I apologize for not updating in an awhile. It’s been a lot lately. As of yesterday Cora finished her "Consolidation" phase. Her next phase is "Interim Maintenance". This phase will require several hospital admissions due to a chemo she will receive. This chemo requires close observation and flushing it completely out of system after she receives it. We are trying to set into place all the plans for McKenna during this time. McKenna expressed her fears of Daddy being on tour, my parents being gone, and I have to be here with Cora. She is afraid she will be "all alone".  It breaks my heart my 9 year old has to worry about that. It's not true though. We will never let that happen. 

In the past week, Cora has been admitted twice. On Wednesday, April 17th Cora developed a fever. She is currently neutropenic and fevers require an immediate visit to the ED and admitted in case of an infection. The fever was short lived and we were discharged on Saturday morning. Over the weekend Cora developed stomach pains. She had clinic yesterday. There was a chance of Cora being admitted to start this next phase, but her counts were too low (they told us that was a possibility). Due to her stomach pains they ran some labs and did an x-ray. It came back that Cora has pancreatitis and ileus. Turns out this is possibility with a certain chemo Cora has received throughout treatment. In order to monitor her and give her medications to help her through this, we were admitted. We could be here 3-5 days...or longer depending on how she heals. 

These past 3.5 months have been heartbreaking, draining, painful, and full of stress and anxiety. It's hard currently to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I know it's there, but currently it's hard to see it. The bills keep piling up. I miss our normal. I miss our routine of homeschooling and getting together with friends. I miss going to the zoo and the park with the girls. I worry about how we are going to navigate the next 2 years (minimum if we are lucky). I worry how this is affecting both girls in the long term. These days should be filled with fun, learning, innocence, and being care-free. I hate that it's not. 

As always, please pray for our girl. Prayers and positive vibes for her to fight and beat this are most definitely appreciated. 

We still have our GoFundMe open to help with hospital bills, gas money, and eating out while admitted at the hospital. We also realize that we will start needing a full time nanny and/or 

sitters to help with the girls, so funds raised will also help alleviate that cost. I am also updating the Cora’s Amazon Wishlist with some new things if you’re interested in helping that way. 

Thank you all for your continued love, prayers, and support.