May 2011

The weather has been very strange this year.  It's still super windy.  We haven't been that warm yet either.   Weird!

This month we are scheduled to go camping in our new travel trailer.  We purchased a used 2007 Starcraft. It is very nice inside... the people who had it before us didn't use it much...it doesn't even look like they used it once, but good for us!   It is 18 feet and the beds fold out so you have more room inside.   We are planning to go to Gooseberry Mesa UT this year.  Andy hasn't been before so we figure this is a good time to break in the trailer.

Emma --  well things are not looking good for our Emma.  Her belly keeps filling up with fluid and she doesn't want to eat anything.  In the mornings she will eat something, after trying out many different options, and then in the afternoon she doesn't want that anymore, so we have to try something else.  She is getting whatever she wants to eat as long as she is eating something.   We spoke to the doctor and she said that her liver is not looking good on the ultrasounds.  Looks like there might be a mass on it.  We thought we were doing so good with her absorbing protein, but the pills, steroids and immune suppressants are causing bad side effects.  The only other option to fight this would be radiation therapy.  Both expensive and hard on Emma's body, the pills are still the only course of action to help minimize/cure the infection in her body.  We told the doctor we just need to get one more camping trip with her and we can decide from there.

The Vet drained 2 liters off of her the week before the trip and then she filled back up so on Monday before the trip she drained 2.6 liters off, but she filled up again, so on Thursday morning she drained another 2.6 liters off.  We are just hoping to get through the camping trip so she can have some fun running around smelling all the different things.  

We get to our campsite and the girls go crazy with all the smells and new things to see.  Everyone is having a good time.    Emma is playing with her rake and Rylee gets to play with her frisbee and Jessi gets to run on the trails... they are all happy!