Friday

Sorry we haven't updated since last week. We've been busy checking on the apparently stray cat that's refused to come out of the neighbors tree for three weeks! After hearing me tell Selena and Eden "there's no way that cat doesn't come down at night to eat", Eden continually says, "there's no way that cat comes down to eat". It must be one tough cat, as its endured several heavy rain showers, a few pretty cool nights, and some hot days. By now, most of the neighbors know of this cat, and no one has seen it come down to eat or drink.....but yet Eden says "there's no way that cat comes down to eat". (get this - a neighbor and I have both pulled the cat out of the tree, and the silly thing goes right back up. i think the crazy thing had kittens up in the hole in the tree!!!)
I am very pleased to inform you that Eden's been doing extremely well. She's been outside so much, she's worn a path through the grass out to the swing set. Selena took her over to the hospital here in Washington today to get her counts checked, and we were floored when we received the results. Her white count has climbed up to 7.8 and her nuetraphil count is up to 5700 (both of these are well within the normal range)!!! So tomorrow, the two girls will be heading to Iowa City for Eden's chemo treatment at the clinic. Eden will be excited to see Mary Lou and/or Carolynn. Thanks for all your continued thoughts and prayers!!! We'll try to do a better job of updating.