May 22, 2010,

Today was another day very similar to yesterday. Brenn was REALLY tired all day today, but she feels as if she is a big girl and, big girls don't need silly naps, they are for babies. So by the time we finally pried her away from the table long enough to get her meds into her, and read her a story, she passed out of pure exhaustion.

We had a pretty good day this today though. This morning, Brenn Samantha and I got up about 6:45, and went down for breakfast. At that hour, we had the run of the house. We made pancakes, and Brenn also wanted a bagel with cream cheese, and a bunch of other food that I won't bore you with, then we did our daily house chore, and cleaned up our mess in the kitchen, made coffee and went to watch some cartoons before anyone else got out of bed. It was great. We let Christine sleep in this morning, so at least one of us could get some much needed sleep. Hopefully i will get to sleep in tomorrow morning, and we will all be feeling better.

We all left the house around 11 this morning, and drove out to Pitt Meadows to visit my Mom, and we were hoping to spend some time outside, however, it was a little cold out, and Brenn was so tired that all she had the energy for was to eat. She really was lethargic again today, almost like she was when we found out about the leukemia, but tomorrow is another day. Hopefully after a good sleep, and some more time for her little body to recover from the last injection of her chemo drugs, she will be a little better.

The prayer request for thee day today would most definitely be that Brenn and Samantha can figure out a way to get along with one another through this. Samantha is doing really well though, she keeps trying to play with Brenn, but it just does not work out. They get into some fights, but hopefully with any luck they will work it out sooner rather than later. Christine and I feel really bad for both girls, and struggle to find a happy medium in this area. We reprimand Samantha for bugging Brenn, but it is in Sams nature to try to play and then bug Brenn to get to do at least acknowledge her. This is where the trouble begins, and the fight starts. They are both just trying to do what they fell. Samantha is trying to get Brenn to play like they always have, and Brenn is just trying to rest, eat, and rest some more.

It was really nice to go out to Pitt Meadows today for a change of scenery, and some privacy. Brenn and Sam thrived there for the few hours that we were there. My Mom got a new cell phone yesterday as well, so we all got to play with it for a little while. It is a really nice phone. We ordered pizza for dinner upon request from Brenn, and just relaxed, watched some Treehouse, and the girls got to play with all of their new toys, as some of them were not allowed to come to the Ronald McDonald house. There is everything that the girls need here, and they frown upon brining in lots of other toys to get mixed up into all the other toys that are clean, and sterile. The girls really enjoyed the new toys. They played with puzzles, books, playdough, toys, and teddy bears, and for the first time in a major play like that, they cleaned up after themselves. This place must really be rubbing off on them in at least one positive way. Christine and I are going to spend a little time together now, and it's off to bed for another exciting day tomorrow.

Thank you all very much again for all the gifts that you sent. It really was a joy to watch the kids playing with all of the new toys, and getting some excitement in. They have had a pretty hard time the last couple weeks, and some time to just play was amazing.

Scott