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End Of The Day and A Few Smiles.....Whew!

Well, after a very traumatic morning and the beginning of Kolby's hair loss, we ended up having a very good day. Still having problems with Kolby getting her meds down...in fact it's a struggle. But we are cutting her some slack. Her throat is feeling better and meds and food are going down a little easier. She had a few visitors today which made her spirits go up. The McCallum Family brought her over a jewelry maker kit and Kylie, Kristi, and Kolby were already talking about making ankle bracelets for the summer. My dad brought her a beautiful card and super sweet flowers. Drew, Danni, Deena, Brittlyn, and my mom came and visited for a few minutes. And of course Kylie, Jeff and my future grandson, Bentley made their usual daily visit. She loves short visits. Thank you all for helping Kolby smile and for cheering her up. Oh, and Kylie and Kristi had a beautiful neckless made for Kolby. It's beautiful. It has a heart with her name engraved on it, and on the back it says Your Sisters Love you. Kolby, you sure are loved.

Kolby looks cute with her short hair. Although little by little more stands and strands are coming out. She is noticing them on her pillow and shirt. She is a trooper though. She is joking about having no hair in the morning. After her chemo treatment tomorrow we are going wig shopping. We have been looking them up online, and now all of us girls want one. They look pretty good! Her spirits are up a little more. We just saw the commercial for Eclipse and Kolby can hardly wait to see it. That's a good thing.... Today ended up being a good day, even though it started out a little rocky. Smooth sailing.....that's what we like!

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  1. Kristin ChesnikJune 7, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    So glad it was a better day! Hope Kolby got the bag of goodies we brought over last Monday. Lots of love!

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