Hello everyone. Today is Saturday, May 10, 2008. We are all doing great this week. We have been talking with Olivia's nutritionist and GI doctor and the consensus is that if she can maintain her weight and continue to eat well she will hopefully get her feeding tube/button out in 4-6 weeks! Hurray!!!! This will be the last of "things" to go. Maybe she will have it out in time for vacation - which will make the beach/pools a lot easier to manage. Otherwise she is acting like any other 2 year old. She is really into her "nacks" and "ugs" (snacks and hugs) these days. She is talking a lot more and is becoming easier to understand. She will have another MRI on June 5 as well as a lumbar puncture to check for cancer cells in her CSF (spinal fluid). Please pray that everything will be clear. Maddie is becoming such a little lady, she will have her first ballet recital June 7 - we are so excited for her. For only 4 years old, she has the wisdom of an "old lady". She is so great with Olivia. She likes helping take care of her and mothering her. This past week we taped a commerical for news channel ABC/Childern's Miracle Network, Cure Kids Cancer Telethon. We went to Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital to tape and we visited with some old friends in the PICU/Peds/Hem/Onc units. It's wonderful see Olivia with them now and remember all the good care she recieved in her worst/darkest moments. What a year we've had! The telethon will air May 31 on ABC (channel 13 locally). We are so very proud of both of our girls and of ourselves. We are a tight knit family that is being led daily by God and I truly believe that He has healed Olivia. Please continue to keep her in your prayers as well as all of the other children fighting this monster. We need a cure - please keep childhood cancer in mind when you make the decision to donate to a cause - it's a cause that will make a difference in everyone's future and most importantly in the life of a beautiful child.

Please feel free to leave Olivia a message. We read them to her now, but someday she will cherish all the loving words left here for her.