11/13/13

The changes Nicole's treatment team have made to address her headache and nausea seem to have hit the mark.  Today she is a different person, more perky and HUNGRY.  Incredible appetite: today she had an early morning snack of beef stew and steamed vegetables.  Then breakfast of a huge ham sandwich and salad. Then a lunch of a big bowl of beef stew again and a bunch of bread. Then a snack of a bowl of noodle soup and chicken soup.  Then dinner of a chicken breast, rice, and broccoli!!!  This is the Nicole I know and love, crazy food and all!

And she made it up the stairs to check out her room and choose her own change of clothes.  She had to rest several times on the way up the stairs and looked like she she had just completed a 500m freestyle by the time she got to the top, but was beaming from ear to ear.  She is taking charge and learning about her medications as well. Tonight she was able to explain some of them to a friend.

What a blessing to see her coming back to her snappy self.  We heard from her counselor that the School District should get back to us about home school support before the end of the week.  She is really looking forward to that.  We will have surgical and lab follow-ups to close out the week as we work on helping her improve her stamina.