All Clear!

Katelyn had her bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, as well as a spinal tap to check for any last signs of abnormal cells. Our primary Doctor called us on Friday morning to let us know that it was ALL CLEAR! YAY! We expected it to be all clear, as it has been for a few months, but it is so amazing to hear it at the end of treatment! We are so excited! Our amazing Angel fought long and hard and beat Cancer! Wow. She is such an amazing child!

We had a fun weekend! We went to Sea World with our friends from the hospital. Katelyn and Zara are little BFF's! Katelyn was so excited to "Pet Shampoo" and watch the Shamu Show. During the show she was mesmerized and watched almost the entire thing. She was lauging and clapping and so excited to see the whales do their tricks. She wasn't even following the crowd's laughter, she had her own little take on things and kept wanting Mommy & Daddy to watch Shamu. She waved and was so excited about the splashing! Days later she is still telling us that Shamu waved with his tail, Shamu got everybody wet.... She has a wonderful little memory. Although Kate & Zara were too small to do the tricks with Shamu & the trainer during the show, we were very blessed at the end. One of the Show managers was able to get some special Shamu time for the girls. After the stadium cleared out, a few of the trainers came out and brought all 5 whales over! Katelyn and Zara got to climb up to the top of the glass and pet the whales! They got to take some exclusive pictures with all the whales! It was such a wonderful experience! We were thrilled and felt very blessed that the trainers took the time to come fulfill our little one's wishes. Kate has been excited to "Pet Shampoo" for months! I am so glad she got to! We got passes to Sea World, so we are looking forward to going all year long! I love Sea World, and Kate will have so much fun!

We have a meeting with Katelyn's primary Oncologist tomorrow morning. We will go over everything we need to know post treatment. We went to a Families Supporting Families meeting last week and it was all about the After Affects of Cancer Treatments. The Doctor who gave the information hit on a lot of things that I had forgotton. When you start all this stuff there are handouts and brief conversations about the possible side effects, but the most important thing is treating the cancer, so you go with it. Now that the cancer is treated and gone, the side effects aren't. There are a lot of things that we have to watch out for and take care of. It is very important for Katelyn to lead a healthy lifestyle, diet and exercise will make a huge difference in her overall health, for the rest of her life. Although we want Kate to be a typical kid all over again, and she can be, she is still special in that she is not a typical kid. She is healthy and can be active and have fun, but she'll have to forever take care of herself. I am thankful for that. Todd and I will do our best to lead by example and give her every opportunity to do so. One of the major things that the Doctor hit on was smoking. Smoking is the worst thing Katelyn could ever do to herself. Bringing her around second hand smoke (including the nasty residue that it leaves on peoples skin, hair, etc) is the worst thing that Todd and I could do to her. For as much as I dispise smoking, I now have another excuse to steer clear. Unfortunately, a lot of people smoke, a lot of our friends smoke, so it will limit the things that we can do, and the places that we can bring Katelyn. I hope that people will respect my daughter and not smoke around her.

Her line comes out on Wednesday! Yay! She'll have stitches for awhile, but as soon as they are out Kate will finally be able to get wet! Baths, beach, pool.... here we come! I cannot wait!

Sunday, May 31st my Mom organized a little Celebrate Kate luncheon after her church service. Church is at Calvary Chapel Julian, in the Cafeteria at JHS. Service is at 10am, and a light lunch and cake will be served afterwards. We will be there!

Katelyn's Second Birthday Bash will be on July 11th at Ramona Oaks Park! (The same place her first Birthday was). I'll post more info as I have it but everyone who wants to be there is invited!

Thank You for all of your support!

Love,
Krystal