The steroids are starting to take over...Katie is VERY different from how she was just a couple of days ago. A couple of days ago she was laughing, running, playing, all smiles and sunshine. Yesterday she didn't play at all (even when her cousins came over) she barely walked during the day, she was weak and really moody. It is strange to see some of the same behaviors return - like only wanting mommy, no one else can touch her or look at her without her getting upset. The steroids haven't completely taken over though, we can still get smiles and when she woke up this morning (early) she said, "Thank you for the kisses...you're my sweet mama." She is sweet!! But then the grumpiness set in, for now it is coming and going. Sneaking the steroids in at night has proven to be difficult. I had to go through several sets of pill last night trying to sneak it in, the last attempt was some what successful but not easy.
Katie goes back to the clinic on Monday for another dose of chemo and then again on Wednesday for two more doses of chemo. We are not looking forward to that! Today we are glad Katie woke up happy. We are happy for the sweet "moments" and that Katie is doing as well as she is.
"Isaiah assured his people that the God who 'measured the waters in the hollow of his hand...and weighed the mountains in scales, and...sitteth upon the circle of the earth...giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength' (Isaiah 40:12, 22, 29). Notice that Isaiah does not indicate the Lord will remove the burdens life may place upon us; rather he increases our ability to carry them." (What the Scriptures Teach Us About Adversity, S. Michael Wilcox, 46).
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