Summertime Update

Sorry we've been away from the blog. We're having a great great summer, so great that it almost makes up for last summer, which was the pits.

We've been really busy with lots of camps and swimming and picnics, and friends coming and going, and planning for our first real vacation since I don't know when. We are leaving for the East Coast this week and blogging will probably get even more sporadic afterward. My plan is to stay as far away from computers (and hospitals) as possible.

Dayssi had an LP last week, with intrathecal methotrexate, and vincristine, and a weekly steroid pulse. It knocked her down, for sure, but as of today she is up again. On our trip we'll have to continue Dayssi's weekly blood checks, and she'll get Vincristine in Burlington VT while we are in Plattsburgh. Fingers crossed that it all goes smoothly.

India starts her final camp tomorrow, and Dayssi has a swim camp this week too, which will be so great for her. Dayssi has, shall we say, a very high need for mastery. She throws herself completely at whatever new challenge comes her way; this summer her energies have been trained mostly on learning to swim independently, writing and reading letters, and lots of new exciting friendships at school. India continues to float along like a little buddha, taking in everything with a contented smile, happy to be in the moment and take it for what it is worth without looking back, or forward. They are so different, our little doodles, and both are so inspiring.