Journal entry by Sheila Penn —
Hello family and friends. It’s been a while since I’ve last posted on here. I guess it’s easy to get lost in the day by day chaos and chasing the minutes. Olivia will go in to outpatient clinic tomorrow for another round of chemo, steroids, and lumbar puncture procedure. This will be the start of Long Term maintenance cycle 5. Wow, 5 cycles .. I can’t believe it. After tomorrow’s procedure, she will have 2 more this year during maintenance phase. I feel like we are so close, yet still so far away from that finish line. I try not to let the experiences of the past or the unpredictable future haunt me. I try to live in the moment- taking it all in day by day and counting my blessings to have our precious baby with us. She is amazing. I ask that you keep her/us in prayer as always and that she will continue to be courageous and strong. She never ceases to amaze us with her resilience. 🙏♥️
This journey is surreal still and at times, I try to forget that she has cancer. But these are the things that bring me back down to earth/reality. Our fight is not over. We continue every day to push on - for her! One second, one minute, one day at a time.
A $25 donation to CaringBridge powers a site like Olivia's for two weeks. Will you make a gift to help ensure that this site stays online for them and for you?