I arrived at the Grey Hound station late Wednesday night/Thursday morning at about 3 am where Mr. Todd graciously picked me up to come home. The morning started out very early. Em, Mackenzie and I had a huge breakfast. She said that yesterday morning was great for her because she finally had a full meal. Emmy ate a bagel and a half, tons of fruit and nutella. During breakfast one of her friends from home came to visit, Mike. We hung out at the kitchen table and Emily got to visit and catch up with an old friend.
After breakfast we hung out at the house for most of the day and had the chance to catch up on SLU life. We watched our teams favorite movie.... BRIDESMAIDS, and of course quoted almost the whole movie. Throughout the day we had a ton of visitors. Ali, her mother, Greg, Johnny, and Lindasy just to name a few.
For dinner we decided to go to this nice little burger restaurant called the B Spot. It was great to have everyone there and hang out just like old times. After a long day we headed back to the TeamEvans household for some popcorn and a movie night. After a huge debate on what movie we should watch, we decided on The Sitter. SOOOOO FUNNNY!!
So time to talk about how Emmy is actually doing! Back at school I remember Emily being this wonderful, free spirited, bubbly girl, and that's exactly the girl that I've seen. After the rough past couple of days she's feeling a lot better. Slowly but surely she is getting her appetite back which is good to see. Sometimes she does get frustrated from the little things. Last night during our movie she did have to be hooked up to the fluids because she wasn't drinking enough water throughout the day. Today she is headed back to the clinic to hopefully remove the needle that hooks up to fluids each night. It has been irritating her, so getting that removed is huge progress. Next week her blood counts will be dropping which means that she will be susceptible to any kind of illness and they have been preparing very well for that. There are hand sanitizer bottles everywhere!
Overall Emmy just wants everyone to know how much she appreciates all the love and support, it means the world to her family. It was absolutely breathtaking to be able to see her like this. One of my biggest fears this week was to see Emily in pain and that was the complete opposite of the girl I visited the past day and a half. Just remember that when you are at your lowest of lows, there's always a positive point in everything.
It was wonderful to see you and your family in church this afternoon although I have to say I got so choked up that I messed up the descant on "Where You There", much to the amusement of my son, Conor! Happy Easter, Emily and Teamevens! Everyone is thinking of all of you and sending love!
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