Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:25 AM, EDT

Ally's week went well. She is tolerating her chemo well. The chemo runs into the start of her nap time, so she has been taking a slightly later nap, which is causing her to not want to take an afternoon nap. This causes her to be a MASSIVE GRUMP at night!!! We are working on keeping her awake until mid-day, so she will take one, longer nap. Who knows if Ally is willing to do this.
Ally had a super fun time visiting friends in Mass yesterday. We went to pick up lunch and the owners of the pizza shop loved Ally so much they gave her some free chips. Later in the day we went to a coffee shop and a tiny Portuguese lady was so enthralled by Ally she gave her a dollar. We assured our friends that things like this don't normally happen to Ally. She really enjoyed driving through Boston and looking at all the buildings. She SUPER enjoyed the ride home and looking at the huge piles of dirt on 95.
The visiting nurse came this morning. He accessed Ally's port and took blood. We are expecting to hear about the results later in the day. This will tell us if her counts are good enough to go ahead with the second week of chemo.
This past week Ally has continued to talk up a storm. She has been to the park and playground each day and has been picking the flowers in our yard.
We are looking forward to an uneventful week!

Ally's Mommy later added:

We just got the call...Ally is all set to start Chemo tomorrow!