Week 18...

We are so thankful that there is no travel in our plans for this weekend or next.

Ava has had a fairly good week with the exception of:

**Wed she was running ‘warm” (99.8) so Grammie picked her up from school. Her temp didn’t go over that 99.8 but it sure had us on edge. I’m so paranoid anytime she starts running a temp that we are going to end up at the hosp and be held hostage for a week or so – I don’t like that and either does Ava.

**Thursday she had a serious stuffy nose and one little cough so she complained enough that I decided that it was best not to take any risks and just keep her home.

Today – she is still stuffy and her temp was 99.1 when I last checked it…yes, paranoia begins to set in at any temp over 99. She is going with Erik to the clinic this morning to access her port and get a CBC count to make sure everything is looking good....Good news, Ava's ANC count was 5544 this morning!! That is the highest we've seen it in a long time. And yeah, it is probably a little high in part because she is fighting a bug...but it is still a decent number to have.

Her next treatment is scheduled for December 4th and then on the week of December 21 at which time her scans will be repeated to monitor her progress and determine what direction to go from there.

Hopefully her stuffy nose is just that, a stuffy nose and no more. The last thing we want is anything more.

Please keep Ava in your prayers for clean scans at the end of December and that she is complication free from here on out for a long, long time! While you are praying for Ava could you also say some words for all the other brave histio warriors and angels out there?