So far,so good .....

Arrived home, after the hand off with Mark, at almost 10:00pm.Dropped my bags and changed my clothes and immediately crawled into bed with the boys to read.Yes, it was late,way past their bedtime,yes we were all extremely tired but skipping our nighttime reading is never an option.Three books later,one asleep,one still restless and I decided to stay put a bit longer until he settled in.Well,perhaps I did the settling first because before I knew it,I was awakened by an elbow to the face.My little cat nap rejuvenated me enough to tackle the house discord,unpack my bag and do some laundry.Now,at 1:15 am,time for a quick Zoey update and off to bed.Zoey is handling things beautifully.Feels like the calm before the storm and from every one's opinion ... that is exactly what it is.At this point she has received three dose of her ARA-C with one more scheduled for 10am tomorrow morning followed by the dreaded PEG shots.From the outward appearance of things,Zoey seems unscathed by the process.In addition to the chemo every 12 hours she also has to have preventative eye drops every 4 hours and believe me,if she is asleep,this rude awakening makes her none too happy.The plan is to draw labs in the morning,administer her last cycle of chemo,give her the shots and send us packing.No fevers,which is the biggest side effect that we would see at this point and with none so far,chances are we will head home.However,if by chance her ANC drops very far from the already low of 780, than the better option would be to stay put.Because what will definitely happen during the time home infact she will more than likely drop completely to zero before our readmit on Tuesday,the chance of infection is so much greater.That decision will have to wait until labs are in.I'm tired.She is tired.We are all already tired at this very early stage of the journey.Scary when we know there is a whole lot more that lies ahead.Time to gather the reserves and buckle in for the bumpy ride that lies before us.Thank you for all the amazing comments left in support of our Zoey and the rest of us.Those beautiful words of encouragement continue to sustain us for each new day.We will keep you posted.

*Picture two depicts exactly what Zoey thought of our arrival to her room at CHLA.She had dirty looks for the first few who crossed her rooms threshold.Even choosing to drop her head and look away as some of her favorite doctors and nurses came to greet her.Within a very short period of time,Miss Zoey adopted the look of photo one and I am happy to report has continued with that magical spirit that only our little love can so beautifully exude.