November 3 10:00 pm

First of all, let me apoligize to those of you we are closest to for updating you via this blog instead of a phone call. But again this is the quickest way and I will try not to forget inf0. We are once again down at Riley. Everything was going fine, but mikayla woke up this morning around 2am vomiting and continued to vomit all night long. This of course is a concern because of the shunt and if it was working correctly or not. Around 8isham I talked with the resident on call and he suggested that we come into Riley ER. So we packed our bags and left. They have admitted her through the weekend (probably through Tuesday) to watch her and start her on another round of steroids. Oh yea here come the mood swings. (and the hunger!) Some of the most unsettling news is that when they did the CT scan the tumor seemed to be a bit larger which if it is a slow growing low grade tumor should not be the case. Right now we are just in a waiting game. They will do another MRI on Monday to determine the size of the tumor and to see if indeed how much it has grown. Then we will revamp the chemo plan if necessary. good news is that the shunt is working properly so that part is ok. we are now on the 5th floor in the cancer unit (because of starting chemo) where there is a playroom and books glalore. mikayla is excited about seeing all of this tomorrow. i am staying at our cousins house in brownsburg tonight - hopefully chris will get to stay here tomorrow and get some rest. they have 3 little kids too so it feels just like home. :>) - keep us and mikayla at the top of your prayers lists! - until tomorrow - Sasha