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Morgan continues to eat like a trucker – I apologize to any dainty truck drivers out there. Loving her carbs like nobody’s business! Also loving her math work in school – she keeps having me quiz her on double digit addition. Watch out Tr. Carol …

OK, sorry I did not write over the weekend, but even the girl/guy upstairs took one day of rest, I just waited and put 2 days together.   Morgan had a good weekend.   The medicine she is taking does seem to make her tired, so she …

Morgan’s results are in, and we are still at M3. I would love to be able to tell you what exactly that means, but I don’t remember. Ultimately, Morgan is not in the low percentages, but the doctors are not concerned. We will continue on …

Morgan did really well with her LP today, we should have results tomorrow. Morgan is helping the art teacher decorate the oncology wing where we are staying. The teachers here really try to keep all the kids spirits up by making where we stay really …

Getting ready for our third LP tomorrow.  This is when they check Morgan’s bone marrow to see if they were able to get rid of as many blasts (pre-B cells) as they could with the last 2 rounds of chemotherapy.  We have our fingers crossed …

So today I learned all about Morgan’s “counts.”  We measure Morgan’s progress by 4 factors: White Blood Cells, Hemoglobin (red blood cells), Platelets, and Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC).  When Morgan’s ANC gets below 300 she becomes more at risk for infection and fever.  This is …

Morgan is continuing on the right track with her treatments.  Her belly is still somewhat of a challenge because of her medications, but that has not stopped her appetite.  Morgan has decieded to cut her hair next week to get a little more used to …

I don’t know about Morgan, but I am Exhausted!!!  Thank you so much for all the friends and family that visited this weekend: Grammy, Pop Pop, Allura, Max, Camryn, Amy, Mary Elizabeth, Mazie, Dasha, Polley, Ava, Ben, Natalie, Mercedes…if I forgot anyone forgive me.  I …

We received news from the doctors regarding her most recent LP.  Everything seems to be on track, which is GREAT NEWS!  Morgan had her second round of chemotherapy yesterday, and was only a little sick.  A visit today from her friend Naomi was a HUGE medicine …

So last night was a little tough for Morgan because her belly was reacting to all the medicines she was taking. However, sooooooooooo much better today! She received a bunch of e-mails via the hospital. We love reading them. She received one from her dog …