Back to a Routine

Greta will go back to DeVos this weekend for her next round of chemotherapy. She's doing pretty great, and surprisingly has suffered few side effects from her treatments. She hasn't lost any of her hair, which has always been pretty sparse, so the photos probably look like she has. She hasn't really lost any weight - but she hasn't gained much, either - essentially, her size is as if she took a time-out from the growth spurt that most 1-3 year olds go through; we're all looking forward to getting through the course of treatment and watching her flourish and catch up!

She does some of the same things Gavin did at her age - standing with her back against the living room wall, waiting for one of us to say "GO!", and then take off running from there, through the length of the first floor, into the kitchen. She loves Kraft Singles - "cheese" is one of her best words, and not because she's so used to having her picture taken. Though - she gets a lot of that, too!

Big brother Gavin is fully into his school routine now - he didn't quite make it on the bus that first morning, but with Mom's help he did manage to get off at his stop later that day - not without Mom getting on, herself, to look for him! The neighborhood 'big kids' are looking out for him, now - we certainly wouldn't want him to accidentally get chauffeured through all of Caledonia!

Mom and Dad have found some help to look after G-Girl during the day and are trying to get more time in at their respective jobs. It looks like this is to be the way things are until about Thanksgiving time - and Greta's 2nd birthday - what a gift - no more chemo! :)

Thank you, Anonymous, for your comment - it's easy for me to forget that people are curious about how she's doing on a day-to-day basis. I got to spend the evening with Kristi, Randy, Gavin and Greta this past Monday, and I'm happy to report that everyone is doing very well.

Happy Thursday!
Kari