Birthday Thanks!
What a great weekend for Emily! She has been waiting for this for months. We thank everyone for being with us to share in Emily’s weekend home and her 6th Birthday celebration. A BIG Thank You from Emily for her Birthday gifts. 
She is already making plans for this coming weekend, I think our house is going to be full with “friends to play, play, play”. We appreciate all the help during the day and a big thanks to Jeff P. for grilling the hamburgers and hotdogs for Emily’s party. 
With all that Emily has been through she cries only once in a while but she did not want anybody to leave that afternoon and she was sad when everyone had to go. 
She just wanted a few more days at home. The next morning she was prepared to take the drive back to Duke for her treatment and took it like a big girl, she didn’t even complain much, she acts so grown in her thoughts and emotions at times. Monday morning she had the best time doing what she does best PACKING! 
She can do this for hours when she is able to walk, but it was more like “mommy did you pack this” or “will you put this in the van”, “Mommy did you see me open this”. She just sat in the middle of all her stuff and picked from every single piece of drawing paper to movies, to all her birthday stuff, we had it loaded. A BIG box of food, cookies and more cookies, for the road and we were not out of the driveway and she was ready to stop at Smithfields for “2″ B-B-Q sandwich’s, and a sweet tea, and 2 gallons for the apt. I thought I would never get to Warsaw exit I just knew I was going to get a ticket, and my excuse “I have to get to Smithfield’s” would probably not work out. Finally arriving in Durham we made a stop at McDonalds for a Hamburger and FF. She never feels full with the meds she is on.
She is taking the radiation treatments well and she can lay on the table and not cry in pain. Emily has a appointment on Thursday, with her cancer Dr. and we may know more about a treatment plan for the following week. The past few days have been an improvement and we thank everyone for their many prayers and we are so happy to see Emily smiling again. We are taking it one day at a time and telling Emily how God and so many people are here for us. 
Love, Emily, Eddie, Dawn and Trey
