We just finished treatment #27. This time around was a bit different in the fact that we took Baby Vi with us. It was her first long road trip with us. She was soooo good! She is the baby you want to take on road trips. Gabi was excited to have her little sis come along. It helped ease her anxiety.
We made decent time to our hotel. Ben took Gabi swimming while Vi and I watched. We all got to bed pretty early, our lives are on a bit different schedule with the baby now; but it was great.
Morning came early as usual but both girls were troopers. It helped Gabi to have baby Vi there to take her mind off everything. She was more concerned about holding her and loving her than what was coming.
I held her as I do each time she goes under general anesthesia. She has been doing so well with it the past few treatments. She just grits her teeth and squeezes my hand until she is overtaken by the drug and slips into a deep sleep. Ben stayed back at the hotel with Violet while I stayed in recovery with Gabi. The past few treatments have made Gabi pretty nauseous even into the next day. It makes her sick and she's not able to hold much down. We called the PA Kelly, and she got a prescription called in to a pharmacy along the way home. Once we had her take some she was night and day better!
When Dr. Yakes was done with this treatment he gave us a call as he does each treatment to let us know how things went. The conversation is pretty short, mostly, "She did great, I used X amount of alcohol, she'll be in recovery in 15 min." That is about the extent of our conversation. Well this time he added an exciting statement. "I am having a difficult time finding areas to treat, I would like her to have an MRI next time." That was so exciting for us to hear. I know it's not much in the fact of knowing when or how much left, but that can only be good news...right?? Well I guess we will find out in another 6 weeks.
2 weeks after this treatment she drew this picture and wrote about her feeling. It says, "I don't like Colorado because of the doctors. They make my cheek big and fat."
Oh how I long for the day we are DONE!
