I really like to pray, it makes me feel good.

There was a precious little girl on Home Makeover tonight with cancer. She just touched my heart when she said, "I really like to pray, it makes me feel good." That just reminded me to thank you all for your prayers, and I also want you to know their working!!!

We've decided that Chelsea's chemo is definitely working. She's more ornery than ever. Everyone knew her as a happy, spunky little toddler before she came into the hospital. She impressed her therapist with her strength and started walking right on time, she's always just exceeded our expectations. It's becoming clear that was only the tip of what she can do. Since her first chemo treatment, she's full of life. She looks and acts nothing like a sick child. It's as if the cancer was holding her back (if you can believe it!) We knew that the chemo was working because her labs showed her blasts were zero last week, but the past few days, she's been exceptionally active. She walks, okay, runs though the halls, jabbering and screaming. If the nurses don't notice her right away, she walks right up to them and stops, waving (both hands) until she gets a response. The bigger the ooohs and awwws are, the better, she just beams when they talk to her.

She's also showing her daredevil side. She's up and down the chairs in the playroom, in fact she fell off of one this morning and broke her lip open. The doctor said when her platelets are low she may need to wear a helmet around here...because she's very "active". Active, .... really?!!! Do you think? I was just telling her nurse, I'll take it though, this sure beats, nausea, lethargy, and vomiting! Also, the little car she loved riding in so much at the beginning of her stay, well now she prefers to hop out of it...while it's moving! She only rides for a couple of feet, then she thinks it's funny to throw her legs up and over and hop out while we're zooming through the halls!

That's really all of the update I have for her today. We've still got a head of hair, in fact each time I comb it I expect to see something falling out, but I don't think she's lost a single hair yet. I hear that Logan's knee is much better today but I of course haven't been able to see him. I'm looking forward to spending ALL of next weekend with him. I can't wait to snuggle up with him ~ he definitely gets to sleep with mommy when we stay at the Ronald McDonald house! I don't think it's possible to spoil him too much at a time like this, spoiling him helps me feel better too.