Pneumonia and RSV are no match for this warrior .....

This sweet child of mine continues to astound me with each passing moment.Her fighting spirit,that very same spirit that has seen her conquer countless other seemingly insurmountable obstacles,once again is seeing her through another medical crisis.Anyone who walked into her isolation room today,simply marveled.Her two new diagnosis' hardly matched the smiling,engaging child that sat before them. Well,of course the circles under her eyes and pale skin were somewhat of a give away.She sat so tall and smiled so sweetly and blew gentle kisses and looked at us as if she were saying ...."Is that all you got?"To which I say:DO NOT ASK THAT ZOEY!!!!Zoey's medical resume since birth is extensive enough and I do not know how much more this tired old mom can possibly stand.The long and short of it is this:In a little more than 48 hours Zoey has proven to be in the process of outwitting the current nasty bacterial and viral onslaught to her already compromised tiny body.Completely overcome them ... certainly not.However, they feel fairly confident that she is probably past the worst of it at the moment.Her bone marrow has managed to produce healthy fighting cells ... that has made all the difference.Which is a miracle.We are only 12 days out since round 4 chemo ended and at a time when her counts should be at rock bottom or at the very best in recovery,instead super baby changes things up and her body does what a typical,otherwise healthy child would be doing,fighting off the foe.On the 4th floor, fever,pneumonia,RSV and infection are some of the scariest things a parent can hear.Any of which could absolutely land you in the PICU in a moment.We feel completely blessed.Again.And proud.Again.For two years we have seen Zoey dealt,to some,a most unfair hand.But if we choose to focus on the unfairness than we diminish the life we know as Zoey's.An amazing life.A life that continues to offer opportunities each and every day to see God and His hand in all that happens.Opportunity to listen to the subtle and sometimes not so subtle nudges to see beauty amongst the chaos and uncertainty.We are thankful and ever mindful of how lucky we are.Daily there are reminders of those whose walk is far more difficult and those who's journey has veered off on to dark and frightening paths.Tonight we have two little buddies who are in the PICU,courageously trying to pass through and beyond unexpected scary times.Pablo and Sarah,stay strong and fight on.More to come tomorrow on Miss Zoey.Praying for a restful night for her, as sleep right now is some of the best kind of medicine.Thank you for rallying around us once again and lending prayers of strength and peace for us all.Those prayers sustain and nourish us, as always.