Friday, May 1, 2009 3:10 PM, EDT

Happy May Day!

It has been a great week. On Wednesday we went shopping with Auntie and bought tons and tons of new clothes! Ally is looking stylish! Yesterday we got to visit another "Baby" friend. Ally enjoyed bonking him on his nose and meticulously cleaning the already clean floor. She honestly doesn't mean anything by it, she just enjoys cleaning! I have my theories as to why.....

Today we made cookies and had blood drawn, not at the same time. We just got the call, her counts are great. She will begin chemo Monday morning at DHMC. She well get the rest of the chemo at home. Just as a reference to how this chemo is different to her chemo she got in Boston: Today Ally's ANC = 9,423. That is with 7 days of GCSF injections. When we were in Boston it took Ally 20+ days of GCSF to get her ANC to 500. This low dose of chemo is a lot milder. Ally has very little side effects and she still has all her hair! I haven't said anything, although you could probably tell from the pictures that she continues to have hair. We were certain she was going to loose it again. Yippie for small victories! Speaking of small victories Ally has been napping in her crib the past 4 days. This is the first time, in her whole life, she has been willing to do this. It seems strange to have an hour to myself in the middle of the day. The only way she would nap for Mommy and Daddy before was, in our bed, cuddled up with us. It was wonderfully sweet, but free time is nice as well.

Okay, this was a train of thought post, and the whole time Ally was calling for me to sit with her at the window and spy on our neighbor doing yard work....I am sorry if it doesn't make sense!