting to jump back into some form of normal flow and energy but needed to slow the pace down so Olive could continue to get the rest she needs. For the record that girl fights the nap almost everyday because the Olive we all know and love is still burning inside. It usually takes her about 1.5 minutes to fall asleep once she is tucked in:)) Her naps are lasting about 2-3 hrs these days always welcomed after full mornings of play with her sister before she leaves to preschool, kid friendly yoga session(huge hit..thanks DI!), and plenty of school work in preparation for her teacher visits.

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Keeping it Real – Entry #23

Okay so another bump in the road, another admission for fevers but our girl endured another treatment which brought her another step in the right direction. These unplanned admission are quite a shock to all of us, each time causing us to eject from our home, pack what we need and head out the door into another dark unknown. Luckily each time Olive has responded well to antibiotics and fevers have gone away within 4 days, counts tend to recover just enough so she can push through. This next 56 days of treatment is accumulative and we are starting to see her energy level, and appetite plummet with the only reassurance of being told "this is expected". We have full faith.

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Stuck In Love

Let in rain down all over me! Oh how us bay areas peeps have been praying to the rain gods to let us have it..finally we got it this week. I found myself with Olive and Quinn stuck in the house all day Wednesday with our pajamas on while it rained sideways outside. It was perfect. One of those days where baking muffins turned into a spontaneous yoga session(my new mission for me and my girls) which then turned into some messy play followed by a good old nap. We were stuck.

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Fear of the port-Entry #19

Happy Friday Everyone!

We are here once again!! Each time we make it I am so grateful that we are staying on track and not missing or delaying any of Olive's treatments! A big win and we will take it!

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Lions and Tigers – Entry #18

Today was the first day Ollie was her good old self. We woke up in the morning and she was full of energy. Quinn was very relaxed as usual, running around, wrecking things, screaming her frickin lungs out. Yet out of the screaming she had a great idea. "I wanna go to the zoo," she yelled. The zoo it was. Maybe we could even put Quinn in a cage.

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Fever strikes again- Entry #16

Well we started off optimistic that we would have a chance or maybe some control over the bugs and keeping OLIVE fever free. Cancer decided to get us REALLY use to what this new normal was going to be like in less than 30 days. Sunday Feb 9th Ollie struck another fever and we were once again in the ER and admitted that afternoon.

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