Clinic Day & Preschool

Mom and Karlee headed up to the hospital at 7:30 Monday morning assuming that it would be a standard Monday morning for traffic.  They were at the clinic before 8:15 – 45 minutes early for their appointment.  Fortunately they took them in early and got her accessed and ready to go.  Her counts came back great so she was good to go today.  She had a procedure to inject chemo into her spinal fluid and then she received 2 different chemo drugs through her port.  Everything went smooth and they were home just before 3pm and we all walked over to get Ryley from school.

Tuesday evening Karlee got to go to bring a friend night at the Bridlewood Beaver colony as Erica’s friend.  She has a great time and enjoyed all the fun activities.  She is looking forward to being a Beaver next year and is especially excited about going camping in the fall.  Next year should be exciting with Karlee joining Beavers and Ryley moving up to cubs.  Jennifer is going to be a cub leader while Dad stays with the Beavers to spend some time with Karlee.

Wednesday was Karlee’s first day at Jamie’s Preschool.  Jamie’s Preschool caters to kids dealing with cancer and auto-immune deficiency diseases.  It offers a cold and flu free environment where Karlee can go to get some socialization with other kids.  It didn’t seem to be a big deal that she wasn’t in school at the start of the year when she wasn’t feeling well, but now that she is feeling better we could tell she was missing the socialization.  She will go to preschool Tuesday and Wednesday from 12:15 – 2:45 and Thursday’s they start with Gymnastics from 11:30 – 12:30 and then school from 12:45 – 2:45.  Mom dropped her off at 12:15 and the first thing they do is eat lunch.  Karlee was a little shy at first, but by the end she was a little social butterfly (according to one of the other parents) and was enjoying herself.  She really enjoyed the crafts and is now looking forward to preschool.

Wednesday night Karlee and Mom went to our Lifegroup potluck while Ryley and Dad headed to his hockey game.  Mom and Karlee had a good time with everyone and Ryley’s team played a great game.

Thursday was gymnastics for Karlee’s preschool.  Ryley was invited along as they encourage siblings to attend events like this so they don’t feel left out or excluded and it is teacher’s convention for him.  After a little driving around and a trip around the building to find the door we got into Stars Gymnastics on the old Currie Barracks.  They had several staff members helping the kids through the various stations and everyone had a great time.  It was also a nice chance to visit with other parents and grandparents of kids who had gone through something very similar to our experience.  There is one little boy, Levi, who is 5 and has been off maintenance for a while after going through treatment for ALL.  It is nice to talk to his Mom and know that there is an end to everything.

Thursday night was another hockey game.  It was also the first game of the year that Dad got to watch without being behind the bench or in the timekeepers box.  Karlee behaved wonderfully so Dad could actually watch most of the game.  It was another good game with us winning again.  Mom did her normal Thursday night yoga again out at Red Deer Lake Community Centre.




Friday was another day off for both kids.  We took Ryley to Harry Potter at the cheap theatre’s after Dad was done work.  We tried to get to it a couple times during Christmas, but with everything going on it was just too difficult to find the time.  Ryley jumped several times during the movie, but overall he enjoyed it.  Karlee went over to Grandma’s and watch a movie and played dollies.

I have uploaded a bunch of other pictures of gymnastics on Facebook.  It looks like we will have a busy weekend with 2 hockey practices, a hockey game, the Heritage Classic and the Hitmen Outdoor game!