January 3, 2009 (Part II)
We will try to catch up for all the time lost by not posting Mia’s progress sooner. Mia had a good Christmas and loved opening all of her presents. She is spoiled rotten and we love every minute of it. She has been getting really strong chemo drugs lately. It is stronger than her little body has ever had. This phase of her treatment is called Delayed Intensification which last a total of 56 days. She has gone to the hospital every Tuesday for the past three weeks for this treatment. On December 30th she had a break and didn’t need any chemo, but her ANC was 0. We were warned that she will probably lose her hair in the phase of her treatment and they were right. She is losing it. Right now she still has a little hair but you can see her whole scalp through what little hair she has left. We asked her if she wants to cut it off but she doesn’t want to. She says "I want it to fall out by itself." It will break your heart just looking at her, but she is a fighter and is probably stronger than I will ever be. I know she is in remission and we are grateful and thank god everyday but it still breaks our hearts. I am not worried about Mia at home and around family and friends I just don’t want her to experience the pain that the cruel world will inflict on her. The stares and looks from strangers. I don’t want her to feel that!! She wants to go buy some cool hats. That will be nice.