Another fun weekend

Kevin arrived on time on Thursday.  We had time to eat some lunch and then Aly had an appointment with the Oncology team here to make sure everything is going good and check her blood counts.  They did tell us on Friday that her blood counts are low.  She is showing as being slightly anemic and her white cell count was low.  They are not concerned at this point as they said that after receiving such strong chemotherapy it may take a while for your body to adjust and keep things normal.  They do want us to have it rechecked this week and then they will make a decision whether or not to treat.  They did tell us to give her iron supplements for now.
 Aly's radiation treatments have been moved to later afternoons, between 4 and 6pm.  It is nice that it is no longer in the middle of the day although traffic is not the best during that time frame.  It does allow us to do more things during the day if we want to.  The only bummer was that it delayed our trip to Disney.  Her appointment on Friday was at 5pm.  They are not flexible, at all, with their appointments.  We got down to Orlando around 9pm.  Aly and Kevin went for a quick swim then we hit the hay in preparation for a big day at Disney.  On Saturday, we went to Animal Kingdom and Disney Hollywood Studios.  We were given a medical assistance pass which allowed us access to the fast pass lanes.  That was so fabulous.  We were able to do so many things in a much shorter amount of time.  It was very helpful that we did not have to stand in the long lines.  I think that would've been too tiring for Aly.  The weather also cooperated.  It has cooled here a bit.  It was in the low 80's all weekend.  Perfect, except a little cool to swim in the evenings!  Aly loved meeting many of the Disney Characters.  She was wishing for more daring rides, but enjoyed it none the less.  On Sunday morning we went to the Magic Kingdom.  We spent about an hour right inside the front entrance.  They have the princesses and Mickey and Minnie in a building close to the gate and they had many characters outside in the square.  The highlight of the day was a little time spent with Mary Poppins.  Aly had got in the line to meet her and was the last accepted in the line before Mary took a break.  Since Aly was the last in line, she got to walk down the street with Mary and chat with her before her break.  Mary told Aly that she had tea with Minnie Mouse and Minnie makes a very good cheese cake!  After that we saw part of a parade and went on some rides.  We tried out Space Mountain and Aly's favorite was Splash Mountain.  She loved that Kevin and I were on the outside seats and she was in the middle of us.  Kevin and I got WET and Aly did not!  For some reason that was hilarious to Aly!  :)  Anyways, we enjoyed our time.  We got back to Jacksonville around 5 last night.  We went for a swim in our pool here.  It was really quite chilly!
We took Kevin to the airport this morning and he is on his way home now!  The time went by way too fast!