The End is Near!

Not the end of the world.  Though I guess if the Mayan's are right that end is near too.  I'm referring to being finished with chemotherapy!  Kaelyn is scheduled for her last round in 2 days, October 16th.  There is a good chance that won't be the actual day she gets her last round though, since she has been getting more and more neutropenic with her latest doses of chemo.  Neutropenia refers to low neutrophils, one of the many types of cells that make up the white blood cells.  My brother told me a great analogy taught by one of his professors was that the neutrophils are the "marines."  Because of the build up of chemo in her system, or "defense funding cuts," her marines are low in number and her immune system isn't working so well.  So, in order to prevent any worsening or other illness it could be put off until her neutrophils recover.  The other downside of neutropenia is having an overly-cautious mother who won't let the little girl have any fun! At least not with friends, or any other people, who may have sickness they would like to spread, because that would mean another stay in the hospital, and we are quite comfortable sleeping in our own beds with no needle pokes. :) I'm really hoping her counts will be up so we can to a lot of playing with friends this coming week!

 Waiting on counts for the previous round of chemo.  

Isaac always finds something to do.

And the iPad is the main reason Kaelyn is so excited to 

go to the doctor every week.

It makes me laugh as of late how excited Kaelyn is about going to the doctor.  One way of knowing this is anytime we leave the house, she asks, in the following order, where we are going in hopes it will be one of these: 

Kaelyn:  We go to grandma's house?!

Me:  Nope.

Kaelyn:  Oh. We go to play with friends?!

Me:  No.

Kaelyn:  Oh.  Go to Kaelyn's doctor?!

Me:  No Kaelyn. We are going to pick up your medicine.

Kaelyn:  Oh! Medicine! (Because all of the sudden she likes it? I'm ok with that.)

Oh yeah, and fall is here! Or at least it was that one day last week, between the summer and winter weather days.  But who isn't excited for hot chocolate, Halloween decor, caramel apples, and winterizing your cars?!

And corn mazes! Although we didn't do the actual maze because 

there were so many other things to do. So fun!