Finally a Little Good News

Now it is only a little improvement, but today Avarie was actually awake for a little while. And while she was awake she let us talk to her and even looked at us a couple of times. She then also watched Dora. Craig and I are ecstatic. We can't stop smiling. It has been a while since there has been any acknowledgement from her that this is just huge for us. I think the chemo is killing off some of the leukemia and the antibiotics are working slowly on the infections and the pain meds are helping to ease some of it. I feel like we've turned a corner.
Craig is with her tonight and I am home seeing my other babies and just being able to take a deep breath and relax at home for one night. Then I will be back up there the rest of the week because Craig has to work. He has taken almost the entire last two weeks off because there has just been so much going on, but financially we just can't afford to take any more time off. Well honestly we couldn't afford to take that time off either, but it was necessary. I'm nervous about how the next couple of weeks will go, but I know we'll get through it and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will get to bring Avarie home. My goal right now is before Thanksgiving.
Please keep praying for us and know how grateful we are for all of your continued support. I check the blog often and love reading responses and knowing who is out there. So everyone this is an order from the Giles Family, give a little smile right now because today showed us hope and that deserves a smile. So no tears today, today is a smile day.