June 8 2014

As the doctors came in for this morning evaluation and began with, “Day 14 of 17 year old female . . .” Afton and I exchanged a look expressing the notion of has it really only been 2 weeks and not 2 years. The staff continues to be stunned and thrilled with Afton’s progress. Her numbers look great at this point in the process. We will proceed with round three of Chemo on Tuesday. The hope is to find out the “roadmap” of treatment tomorrow. Afton has moved from the less than 1% survival rate to a 10-15% survival rate. We know the odds are still against her but she is a fighter.

Afton continues to make huge strides in her physical therapy. As she makes her rounds around Pod A, she is having the chance to meet more of the patients. It is good for her to bond with other patients. She does have the most hair however that will not last much longer as it has started to fall out at a faster rate.

It was fun to have Kaylynne come up for a visit this weekend thanks to Marisol Byrd. It was nice to listen to the girl’s laugh and giggle. It makes a mom’s heart happy to hear those sounds. It even made me happy when they got on each other’s nerves. It was nice to have a bit of “normal” it what seems like a surreal life that should belong to someone else.

I have found myself thinking back to the day we brought Afton home from the hospital. Rob’s Uncle Scott came to visit and cradled Afton in his arms and serenaded her with the song Thank Heaven for Little Girls. “For little girls get bigger every day! They grow up in the most delightful way.

Thank heaven . . . thank heaven . . .
Thank heaven for little girls!