Thursday, Jan 14, When Simone woke up.  She looked terrible. She was so pale.  I could tell something was wrong.  She asked me if her legs were broken and said her body hurt.  That made me feel so bad.  I called the Dr and they told me to come in.  Her blood counts were so low.  She had to receive blood transfusions.   I could tell after she received it she felt so much better.  She also had a chocolate doughnut.  That makes anyone feel happy!

 
Jan 23, for Simone's sisters birthday we went ice skating.  I have to share some pictures.  She is so funny.   In these pictures she is pretending to be a Grandma.  It is hilarious.

 Yesterday, Feb 16, we finally had Simone's 5th round of chemo.  She is feeling sick but not as bad as last time.  They lowered her dose a little bit since it took so long for her blood counts to come up.  We were supposed to have it the last week of January. It was hard to get the results each time and not be able to go do it.  It is a bit nerve racking.  She had an entire extra month off because of it. I could tell that she was feeling good to be off of it though.  She was running around more than I had seen her do in a long time.
Yesterday I found out that she has 7 more treatments instead of 1 more. We will finish around October hopefully if her blood counts stay where we can continue each month.  I am bummed about this but we will get through this.  She is the best kid.  When the nurse comes each week to draw her blood he just can't believe how she sits still and lets him do it.  She is so calm and sweet.  I can't get enough of her.  We love her so much.