DAY +62

IT IS SO HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ALICIA HAS BEEN INPATIENT TODAY FOR 70 DAYS. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING ALOT BETTER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THE MAIN ISSUES AT THIS TIME IS STILL THE GVH, BLOOD PRESSURE AND EATING. IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS SHE HAS ONLY TAKEN 3 BITES OF NOODLES AND TWO BITES OF A HAMBURGER. I CAN NOT EVEN GET HER TO EAT CHICKEN NUGGETS. SHE IS STILL GETTING TUBE FEEDS ABD IV NUTRITIONS BUT ONE OF HER MUSTS BEFORE WE CAN EEN THINK ABOUT LEAVING IS THAT SHE NEEDS TO EAT. ZAC ( ONE OF ALICIA'S NURSE'S ) TOLD ME YESTERDAY AGAIN THAT IT WILL BE AT LEAST ANOTHER 3 WEEKS BEFORE WE WILL EVEN GET TO GO TO THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AND HE MOST DEFFINATLY ASSURED US THAT WE WILL NOT BE HOME BY THANKSGIVING, SO THAT MEANS SHE WILL BE HERE ON HER BIRTHDAY.

ALICIA'S PIC LINE SEEMS TO BE DOING WELL. HERE IS A PICTURE OF ALICIA GIVING THEO HIS PICK LINE. THEO HAS TO EVERYTHING THAT ALICIA HAS..............

THEO HAD TO GO HOME LAST NIGHT TO TAKE A BATH BUT HE WILL BE BACK LATER TODAY. ALICIA HAS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES THIS MORNING IF THEO WAS DONE TAKING A BATH...... HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE BACK SOON.

YESTERDAY I FINALLY CONVINCED ALICIA THAT SHE HAD TO GET OUT OF BED AND START WALKING SO SHE COULD GET BETTER. IT WAS HARD IN THE BEGGINING, SHE KEPT TELLING ME " I CAN'T, MY TUMMY HURTS", SHE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO TELL ME THAT HER DADDY SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT I OVER CAME THAT ONE VERY FAST AND CALLED ANSHON AND HE TOLD HER IT WOULD MAKE HER FEEL BETTER IF SHE GOT OUT AND WALKED A LITTLE. FINALLY SHE SAID OK WHEN ALBERT, HER LITTLE FRIEND FROM A COUPLE OF ROOMS DOWN, CAME AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND TOLD HER TO COME OUT. WHEN ALICIA SEEN HIM SHE WAS OK WITH IT. SHE RODE THE BIKE AT FIRST WHICH I FIGURED WOULD BE ALOT EASIER TO GET HER LEGS MOVING, THEN SHE EVENTIALLY AGREED TO WALK A BIT. YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS VERY UNSURE AND VERY WEAK AND VERY WOBBLY BUT SHE DI IT. HERE IS ALICIA AND HER FRIEND ALBERT AND YES EVEN ME........

I HAVE DECIDED THAT I AM GOING TO MAKE HER GET UP AND OUT OF HER ROOM TWICE A DAY UNLESS THERE IS A REASON SHE CAN'T. TODAY IS THE PRINCESS PARADE THAT HAS BEEN SO LONG COMING. ALICIA AND ALBERT AND ABBY, WHICH IS THE DAUGHTER OF A LADY NAMED REID WHO IS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE NOW. REID AND I HAVE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND ABBY IS JUST THE COOLEST. TODAY IS ABBY'S FIRST DAU SINCE HER TRANSPLANT WHERE HER COUNTS ARE HOGH ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE HER ROOM. ALL OF THE KIDS ARE VERY EXCITED, EVEN LITTLE HANNAH WHO CAN NOT COME OUT YET IS GETTING DRESSED UP AND IS GOING TO WAVE FROM INSIDE HER DOOR. I WILL TAKE ALOT OF PICTURES AND POST THEM TOMORROW. ( THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AT TALL GRASS IMAGING FOR THE PRINCESS OUTFIT ALICIA WILL BE WEARING TODAY!!!!!!!!!)

ALICIA IS STIRRING NOW SO I AM GOING TO TRY MY HARDEST TO GET HER TO EAT SOMETHING. THANKS EVERYONE FOR SO MUCH SUPPORT

( 51 HOURS TIL MOMMY AND DADDY WILL BE HERE,.... HORRAY!!!!!!!!!!)