Last night Amelia, Nathan and I went downtown for the Light the Night walk in honor of Amy.
Here's a little blurb about it from their website just in case you don't want to go to the link above...
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light The Night Walk is the nation's night to pay tribute and bring hope to people battling cancer. Walks take place in communities throughout the United States and Canada, typically in the fall. On these special nights, thousands of participants carry illuminated balloons and raise funds for vital, lifesaving research and patient services.
Anyone can take part - children, adults and seniors are all welcome. This is a casual fundraising walk with no fitness requirements. There are many ways you can help. You can register to walk individually or, even better, as part of a team; just make a donation online; or become a volunteer or sponsor/partner.
Funds raised through Light The Night Walk support the work of hundreds of the world's best and brightest researchers in their search for better therapies and cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
It was a great night. The weather was perfect and the turnout was just as impressive as last year's.
Here we are just before the walk began. Mike, Amy, Addison, me, Amelia and Nathan.
Amy is doing really well. Her strength is good and she recently had a scan done that came back pretty clean. The chemo continues to do what it's supposed to and the great news is she has just started the preliminary shots for her stem cell transplant process. She's had 2 of the 4 shots she needs and in a few days they'll extract the cells from her bone marrow and take on another dose of chemo and after that they will transplant the cells. This is a very big deal and we're praying that come Thanksgiving, this will all be behind her. What a huge thing to be thankful for! She needs to stay healthy so pray for all colds and flu to stay far away from her and her family. Stem cell is a risky process but from what I understand if they don't do it, the lymphoma will just continue to come back in different areas of her body.
I'll leave you with a cute picture of Amelia in her sling.
3 comments:
Wow; she is getting big! She looks adorable in her sling. I hope that your friend's Amy procedure is a success; I can't begin to imagine how hard it must be to go through all of that...you are a great friend to her!
You are a good friend, Nicole. Amy is blessed to have you in her life!
We will pray for continued success for Amy. I like your sling, a alot.
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