31 January 2008, 10:25pm EST
We were able to let the girls sleep in this morning. They must have caught up on their sleep - they have been busy playing, fussing, and talking a lot! :) Earlier today they were asking us for our autographs. Right now they're still busy playing. Kara's clinic appointment was at 2:15. Kara's not showing any signs of dehydration. She is drinking, and eating decently. I'm sure they would like to see her drinking more, but her chemistry was good. Dr. Furman said to keep offering it to her, but not to make it a battle. I guess since we're staying so close to the hospital, we just have to make a phone call and bring her in for a CBC if we're concerned with anything and they will do what they need to help her. He said she looks good, too. Her bloodwork did show that her hemoglobin and platelet levels have dropped. She is still not at the transfusion rate for either one. Her white blood cells raised a tiny bit, but her ANC is still at 0. Her nurse practitioner thought that her ANC wouldn't raise until probably Monday. We don't have to go to clinic again until Monday, Feb. 4th. Her doctor said if we notice petechie or nosebleeds to bring her in - this is a sign her platelets are low and she will need a transfusion. She is doing great with her leg. There's times in the day that she's just not too perky, but that's just to be expected when her counts are down. We went to the grocery this evening. We decided not to go last night. We sanitized the buggy and took Kara's mask with us, but she wasn't too cooperative with wearing it. Kara's been hungry for grapes this past week, so we ended up with not only grapes, but cotton candy, lemonheads, candycorn, chocolate, and the list goes on! We did come home with some healthier food too, though - milk and yogurt! :) :) We've talked to family back home in Dandridge tonight. Please remember Papaw Butch Lee's family in your prayers tonight. There was an unexpected death in the family, and we'd like for you to pray for them, too!

30 January 2008, 4:53pm EST
Today started out with a 9am appointment. She slept good again, but we had to wake her up so she was very cross with us. She had her labs drawn and her ANC is still zero. Her hemoglobin and platelets are going down, but they don't need transfused yet. The nurse practitioner said it takes longer for her counts to recover with the 2nd round of topotecan. She's eating a little better today. They said she needs to drink more though. She had gained 1/2 pound, yeah Kara! She's tired and irritable some today. We got back to Grizzly around 1:30. We need to go to the store, so we may take her and have her wear a mask. It will be good to get her out of here for a little while. The sun is shining today. This is sure to make us feel better. Nothing funny to report, she's just not her cheerful self right now. Hopefully she'll feel better each day. We are so happy we didn't have to go to the hospital last night. She seemed warm and her temp was 99.1 under the arm, we have to take her if it reads 99.4. Thank God it went down instead of up.
Thank you for your continued prayers and checking in on Kara. The promise magazine is out and they are giving us some extra copies. We hope to get them soon. The girls liked seeing their picture in the book. They got all excited about it.
Hope you all have a great night and God Bless!

29 January 2008, 6:22pm EST
Today it was 59 degrees, but rainy and very windy. We had a 10:30 appointment in the clinic this morning. They checked her labs and her leg. They still don't think anything is broke, but if she seems to be in severe pain they'll get another x-ray. Sometimes a hairline fracture is hard to see in an x-ray. She doesn't act like it hurts her much. She slept good all night and this morning we had to wake her, she did want ice put on it, but it looks much better. The doctor said it'll get blacker and the bruise will get bigger as the blood goes down. Just so she doesn't hurt any worse, we'll be fine.
Her ANC was 200 yesterday, but today it's at zero. If it's like the last round, it'll take a little while to get them back up. She's very tired today and hasn't played too much. Someone is bringing in dinner for us tonight. This is a blessing, since we don't have a stove. We do have a small fridge and microwave, but we miss a stove & oven sometimes. She has a little better appetite today. Hopefully this will improve each day. She's getting her antibiotics 3 times a day for the next 4 days. This is interesting. Megan hooks it up to Kara's line and it's gravity fed to her. Kara is excited every time she has a new gadget and she was happy to show me how it works. It takes only a half hour for the meds to go in and it's done. Keeping track of what meds and what times can be stressful. She has it all wrote down on a schedule and this works out good for her. We can't go too far though, because some of the meds have to be kept in the refrigerator.

29 January 2008, 1:44am EST
Hi, it's been crazy here. We're sooo glad today is over.
First we'll update on yesterday. I didn't get to send a message because I never left the hospital. We all 4 slept there with Kara. No special reason, except the girls both wanted to sleep with Mommy. Lauren has been feeling pretty jealous of Kara this visit, it's hard on her and Megan too. Maybe now that we're out of the hospital it'll be a little better for us all. That's right we're out and at the Grizzly House.
We were suppose to be dismissed around 3pm, but that's when all the chaos started. It was time for Kara's G shot, today it needed to be in her right leg, so I went over to the side of the bed to let the rail down. I couldn't get it down so I just went over to the other side to hold Kara while Megan gave her the shot. Well, Kara knew what we were up to so she scooted away from us and leaned on the other bed rail and it gave way! It was horrible, she fell to the floor, I ran around the bed worried that her direct line had came out. She was screamimg, I picked her up and we noticed her leg was caught between the rail and the bed. Megan pulled the rail out and her leg had been pinched pretty badly. It was already swelling and starting to bruise. We called the nurse, she looked at it and called in the doctor. They ordered an x-ray, ice, and some platelets, since they were getting low again. I didn't hear Kara, but Megan said when we were getting her loose that Kara asking for healing. Isn't that amazing? Well she's fine, her line is fine and no broken bones, and the swelling has gone down, she's going to have a nasty bruise for a little while though. She can have some pain medicine until it doesn't hurt her anymore. After all this, we still needed to give her the shot. So that was another ordeal of hearing her scream, and I didn't blame her this time. The platelets came and we were dismissed around 8pm. Lauren claims she got her finger stuck in the sliding door, so she had to have an ice pack too, and she's real happy about that. She has been running around here and playing like it doesn't bother her at all. Finally, we fixed something here quick to eat, and she just had her night time pickle and she's going to sleep.
One good thing happened, Princess Kara was given a new princess crown for being so big getting her x-ray. She got out of the room for about 1/2 hour, and best of all the x-ray department has been moved to the new Chili's Building! Even her nurse got to see it for the first time today. Megan said Kara liked all the colors and the decorations. She had to show everyone how she can wiggle her leg and it doesn't hurt. What a tough little girl. She's alot tougher than I am for sure! Well thank God for a happy ending to a traumatic day! He is truly keeping His hand on us. God Bless you all.

26 January 2008, 10:30pm EST
Hi everyone. We're thankful for a day without any fever. She had it yesterday, but today has been better. She didn't want to eat or do much until late afternoon, but she felt much better by then, now she's eating and playing and is getting out of bed. She can't leave her room, but at least she felt like getting up, and giving orders, which she does so well. We believe she's on the mend now. It'll still be a couple days before they'll let her out and back to Grizzly House. It was sad for her to have to start her G shots, but it's the evil necessity right now. After her transplant she won't need these old shots anymore. Thank God for that.
We brought Lauren back to Grizzly to sleep again tonight. The rest of the family are with Kara. We're all getting to bed earlier tonight. Tony, Mike, Erica & Brent have to drive back to Dandridge tomorrow. These are very fast weekends. Hopefully Kara's ANC will be going up any day and we can go to Dandridge too. Today it was at zero still. The G shots will help to get them started up. She needed platelets today. But her hemoglobin was good.

Carson is still doing good. We're just waiting for his cells to graft now. This can take a little while. He's not having any major problems and they are taking such good care of him. They take a lot of precautions up there. (4th floor). By the time Kara is ready for transplant, she may be in the new Chili's building. It's in the finishing stages now and they are moving into it. This was built with the $$$ Chili's restaurant donated to St Jude. It's suppose to have the state of the art equipment in it. They had just started building it when we came here last June. That was almost 8 months ago........ hard to believe. Thank God we still have Kara and she's doing so well. It'll probably be close to June of 2008 when we are done with transplant and are on our way home for maintenance therapy. We'll just have to see how her body does with all this. Thank you for checking in and please pray for safe driving tomorrow. God bless.

26 January 2008, 2:00am EST
Well, Kara didn't defy the odds after all. She went to the med room this morning and had her last dose of Topotecan. Came back to Grizzly House, was tired and didn't want hardly anything to eat. Played a little bit and said she didn't feel good. She took a big nap and Megan noticed she seemed warm. Sure enough she was running a fever. We called the hospital and they said to bring her over and started her on antibiotics right away. They had to poke her to get a parrifial blood sample. This hurt her and made her cry, Lauren & I left the room. We went to the play area and then the cafeteria. When we returned they we taking her up to 2nd floor. She's still running a fever, but the fluids they're giving her seem to help her feel better. She's been looking at books and watching movies. She still isn't eating, but she's drinking a little. She wanted a big hot dog, but wouldn't take a bite of it wh en we brought it to her.
Mike, Tony, Erica & Brent got here ok, it was about 10:30pm our time. They were so tired. Lauren came back to the Grizzly and is staying here with Mike & I. The others wanted to stay with Kara. We'll switch places tomorrow morning and they can come over here and clean up. I hope they have a good night sleep, it's not to comfy over there, but Tony said he was so tired he could sleep anywhere tonight. Please pray that Kara recovers fast, and that the fever is just from the chemo and nothing else. It's almost 2am now, and I should be getting some sleep myself. Thank you for all your support and prayers, this is what's helping us on this journey. God Bless.

24 January 2008, 7:51pm EST
It has been a tiring day here. Megan and I just woke up from a nap, the girls are still sleeping. We started out in the medicine room @ 8:00am, fluids and chemo was given, labs were taken, and as we suspected Kara needed a blood transfusion. This was sent up and 6 hours later we were on our way back to Grizzly House. We saw her doctor and nurse practitioner Sandy today, they say she's doing fine. A little concern over a rash that's developed on her cheek and a couple bumps on top of her head. They can't be sure what it is, so we're just watching it. They want to go ahead with the chemo treatment of ICE when she's recovered from this round. Then they'll do scans and talk to the transplant doctors. Her blood chemistry from today is good except her liver profile was a little elevated, (SGOT & PT), which her nurse in the medicine room told us doesn't mean anything other than that the chemo is working. Megan didn't ask any questions about this. We know that the chemo is dropping her platelets and white & red blood cells. So, we are trusting that it's killing out the cancer cells, too. This is what has been happening we've found, praise God! Dr Furman says we'll try to get her a visit home when the counts are going up again. NO FEVER TODAY!!! Thank you Lord!!! Nurse Sandy says she has defied the odds this time for being admitted with a fever. She hasn't ate much today. Just a biscuit & jelly for breakfast, part of a yeast roll and part of a piece of pizza for lunch. We don't know what we'll have tonight, we'll wait and see what she feels like eating when she wakes up. The child life lady siad she thinks the craving for pickles is from the chemo. Brooklyn Durham, we've noticed, wanted pickles the other day too. Brooklyn wants prayer that her counts are stable. They should know tomorrow evening. Carson had his transplant today and he's doing real well. God has sure been by his side all this week. This is great!

23 January 2008, 5:38pm EST

The new issue of the Promise Magazine came out today. Click Here to view it

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Kara's story is on pages #10,11,12. We hope this is a blessing to all. We know God is continuing to help us. You can read the whole magazine it's very interesting and very informative. We know God has given us a wonderful testimony for His benefit and Glory. God is a wonderful God!!! This doesn't seem adequate for how great He really is, but I don't seem to have the words to express how gratefull I really am. My heart is so full of love for Him and for all He has done for us. We owe everything to Him. Thank God for St Jude Research Hospital! God is truly in the work that is being done here. Pray that He continues to bless this work, and all the good people who are here giving their best, and their all to help our little ones.

Today was routine, up early and to the medicine room for chemo. Back to Grizzly House and Kara and Lauren have eaten well and are playing. Kara wanted to go somewhere this afternoon but we got busy with laundry and lunches, (she ate chicken nuggets, 1/4 burrito, bean & ham soup, and we all ate junk food), and the girls were occupied here playing so we didn't go anywhere. It's better that we aren't out in public anyway, with her counts so low. No fever...........!!! Thank you Lord!!! Two more days of this chemo and it'll finish round nine for Kara. Please continue to pray that the fever doesn't come and her counts don't stay down for a long time this round. That's all for now.....God bless you all so much!

22 January 2008, 8:09pm EST
Sorry this update is late in getting to you. It's not the webmaster fault, I had some delay in getting an internet connection here in Memphis. Kara is doing a little better than the last round of Topotecan, thank the good Lord for this. No nausea, no itching ordeals, and no fevers this week. We are praying each night that there won't be any side effects, too. Her VRE culture came back positive, so we are back to step #1. We need 3 negatives before she will be out of isolation. Nothing has grown on the culture of her nose and blood. Great Kara! Her ANC is at 100 today. You can tell this because she's more tired and her appetite is still good but not as good as a few days ago. Her red blood cells are low. On Thurs. she'll need a transfusion. Her platelets are okay now. The topotecan is well known to cause fevers, so please pray that she doesn't get any! She's having a great time playing with Lauren, they are getting along so great. We love to just listen to them, it's so entertaining. Brent and Papaw Mike brought me here this weekend and they left yesterday. Brent is so funny, it's good to have him here to keep us laughing. The girls love their Bubby! When we got here Saturday afternoon, you could tell they were all 3 happy to be together again. Erica stayed at home with Mamaw & Papaw Lee. I'm sure she was well entertained! We missed her, I kept looking around for her expecting to see her. Kara's meals have been a little more on the normal range. She still wanted a scoop of mayonnaise to dip her dill pickle in, but she tried it and didn't care for it...surprise! She had normal pancakes with syrup and bacon this morning, and hot dogs with mustard at lunch, supper was pizza and ramen noodles. This is boring compared to last weeks meals.
Kara just yelled @ Lauren, " TIME OUT !", Megan isn't agreeing that they are getting along so good at this moment. We appreciate every message that you take the time to write, we enjoy reading these. Please keep praying, we'd love to see no evidence of disease and clear scans before we go to transplant. We know God is able. We look for Dr. Furman to want do more scans after round #10 of chemo, (Kara is on round #9 now.) Please keep Stash's family in prayer, he is with the Lord now and feeling no pain! Also, please remember Madelyn Beamon & her family, and also Bryce Norwood and his family in your prayers. Maddie is at home currently under hospice's care, and Bryce went home this past Friday. It looks like he will be on hospice care also. Both families know that God can heal their children. Please help them carry their burden by lifting them up in prayer. God Bless!

17 January 2008, 6:31pm EST
Hi everyone. It's good so to hear from you in the guest book, and the nice cards. Thank you for the encouraging words. Megan took Kara to the hospital last night since she developed a fever, but due to the fact her ANC was "2100" they didn't have to admit her. They gave her a dose of antibiotics through her IV. Her fever went down and she isn't running one today. They are taking a culture of her nose since it's been runny to see if something viral. She's to watch her close and keep her happy. She's eating crazy again. She had vanilla wafer cookies dipped in dill relish. I can't even begin to imagine what that was like :-( yuch! This morning she ate pancakes with ranch dressing, and at lunch she wanted hot dogs with ranch dressing. I like ranch dressing too, but not on pancakes :-( yuch again, Kara! One day this past weekend she wanted ranch dressing with her biscuits and gravy?????? She loved it!
Tony has to work this weekend so I'm planning to leave Saturday and stay at least a week with them. Lauren is going with me and Kara was happy to hear that. Lauren told Aunt Dina today that when Kara doesn't have to go back to St Jude anymore they are going to play, and play, and play, and they'll be best friends forever. That's sounds so wonderful to me!!!!!!!!!! She also said the only thing she likes about St Jude is the 2 play rooms and the stairs. We'll have to make it a little more fun for her next time, I guess.
Let's pray for her counts to stay up and no fevers or viruses and that the cancer cells are dying off. Remember also, Bryce, Madelyn and Stash, and Carson. There's so many that are relying on the God for strength to get through each day. God bless them and you too.

16 January 2008, 10:39pm EST
Thank God for another smooth day for Kara & Megan. Kara conplained of being cold and tired and they were both itching last night. It may be a cold or allergies. Neither one of them has a rash or fever. The grizzly house is awful dry, so Megan is using more lotion on their skin. Kara's still eating good, today she's been wanting the nacho lunchables. Now I could handle this, but some of the other stuff she eats would be hard for me to get down. Megan said there is only 2-3 pounds difference between Lauren and Kara now. Isn't this great! Keep eating, Kara!
Megan wants us to continue to pray for her to keep her good appetite and strength, and that this chemo kills more cancer cells. Carson is in transplant now. His high dose started today. His mother is so thankful about this. It seems there are several little ones lately who won't be going to transplant. I checked on Bryce Norwood after my update last night and my heart goes out to them. Bryce is one that didn't make it to transplant and his scans aren't showing good news. His family is trying to be brave and he is too. Please lift them up to the Lord tonight in prayer. I've been having trouble sleeping at night, my heart is so heavy for these kids. I know I'm not the kind of person who could ever work in a place like St Jude. Yet, these children have a way of encouraging me when I'm there. They are really special little ones. If you ever get a chance...please go visit St Jude. It's a life changing experience, and you will go away feeling so much love and compassion. It's like being in a different world. If we're there, we'd be happy to show you around. God Bless.

15 January 2008, 8:22pm EST
Hi, God is GREAT!! It's so good to hear about that lady's healing that Tricia wrote about on the guestbook today. He's very much ALIVE and still HEALING!!!
Kara is feeling pretty good today. She just ate a mayonaise sandwich, some strawberry yogurt, and she's asking for another mayo sandwich............Yuch! Her appetite is sure crazy, but who cares, as long as she has one, right? They are in room #2014 @ the Grizzly House.
There's a little boy named Jordan, who has had his transplant and was able to go home, but they're back @ St Jude right now trying to find out why his bone marrow isn't working right. His ANC stays around 600. They could give him the G shot, but they really want his body to do the work itself instead of the shot. Please pray for him tonight. It maybe that something else is attacking his marrow. Hopefully they find out and can fix it, so he can go on and complete his recovery. Megan says you can tell he just feels bad too.
She went to the store today and a lady told Kara she liked her head. She pulled her wig back and showed them that she didn't have any hair either. She's been fighting lung cancer and the doctors have done all that can do, so she's going somewhere else now to try to get another opinion and more treatments. Please call her up in prayer, I don't know her name, but the Lord knows all about her. Little Madelyn just had a transfusion and more platelets. This will help her feel better, but can also make her pain increase and give oxygen to the tumors, but she's on a pain pump and it seems to be helping her to stay comfortable. She's needs a divine miracle to have her earthly healing. Stash's headache's are getting bad again, he stays in bed most of the time now. Please pray for them and their families. It's the mercies of God that our children are as healthy as they are. Please give thanks to the good Lord for your good health. It's amazing that God is giving these families the grace sufficient to help them through this, they are still praising Him and giving Him the Glory for all good things. We are nothing without Him, and through Him we can do all things!
God bless and have a good night.

14 January 2008, 5:24pm EST
Kara has just started her chemo this afternoon, she is still showing positive for VRE, her ANC is 1300, Yeah Kara!!! Hemoglobin is 9.7, Platelets are 330, her weight is the same, so she's ready for another round. She's getting Topotecan and this is done outpatient, so she'll need to go to the hospital tomorrow @ 12:30pm for her treatment and then she can go back to Grizzly house with Megan. This will be her schedule for the week, there is her clinic visit in Thursday as usual. They'll have a pretty easy week unless she gets a fever or gets real sick somehow. If this happens I'll go on down and stay with them. Tony and Erica (Brooklyn didn't go) are on their way home now, so please pray for traveling mercies for them, Tony was pretty tired when he left.
Megan asked me to ask you to pray for Stash, Madelyn and Bryce, they are having a pretty rough time right now and need God's help, and pray for their families to be encouraged and stay strong. Also, Carson Higgins is heading to transplant tomorrow. His last scans showed NED!!! (no evidence of disease) Yeah Carson!!!!! Thank God for this!!!! I'm sure Carson will be just fine, he's a strong little guy and there's so many people praying for him. He will now start the high doses of chemo and then they'll transplant his own stem cells (the ones that they harvested a couple months ago). He's a very brave little boy. God be with him and his family at this crucial time. Thank you and God bless you all!

13 January 2008, 5:05pm EST
Hey everyone, thank you for checking in and please forgive me for not updating for a few days. When Kara is home there isn't much going on. She plays everyday and enjoys being spoiled by family and friends. It is a little sad to see how she reacts to things when it's getting close to going back to Memphis. It's like she knows her visit is coming to an end and she doesn't complain, but knows she has to go back and leave most of her family behind. She's easy to cry, and gets a little high strung, and gets frustrated with herself very easily. This is our life right now and we've all come to except it as it is. Kara is our main concern and we want nothing more than the good Lord to perform one of His miracles for her. It's wonderful how everyone has been helping and supporting the family, it's like nothing we have every seen. People we've never met have shown so much concern and love for Kara. Papaw Mike was talking to a man about Kara and he's a member of this Christian Group that rides motor cycles and prays for people like Kara. He spread the word about her sickness and we've heard from several members of the group and they are praying for her daily. I'm certain because of all the prayers that this is one of the reasons that God has been so mindful of us. Please continue to pray for this round of Topotecan that Kara starts tomorrow will destroy some more cancer cells and that she'll be protected from the harmful side effects of it.
Megan & Tony, Erica and cousin Brooklyn left today to go back to Memphis. Tony will rent a car and return tomorrow with Erica & Brooklyn after they see the doctor and get Kara started on another round. Lauren & Brent are here and going to church with us tonight, then we'll take them to Aunt Dina's, she's keeping them and taking them to school this week. Tony's working so he'll get to see them for a little while each evening. It'll be so nice when the family can be together again as God planned it. I think it was just another part of God's plan that we're all here in Tennessee at this time to help with this journey that we're on. God's is truly taking care of us and helping Kara and He is so good to us. God bless and I'll keep you better informed this week with her progress.

8 January 2008, 10:13pm EST
Hi, Things are going real good in Dandridge for the Lee's. The temperature was very warm today and the kids all got to go outside for a little while. We all went to Perkins for dinner, (Tues is kids eat free night), and met a family who's child has had Leukemia and we had a nice talk with them. Their child is doing great by the way! They are thanking God for her health too. There seems to be a special bonding with families that have been through a life threatening illness like this. I'm surprised at how many children have cancer in our area. With our support and prayers I'm sure they'll be able to find a cure, hopefully soon!
Kara & Lauren came home with us while the rest of the family went to the store. We had so much fun playing. They love to pretend. They are so funny, we were animals, magicians, mommies and their favorite thing now is to lay on Papaw's massage pad. Kara wants to take it to St Jude with her and sleep on it. I'm sure Papaw will let her.
God bless and thank you for your faithfulness. Keep praying!!

7 January 2008, 7:41pm EST
Kara and Megan are back home. Kara said they went all the way to Memphis for 1 hour! She's got her times a little off, but I'm sure it seemed like only an hour to her. The doctor said her ANC was just 700, but her culture was still negative, and since she's been in the hospital so much lately and she was doing so good and wasn't showing any signs of problems it would be good for her to go home. They'll start chemo next Monday. She gained 2 more pounds too. She said when she goes back next week, she's going to gain 5 pounds. We are so thankful that the Lord is so mindful of us and shows us daily how special we are to Him. Let us never fail to Praise Him!!!

6 January 2008, 2:41pm EST
Well the visit home has come to an end. Megan & Kara are headed back to Memphis today. Amanda Ingram and her little girl Bryanna are going to go with her this time. I was going to pack a bag and then Amanda said she'd like to go this time. I know Megan appreciates me going, but it'll be nice for her to have someone more her age once in a while. It worries us for her to travel and to be there alone, it's not a good thing to be in Memphis without some support with you.
Kara is to report to the hospital tonight and get her blood checked, then she'll be ready to start chemo tomorrow. It'll be a long day for them, but it can all be done as outpatient. Then the rest of the week she'll be getting Topotecan as outpatient. This is the 2nd time for this type of chemo. It was hard on her counts the first time and put her a little behind schedule, with the Lords help she'll do fine. She's pretty tough and she seems to be feeling good, so we think her blood work will show good results tomorrow. It's always helps for her to have a trip home.
They'll be staying at the Grizzly house since she's still in isolation. I'll let you know what room she's in when I find out.
Thank you for checking in and please continue to pray for Kara and the other St Jude kids. God Bless.

3 January 2008, 10:04pm EST
I know it's been a few days since an update, sorry. In this case it's just that there isn't much happening. Kara is feeling good, eating good and playing so well. She's enjoying her time home. Today Megan took her to Children's in Knoxville for blood work and they were in the waiting room when another mother said her child had shingles and maybe they'd like to move to another seat. Well, this was scary........they moved away from her and then Megan called St Jude and told them. They checked with the doctor and called her back. As long as Kara had a chicken pox vaccine she probably wouldn't get sick. And she has had the vaccine! Thank God for this! The doctor said shingles aren't as threatening as chicken pox and unless she actually rubbed up against her she'd probably be fine. So, lets pray that she will be shielded from this virus, it could be life threatening for Kara in her condition. Megan brought the girls over tonight and Erica & I made that toffee she loves and I had sugar cookies for the twins, and Papaw had Hershey bars for them, so you can imagine how happy this made them. They didn't seem to get a sugar high, but Megan may have trouble getting them to settle down tonight. It's hard not to let them indulge sometimes. We don't do this alot....... really. It was nice to have them over and play with them. This week has gone so fast, I don't want it to be over. Thank you for checking in, and remember all our little sick friends at St Jude. Keep praying and God Bless!