Yesterday, besides being a red letter day for the country, was a big day in our lives as well …Elizabeth went up to CHOP to be injected with the radioactive iodine that her neuroblastoma, if it is there will suck up, and she will be scanned today for glowing. Having the election to focus on was something of a help because it distracted us from this. Mayzie was wonderful in offering to go up with Bo and Elizabeth and so she helped entertain Elizabeth while they waited for the IV’s etc. I was very relieved that she could do this. I had planned to go up with Boyd and Elizabeth but there is so much work I have to do this semester, that to have a day when I could just work in the office with no distractions meant that the rest of the month would go more smoothly. Having Mayzie go with them meant I felt less guilty and I think it made me more productive at work.

Today Boyd and Elizabeth go back up for the scan. Elizabeth will have to lie perfectly still while they take what is essentially a full body MRI. Often children are sedated for this, but Elizabeth has been lying flat and still for these tests since she was 2, so today should go reasonably well.

I was telling Boyd how sorry I was that he had to take her to get this done today and how sorry I was that Elizabeth was having to get this done, but Boyd pointed out that we are really very fortunate and that things could be so much worse….and I know that he is right, truly things could be so very much worse and I need to be very grateful, everyday.

We will post when we get results. Peace