5-year Diary

Another routine doctor's appointment.  Blood counts normal, got a round of immunizations, Annie asks when she can have a pet....  In fact things are so routine that I just forget to update this blog.  I am sorry for making Grandma worry!  Annie has been busy with 7th grader things like lots of homework, friends and extra-curricular activities.  Annie was in the chorus of our high school production of EVITA and later she and other chorus members sang some of the songs for her school's talent show.  A little bit of it is in the video above.  She is the singer holding the low note.

Last year Annie gave me a diary where you record a few lines every day on the same page every year for five years.  What a difference a year makes.  A year ago last week I was writing about epic bloody noses and day long transfusions requiring multiple pokes.  This year I wrote about the trip we took last week to Yosemite and all the hiking we did - the longest hike being seven miles.  We are quickly approaching the one-year mark from transplant which will signal the time when Annie can begin tapering some of her medicines and some lifestyle restrictions begin getting lifted.  Next appointment April 14th.