Friday

Friday was another good day, two good days in a row now. We're back on the floor with screaming babies and rooms so small you can barely move. Kenzie did 2 PT/OT sessions. They worked her hard and she did well. She is getting stronger. The doctors say if she continues to gain strength and do well then we are looking at going home on Tuesday or Wednesday.

She stopped one of the two seizure medicines she was on. So, now, hopefully the loopiness with go away. We did get some preliminary pathology results. It appears that the tumor is still low-grade. Of course, that is good news. We also sent a sample to the Molecular Profiling Institute, a lab here in Phoenix that analyzes the DNA in each tumor to see if there is a specific treatment that might be more effective. The brain tumor team (a large group of doctors) will meet on Wednesday to discuss what the treatment will be for the remaining part of the tumor that is inoperable.

For the fun stuff, Grandma Alice is spending the night tonight. She gets a turn on the yucky, uncomfortable chair. The Phoenix Zoo brought down some animals for the kids in the hospital to see. They brought an African hedgehog. We learned some interesting, disgusting things about Hedgehogs. They roll around in lion poop and pee so they smell like lions so no other animals will mess with them. But, Hyenas will eat them. the only trick is getting them to unroll so their little spines aren't a problem. Hedgehogs unroll when it rains, so the Hyenas, to simulate rain (you guessed it), pee on the hedgehogs. Then, when they unroll, they eat them. Appetizing, right? They also brought rabbits, Fire Bellied Toads, and rats. The school teachers at the hospital also stopped by. But I don't think we are going to worry too much about school since there are only 2 weeks left.