Well, what can I say? It's really been a pretty good few days. After we left Saturday, we really had a great time in Campbell River. Christine and the girls left yesterday, and I stayed on to help Mom and Grandma strip the old paint off the deck, and bench behind their house. What a huge job! I had no idea how much work it would actually be just getting a small deck ready to be repainted! It took a gas powered power washer, some biodegradable paint stripper, and another go with the power washer on Tuesday. This morning, I got up, and had to wash the deck with a cleaner, that also halted the paint removal process of the stripper. Now, the deck is finally ready to paint, but alas it was to hot today, so, Mom will have to get started on it tomorrow. It was a lot of work, but at the same time it was kind of nice to have a job to do for the whole day on Tuesday, just for the distraction! I am still feeling quite stressed out, and am really not sure why. I keep telling myself that Brenn is going to be just fine, and there is going to be no more big problems for her when this is all over, but I just can't shake the feeling that she is going through a lot of garbage right now, and I really hurt for her. No child should have to go through all of this, and it makes me quite sad.

Brenn has been such a strong little girl, we have truly been blessed with her. She has such a great spirit, it's hard to imagine. She is still after all this, mostly happy. There are times when things are quite bad for her physically and mentally, and it is hard for us to balance how to go about being good parents to her. We are all tired and stressed out, but we are together, and that is what is most important. When Christine and the girls left Campbell River Tuesday, it was hard for me to be alone. It is the first time that I have had more than and hour or two without at least one of the kids being with me since we came down here in May. I had a lot of time to think today while I was on my bus, and ferry ride back to Vancouver, and quite frankly right now that is not a great thing. There is still to much stuff going on to sit and think about everything. We are almost half way through the acute part of her treatment, so there is light at the end of the tunnel. It's weird to think about how much time has elapsed, and how many things we have learned and gone through, and yet we are just half way through!

Scott