Brooke Mulford Update

I'm just noticing that it has been 19 days since I last posted! Brooke has had a wonderful 3 weeks at home. I’ve been wracking my brain to try to think of all the fun things she has been doing these weeks off but decided to just give you a few of the highlights and try to get to bed early.

Sunday, Feb 21st was Brooke’s 6 month anniversary from her second transplant which should mean that she can come off all the transplant precautions but I called Brooke’s transplant Nurse Practitioner and she thought it would be best to keep her on precautions until flu season is over in 1-2 months. We can go out a little more now as long as it is somewhere that isn’t crowded at all and she still cannot be around kids under 3. So for now school, church, malls etc are still out.

We went to see a weekday matinee showing of the Chipmunks movie (which she loved) and we were the only ones in the theater. We took Bailey for an emergency trip to the dogwash (Tails & Tubs) after she tried to dig to China from the backyard and we ran into Brooke’s BFF Greyson there giving his dog Asher a bath! It was such a wonderful surprise! Mrs. Katzaman (Brooke’s teacher) came over a couple days and got Brooke caught up on what she has been missing at school. She had a blast with Caleb & Jordan Anderson while Dr. Jeff was over to fill in for Dr. Dave for her dressing change last Sunday. We did a mommy/daughter spur of the moment spa day yesterday. Brooke got a mani/pedi and I got a spa pedicure (an hour of pampering before heading back to CHOP) and had a quick playdate with Riley and Morgan from next door when we got home.

Also, over that past few weeks we were able to eat out at MSI a couple of times. Brooke has been eating so much the past couple of weeks! It has been so great to see her appetite back to her pre-cancer days. We had a clinic appt last Wednesday and Brooke was up to an all time high of 31.2 lbs (she was 30.5 lbs the day of diagnosis last year)!

We are at Grammy’s right now for the night and heading to CHOP tomorrow for Ophthalmology clinic, followed by Oncology clinic and then she will be admitted for her final round of antibodies! Hoping and praying that this round goes as smoothly as the last one did!

Here is a video of Brooke Hula dancing to Jimmy Buffet last Monday. Gotta love her tubies dangling!click on this link: My Little Hula Girl

Please pray for all of the mighty cancer warriors…
Blessings,
Amy