going smoothly

We had a lot of fun at the meet raffle last Saturday.  We won a couple of meat packs.  One had a beef roast and a pork roast in it and the other had country ribs.  We put the beef roast in the crock pot on Monday with veggies...mmmm...very good!  The raffles are a lot of fun, I had never been to one.  Don't forget to attend if you are able, every Saturday from 1-5 pm until the end of August.  Thank you to our wonderful neighbor ladies, Tiffany, Heather, Rene and Gail for volunteering to sell tickets.
After returning home, Aly had a couple more days of morning vomiting, but since that she has had no vomiting and she is eating!  She has been craving popcorn lately, had 2 bags yesterday.  She is eating pretty good at meal times too.  She is feeling good and wants to be active.
On Monday she had a friend over who she hadn't seen for a while.  His name is Mitchell.  He was in Aly's 2nd grade class and is also on the swim team.  I know Aly will get mad at me if she reads this, but it is too cute not to share.  Most days Aly is lazy and likes to stay in her pj's.  Well, on Monday she got up and showered, put on a dressy top which she just got, and took the time to put earrings in (which she hasn't worn in months except a cute pair her friend made her one day).  We all noticed the extra time she spent getting ready for this visit.  Not to mention cleaning her room the night before.  She continues to say how they are just friends, but Tom and I had to tease a little.  Mitchell and Aly are great conversationalists.  When you get those two together it is hard to get them to stop talking.  It is really fun to listen to all though I didn't listen long.
Tuesday, Grandpa Jack returned home after staying for a week.  Tomorrow, we hopefully meet with the neurosurgeon.  He has bumped our appointments twice.  We still need to wait until the final MRI is done to determine if Aly will need any surgery, but we are meeting to establish a plan just in case.
An at home care nurse came today to draw blood to check Aly's counts and determine whether or not they are good enough to start her last round of chemo.  We won't get results until later this afternoon.  She is scheduled to go in on Friday if all is good.  It was nice not having to drive all the way to the clinic to have that done.  We can have a nurse come to us if it is not necessary to see the doctor.  I wish the doctor would come to us once in a while!