Update on Teddy Jo

Teddy came out of her surgery fine on Wednesday. They were able to bypass ICU and take her directly to her room. She has been on a steady dose of pain meds, that are making her sleepy. They won't let her eat anything, until atleast tonight, or maybe tomorrow. The Dr's want to make sure her insides are coping with the surgery before they introduce food back into her system. So far she is being a trooper! I am trying to work it out so I can leave Saturday afternoon, and head down to spend some time with them.

My Niece

For those of you who don't know, my sisters 6 month old baby girl Teddy Jo was diagnosed with cancer about 1 month ago. They have been going back and forth to Primary Childrens for various tests to find out if it has spread into any other parts of her body. She has done a couple of MRI's a lot of blood tests and a bone marrow tap. All the tests came back with the same result, that it had not spread from her adrenal gland. They scheduled her for surgery to take out the tumor - she is in the operating room right now. My sister just called and said the doctor came out and informed them that the tumor had "fingers" and such that had spread into her kidney. He told them they could leave the kidney and do chemo to try to shrink them, but if it didn't work they would have to do another surgery to take out the kidney. The doctor told them that if it were his daughter, that he would take out the kidney now. Cindy and her husband decided that was the best option. I asked her if people with 1 kidney have any long term effects, and she said no, but that Teddy wouldn't be able to play any contact sports, such as football. Darn!
We are all praying for our dear little Teddy Jo. She is such a sweet sweet baby girl and we love her so much! My only wish is that they lived closer (Neola, UT) so that I could squeeze and kiss her more!
I'll update everyone again when she is out of surgery. She will be in the hospital for at least a week.

Marker mania

Jackson has a recent fascination with coloring. The other night, he snuck into the office, and found a sharpie. A few minutes later he came walking out of his room and said very proudly "I color mommy!" He was so proud of himself. If was permanent black marker - all over his tummy. The best part was that he had put one of his shoes on, and his hat on backwards. He looked like a little punk. By the time I found my camera, he realized that he was in trouble, and didn't want his picture taken. He is a marker finding fool - he keeps finding them, and I don't know where he is getting them! He has since colored his leg and arm. Maybe he'll be an artist when he grows up.