Busy Weekend / School started!
I have not been on the computer since last Thursday. We were back home Friday afternoon and Emily was excited about the weekend. 
I packed her an extra lunch to take for the trip, she ate all that before we were outside the city limits then she was planning her next stop to Smithfields. We made it outside of Raleigh and had to stop for a BBQ sandwich and a sweet tea. “Mommy, Smithfields has the best sweet tea.” She had to have a gallon to take home. Friday afternoon Emily, Shelby and Trey played at Nana and Granddaddy’s House and ate a steak dinner. 
Yum Yum Yum. Just when we thought she was full and so sleepy, she fell asleep on the way home, thought she was sleeping good, then out of her room we hear her going for the kitchen and she wanted a PB&J sandwich. I thought all those nights sleeping in the hospital bed with her was bad on my back, now I can hardly pick her up. We thought we would never see her like to eat so good! 
It makes us so happy to see her want to eat and enjoy herself. She was on fluids for almost a year. There was a time we were going to have to have special therapy just to get her to swallow food again. She says, “Mommy, my tastebuds are back.”
Saturday, Trey and Daddy went to the football game. Trey really likes to play football. Kaylee and Casey came over to visit Emily and they played with Barbies, colored pictures, watched some movies and had a great time! 
Emily took a nap, and that afternoon, we went to a seafood buffet at the Meadows cookout. Emily ate 2 big pieces of flounder, boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, and a BIG piece of cake. The only thing she would not eat was scallops. It was so good!!!!!!
Sunday we saw our church family and Emily was hoping she could go to childrens church. She was excited when Mr. Scott said he was having childrens church. She is becoming more herself the more she is around children in a group setting again. She would go for months without that group environment, and now she is becoming more comfortable and sure of herself. Eddie or myself still have to stay close by her, but at the same time give her some space to interact and make her own decisions. The ladies from our church quilting group presented Emily with a beautiful lap quilt during the morning service. Emily says “Thank You, it is pretty.”
Trey went to eat Saturday after the game so Emily wanted Max’s pizza before we left to go back to Durham. She ate so good! “Max has the best pizza mommy.” Emily was starting to get tired, but would not take a nap. 
She did rest a little in her bed, but she remembered “something about going swimming at the pool if we had time”. It didn’t help with Trey standing outside her cracked door with his bathing suit on whispering to her. Not tired now. 
She made it for about a hour. Madison and Walker had a good time playing with Emily and Trey at the pool. Finally she was ready to go home and relax. Friends of ours came over to visit with their new baby girl and brought some worm pie as Emily says, (recipe from Mission Friends) Trey and Emily could not wait to dig in! Emily went to bed early. She had a bad headache. Her pain meds helped alot and Monday morning it was gone.
Sunday night Trey was getting ready for the first day of school. He had Emily and his backpack ready to go. Emily was excited too! She was very tired Monday morning but wanted to go. She made it for 2 hours and started to get real hungry and sleepy with her morning meds. Later in the morning she said “Mommy I had a good time at school.” 
She said she is ready to go back. Trey seems so grown, he just does everything on his own now. I recall Kindergarten, him attached to my leg and me holding Emily, trying to get him in his classroom. 
Now I just get a quick hug in front of his friends.
Eddie and I finished packing, back to Duke for radiation treatment around 3:45 Monday afternoon. She did well and was very tired in the afternoon. We have an appointment with the radiation Dr. on Wednesday and Emily’s cancer Dr. on Thursday. They may have news for us at that time. Emily will have fun, quality time with her Daddy this week and she is so glad he is here with us. . Thank You for your many prayers and messages.
Love,
Emily, Eddie, Dawn & Trey
