Hello, (Sorry for the old news. This somehow didn’t get posted last week when I typed it)

Sharmi and I are a little lonely today. Her grandma and papa flew home yesterday afternoon. It was sad that we didn’t even get to take them to the airport. Sharmi loves the planes. However, she had another Chemo therapy treatment yesterday and so we were stuck at the hospital. Luckily our very good friend John Anderson came down to the hospital and took them to the airport.

The ride home was a very hard one for Sharmi. She has had grandma sitting next to her playing with her, reading to her, feeding her and holding her hand for the past two months. She kept say “grandma papa gone, plane.” And she kept expressing her need for love and comfort by saying, “Mommy, need you, all done driving.” Finally the best that I could do was to reach my arm over the back of the seat and hold her hand.

Her nanny (Ellen) has been here most of the day, so this has helped with some to the loneliness. However, she has been very clingy to mom and afraid that I might leave next. This poor little girl. I can’t imagine the insecurity she is feeling. We are worried about her move to a new house, new hospital and new doctors next month, and we would certainly appreciate your prayers for this also.

Aside from the fears, Sharmi is doing great. She did wonderful yesterday and barely cried when they put the needle in her chest to access the port. She is becoming one tough little girl! However, she did have a little problem with the anesthesia. When they gave her the anesthesia, to put her to sleep, tears got caught in her throat and she coughed and coughed. They had to suction out her throat to clear it (not something a mother likes to see).

The great news is that her immunity (ANC) was at 4300 yesterday. This is wonderful. (Normal is between 1500 and 5500) Her blood is doing so well that we don’t even have to go back next week. It will be nice to have a week off.

Cheris