....the long and winding road

Well.

Here we are.  Sitting in the Cleveland Clinic surgery center.

Emily will have procedure to remove the mediport from her right chest this morning.  This is the device that has received chemo therapy drugs, IV fluids, antibiotics and pain management drugs along the way.

We have sat in this building a few times and I will always remember  those dates February 15,  2012 and how uncomfortable she was then.   She could not stand, sit still or sleep.   She wheeled out of OR right into M50 for the first time.  I remember room 4 and thinking to myself, "this place will be home for us this year".

Then there was May 14 2012 and the limb salvation operation, all 9 + hours of it.   By then, she felt good and knee pain and swelling gone.

So...the long and winding road has brought us full circle.  Today, December 6, 2012 marks the start of a new chapter in her life, all our lives, including folks like you who read this.   Your thoughts, prayers, acts of kindness have mattered and made this journey bearable.   Emily had a quote in her high school yearbook at Walsh Jesuit, "Be The Difference".  You all have done this and we are eternally grateful.   Emily has been "the difference" to all of us.

MOMMA ! and Daddy-O