Day 100! Breakfast was a celebration with Faye's favorite meal - Draper smoked fish and cream cheese on bagels (with capers and onions of course).  The fish was an extra special Christmas gift from Faye's Aunt Barb and Uncle Roger; fresh caught, filleted, smoked and canned with loving care.  Despite the wonderful breakfast Faye is not feeling well and at the moment is taking a much needed nap. In fact Faye has not felt well this whole week, very likely due to her low CBC.  The clinic nurse had warned us that Faye's counts are going down and at this rate she will likely need a transfusion Monday morning.

It was a busy week, Faye had several medical tests and scans; echo, EKG, ultrasound, CT, etc.  In addition she had x-rays of her knees taken as she's been having terrible knee pain every other morning. We will meet with Dr. Giller Monday afternoon to review the test results and talk about next steps.

At this rate I'm not sure that Faye will be eligible to go back to school right away, and with the virulent flu and whooping cough in the area I'm not anxious for her to be in that environment just yet.  For now Faye is continuing to make an heroic effort to finish up first semester school work.  Best of all; Faye is looking forward to ever diminishing side effects from the nasty/wonderful steroids - and - her hair is growing in at a most amazing rate!  ~L