Monday, March 26

Today was treatment #13 and hopefully our last day of anesthesia. Tomorrow morning we are still NPO (no food or water) before treatment, just in case something happens and she has to get the anesthesia, but we are not planning on it! We had a "no more anesthesia party "here today. Hannah handed out invitations and we had cupcakes and fruit and lots of fun. You have to find reasons to celebrate even the little things here.

This morning Hannah woke up nearly all of her hair gone. If her scalp didn't hurt so much from the radiation, I could comb it all off, but it is very sensitive. We tried to shave it, but that hurt too much so we cut it into a mohawk (sort of). The first picture here is just after she woke up, and the second picture is after our cut! I feel like this room is one big hairball. But, as you can see, Hannah was having fun with it all. She is more bothered by the hair in her mouth and all around than she is by it falling out, so that's good.
Yes, that brown clump behind her in the picture is her hair. We have been busy also making a video for Hannah's class. Hannah wants everyone back home to have an idea of what we do here everyday. We're trying to get all aspects into the video, including her therapy, her proton treatments, her room, her friends, etc. She is really homesick, and missing school and all of her friends and her everyday routine so I'm hoping this will help her. I wish there was a way to reply to all of your posts here on the website, but there is not, so please know this-Yes, it's Nicki, mom said no worms at the house, already have lots in the garden to dig up, favorite Yankee is Derek Jeter, I would love to be your webkinz buddy, my name is taffycat5, Nicholas is doing well, he is starting to walk with my old walker, but he follows me around a bit too much, my favorite color is red, I listen to "Felicity" on tape, and next will be Little House on the Prairie, Grandpa you now owe me $14, and counting, and I MISS ALL OF YOU TOO!!!

XOXO
Kim and Hannah