Ally update!
Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:18 PM, EDT

Next weekend Daddy and some of our friends are running a half marathon to raise funds for CHaD. The Moore family has spent many a night at CHaD, and are very thankful for all they do for us and the other families on the floor. A couple of our friends are looking to raise money. Check out their link here:
http://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=294855&lis=1&kntae294855=54214A0735DC4F139C79F2933BCE723F&supId=0&team=3487763&cj=Y

Also coming up this week is the WEEI Jimmy Fund Telethon. Without the work the Jimmy Fund does, our situation would be very different right now. Here is a link to their page:
http://www.jimmyfundradiotelethon.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=311459



Friday, August 28, 2009 8:47 PM, EDT

Ally peed in the potty!

The full story tomorrow.




Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:35 PM, EDT

The full story:

In the late spring Ally was showing signs of being potty trained. At that point we were not really sure what her medical future held. (If there was going to be a lot of hospital time, it wouldn't be worth it to us to train her.) So, we waited for that time in July were she had scans and we decided to continue with chemo.
We went out and bought a potty and some other training things. Ally then decided "no thank you". So, her potty has been sitting in the bathroom, unused for a couple of months.
We have been trying to encourage her along the way. We told her that the moment she actually used the potty we would go for ice cream.
Last night she was pretending to go potty on a little wooden toy box she has. I suggested that maybe we could switch it out for her real potty. She was agreeable. Then, she sat down and peed. It was crazy! Of course she remembered the ice cream deal. So, even though it was 7:30 last night (when we normally bring her upstairs for her nu-nights routine), we headed to the store for ice cream!!!

Now, if only she will do it again....