What a ride! In less than 24 hours we will check out of Scottish Rite for the last treatment of chemotherapy! We have so much to be thankful for. The very best doctors, nurses and staff at Scottish Rite have been our family for the past 6 1/2 months. We never imagined back in September how hard this road would be but Scottish Rite made all of the difference. For us, there is no other Children's Hospital when specialized care is needed. We owe them a lifetime of thanks for all that they do and have done for us. We will always be connected to Scottish Rite. We will be a part of helping families whose lives are forever changed by childhood cancer for many years to come.
We want to also thank all of you who supported us, prayed for us and loved us through it all. We are so blessed to have so many caring people around us. We are looking forward to being home as a family. Chloe has a final bone marrow and removal of the CVL from her chest out patient around the middle of April. After that, we are off to Hilton Head, thanks to Hilton Head Hero's, for some much needed R and R. May 2nd Chloe turns 3 years old. A big birthday/end of chemo party is planned. Chloe was recently honored by being asked to serve as the 2010 honored hero for the Athens Leukemia Society walk in the fall. We have had our share of uphill battles and from that many life lessons to treasure.
Chloe has fought hard, she has endured. Through it all, she never let a day go by without smiling and brightening everyone's day in her path. One of her favorite nurses, Heather, often commented that Chloe makes her so happy and that whenever she needs to smile, she just looks at Chloe's picture. Our strength through this, the hardest time of our lives, came from our unrelenting faith and through the strength of Chloe.
Chloe's touch has inspired us and strengthened us more than we could have ever imagined!!!
She is a true blessing!!!
