Friday Evening Update-

Hi everyone,

Catie Lynn has been taking pedialyte and
formula - so she's eating - which is great.
They are planning on giving her oral pain
medicine.  If that goes well,then they may
remove the epidural and the catheter
tomorrow, probably mid-day.

Even more exciting, they're planning on
bringing her some food for dinner -
perhaps some finger food.  Along with that,
she'll be sitting in a high chair.So she'll
have her first chance to sit up on her own.

Sherry slept well at home last night; she
went with Tarver to school today because he
had a singing program.  When she got to the
hospital, they took Catie Lynn outside in
the courtyard in the wagon.
So she was able to get outdoors and
really enjoyed it.

Tarver has a busy social calendar for
the coming weekend - with many
different engagements with various
cousins and family.
(Jimmy said that he was having a ball.)
Tarver also visited the hospital for a bit;
so he was able to see
Catie Lynn in her hospital room.

They have a bit more information from the
oncologist. The oncologist confirmed
that Catie Lynn would have some chemo.
They are waiting for the second pathology
report to come in.  Basically, there are
so few cases of Wilms'disease in a year in
the US, that there is one person on the
East coast who reads all of the pathology
reports. (Apparently, regular folks may
misread the pathology report and get the
staging wrong just because there
are so few cases.) They expect that
the report may come in early next
week.  And then, Catie Lynn will
likely have a port put in towards
the end of next week - in a
day procedure at the hospital.
The port will be used for her chemo treatments.

Thanks Again for all your prayers
and support...keep it coming!