St Patrick's Day Hospital Day

St. Patrick's Day Hospital Day

Mom and Dad took me to the hospital on St. Patrick's day to have my port removed. No more chemo, no more blood transfusions, no more immunoglobulin transfusions. 

This marks the official END of my cancer treatment and the BEGINNING of the rest of my life!

One of my friends asked if this would be the end of my blog, but I don't think so.

 AND, I don't even think I have to change the name of it, either.

Instead of ALL standing for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia,

Katherine's ALL Blog will simply stand for 

ALL the things this kid with Down Syndrome can do.

If you like, stay tuned. God's not finished with me yet!

 Here's the last picture of me and my port. 

Dad and I unpacking the donated books. THANK YOU BOOK DONORS.

Getting weighed.

I love Dr. Burke. He's always happy!

My friend Sara gave me treats to share with my doctors, nurses and staff. 

This is my anesthesiologist who was there when they put my port in... 

fitting that she be there when it was removed. 

Thumbs up to the surgeon!

Me and my parents.

On my way to surgery.

In the recovery suite

Me and my family - I can see you now with my new glasses. 

Thank you for praying for me. Thanks for believing I could beat this. 

You can beat it too, whatever it is your battling. 

We all have fights to fight and battles to win. Just keep trying. 

Sometimes, I know, you can't beat it, but in suffering we can learn too, and in so doing, we win.

What's next for me? SCHOOL, reading and writing and things typical kids can do. Soon, mom will let me me out of the house.  Well, she's probably keeping me home until April when cold and flu season is really over. Then after that watch out world! Here's to parks and play grounds and grocery stores and libraries. Here's to swimming pools and picnics and parties with friends. 

Thank you, Friends, for everything. May you have a delightful spring and a blessed Easter.