Last week, my little sister Amy starred in her high school's production of Charlotte's Web. She was an amazing Charlotte. At the end of the show when Charlotte died, Mary, my mom, and I cried. My dad admitted that even he teared up a little. Ki was also distraught when Amy left the stage. As she gave her final farewell to Wilbur and disappeared, he started yelling "Amy! Amy!", trying to get her to come back.
Children loved Amy. They swarmed up on stage after the performance to meet all the characters and made it really hard to get a good shot of Amy in her costume:
Some kids even asked for her autograph. It was really cute:
When we got home, Tess and Mom were back from the hospital. Tess still needed to be on oxygen, but my mom convinced the doctors that she could be hooked up at the house and be a lot happier (also, my mom was absolutely sick of Tess's birth mom and needed to get away or go crazy). Poor Tess looks pathetic in her tubes:
But she really is much happier at home. Now we have a huge (noisy) machine that pumps oxygen through her tubes. It stays on the main floor but Tess has a 50 ft tube range, so she can still sleep in her own bed and sit at the table at meals. It's kind of fun to ask "Where's Tess?" and then check to see where the tubes lead. She's now a very easy baby to find, which is good because she's getting better at her commando crawl and loves to go places she isn't allowed.
Mom's birthday was yesterday. Happy (late) Birthday, Mom! We really celebrated on Sunday while Mary was still visiting. It was a lot of fun. We had mini banana cream pies as cake:
Mom got a lot of fun things:
But her most anticipated gift was worms. Not just any worms. They're compost worms. Apparently they're coveted for their droppings. I don't really know how it works. They now live in the storage room in a tub and eat fruits and vegetable rinds. Mom loves them, but they creep her out and she won't touch them. Here's Mary digging in the bucket for her:
Also, Ki started chemo again on Tuesday. He had a CT scan last Thursday and it turns out his tumor has shrunk 20% and the metastasized cancer has shrunk 75%! We need the metastasized stuff to go away completely before anything can be done about the tumor, but it's obvious the treatments are having an affect! He is hooked up on an IV for fluids right now and had been in pretty good spirits until tonight when he started vomiting.
2 comments:
Happy Birthday to your Mom! I'm glad to hear Ki is doing so well with the treatments. That is SO great! Amy looks great in her costume. What a fun character to play! I still can't believe how much she looks like you Cyndi!
I bet Amy had such a great time in that play. Wish I could have seen it.
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