Lots of Pictures!

Well, there has been a lot going on lately! Emery finished up her last round of chemo on March 13th. She did well as always! We didn't get to leave as early as we would have liked on Saturday so my mom and I ended up staying Saturday night at her friend's house and we headed to Dallas on Sunday for Spring Break. We got up early Sunday morning and got on the road. Emery was a perfect little angel and slept the entire way! She tends to sleep quite a bit right after chemo. Her are some pictures...

Sleeping in the hospital - 4th and final round of chemo!

Mom and Emery taking a little nap at Lauren and Dan's. This was sometime before the 4th round of chemo. We were so happy to get so much time with Gigi and are sad that she has gone home. It was so nice having my mom here to help me and keep me company. This has been a really long couple of months but she sure did help it go by quicker! Thanks mom for everything you did for us! We love you and hope you are having fun back home.

When we arrived in Dallas, Emery was in need of a diaper change and feeding so we quickly said hello to David, our friend Matt, and David's cousin Michael who were all at Sarah's house. I went to Sarah's room to change and feed Emery and when I came out, my best friend who I haven't seen in over two months, Niki was sitting on the couch with her baby, Madeline. I haven't seen Maddie since the day she was born and have never held her. I was so shocked! I immediately made her trade babies so that I could hold little Maddie. We had such a good time catching up and playing with the girls. We are sure they will be the best of friends! Thanks for surprising me, Niki!
Future BFF's hanging out on Sarah's bed.

Getting tired of taking pictures!

This is too funny! They were not happy by the end of the photo session!

When in Dallas, I got to see two of my best friends from college, Katie and Tracy. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures when we were at Tracy's house. Here are some pictures from visiting Katie and her baby, Carter who was still in NICU in Frisco. She had to be induced at 32 weeks because his cord was wrapped around his neck and arm. Every time he moved his arm, he would choke himself. It was a pretty scary time for Katie and her husband, Andrew but thankfully, Carter is doing great! They were able to take their little boy home just a few days after our visit! We were so happy to hear their good news!


Baby Carter - just a few days before they took him home.

Katie and Carter

Then we got to see our newest family member, Willow Bentley Morris. David's sister, Hannah lives in Fort Worth so we got to visit them as well. We were happy to see lots of family over at their house. Bo and Rosanne were there as well as David's grandma, Joann. We also got to see some cousins Sidney, Shelby, and Kayla who were there with David's Aunt Mary. It was great to see everyone and have some much needed family time.

Willow, a little less than two weeks old here. Too cute!

Willow and Joann

Bo and Rosanne visiting with Emery
Bo and Emery

Back at Sarah's house, we decided to take some pictures of our girls. Sarah got Emery a precious little dress to match Elle's. Elle was about to take a nap but she cooperated so well and we were able to get some precious pictures of our sweet girls.






We had such a good time visiting everyone in Dallas. We don't have any pictures, but we also had dinner with some good friends, Jon and Camille. Their little boy, Grady is about nine months old and is absolutely adorable. It was so good hanging out with them and reminiscing about the good ole college days.

Friday we went back to the hospital for Emery's occupational therapy appointment and labwork. She did really well at therapy and our therapist complimented her on her head control and rolling. She is concerned about the muscles in her left hand but with time they should get better. Here are some pictures from her session.





After OT we went to the clinic for our usual after chemo labwork. Emery's counts were down so they had to give her some blood - again we are used to this. After her blood transfusion, she got a fever - did not expect that! This has never happened before. So, the clinic was closing and no beds were available on the 9th floor (oncology floor). They sent us to the ER where we would have to wait for a bed to become available. I haven't been scared in a long time, since all of this started really. But when they got us in the trauma room and started hooking Emery up to all of the monitors, the fear came back. She was screaming and there were doctors and nurses everywhere. I didn't know what was going on. The monitors were going crazy becuase her heart rate was too high and the doctors were rushing around and asking us questions. I hated ever minute of it. Finally, once they got her hooked up, I got to hold her and try to calm her down. She quickly calmed down and her heart rate went down pretty quickly. They moved us into a private room to wait and got her started on fluids and antibiotics. Thankfully, it didn't take long to get into a room on the 9th floor. No more monitors, no more beeping - freedom! We love the 9th floor! Emery has not had a fever since the blood transfusion but her blood culture did grow some bacteria so we are still on antibiotics. They took another culture this morning and we are hoping nothing will start growing. The doctor who checked on her today said he's expecting a clear culture since she looks great and hasn't had a fever. If her line is still infected tomorrow, they will have to remove it...don't want that to happen! They would have to put her under in order to do that and we would be in the hospital even longer. We will know more tomorrow morning.

David just headed to the airport. He always hates leaving. I hate it too. We are so ready for this to be over and to get back to a normal life! David wanted to stay until Emery is discharged but I assured him we will be fine! Emery and I will get in lots of playing and cuddle time.