Day 67 and Faye is feeling so much better.  We arrived home Wednesday to a clean and cozy home all decorated for Christmas.  I can't brag enough about how much Steve, Zoe and Lydia have contributed and supported Faye through this entire ordeal.   

Faye had pulmonary function tests late Friday afternoon and more CT scans today.  I just hope she will not have to be on the steroids for as long as they first prescribed (5 weeks!).  The absolute best news of the week is that Faye will not have additional chemo!  Apparently there is no clinical confirmation that additional chemo, even the antibody, is effective in the absence of tumor.  So big relief on that score. 

And finally on the academic front.  With all of the additional hospital activities Faye has fallen further behind on school work (an already overwhelming load).  The great news is that our dear friend Bev is now Faye's home/hospital tutor!  With the ongoing help of Karl on AP Stats Bev has spent and will be spending countless hours with Faye and on Faye's behalf advocating with Creek and making progress on the work load.  Bev is absolutely amazing.  Together they've mapped out a plan (reasonable though very ambitious) to squeeze in enough credits for Faye to graduate on time with her class.  Faye is encouraged and, though exhausted, she has dug in; tackling her daily goals with determination at all hours and even through the weekend.  Amazing girl.  ~Lolly