Team Sydney

Just a quick little update on Sydney.  Thursday was chemo day and she got to spend it with her Daddy while I stayed home with a sick baby Ava.  They went down Wednesday evening to Mom and Dad Mecham's house since clinic was at 8 am Thursday morning.  They had a great visit and didn't have to get up quite so early, so that is a plus.  Sydney got to see her friend Kenton at clinic and also met a new friend, Sarah, which happens to be the daughter of one of Justin's high school classmates.  Small world!  We have gotten to know some amazing people through this cancer journey.  Anyway, back to Thursday.  We love our docs, especially Dr. Luke.  He is who we see the most and connected with from the very beginning.  As usual, docs were impressed with her and had a good visit.  She has stayed healthy for the most part and that has really helped her handle chemo.  She had 2 chemo meds injected into her port (vincristine & doxirubicin) and then a lumbar puncture to inject a chemo med (methotrexate) into her spine.  She has the hardest time with the LP because of the anesthesia, but this was her best yet and she came out of it great.  Along with those we have 2 oral meds we give at home for 5 days.  Prednisone is a steroid that seriously messes with her moods and emotions and makes her hungry ALL the time and 6MP which has been giving her the hardest time.  She has been having LOTS of headaches, some nausea and just all around feels crummy.  We are thrilled that tomorrow is our last day of meds until our next round on January 24th.  This has definitely been her hardest round yet, but she is handling things like a champ.  Thank you for all your support, love and prayers!