Here's my favorite of many that were taken of Zoe and her older sister Sky (age 8) just a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful Girls!

Hi All!
Thought it might be time to update some photos of Zoe since it's been a while. This was a day at the big park by the Willamette River in Eugene. It was actually my birthday (mom), and it was truly a wonderful birthday! I felt such gratitude in my heart that day that I thought I would burst with joy! Watching Zoe play and laugh was the best present ever!

Last Monday we made the trek to Portland for CT and MRI scans, as well as an endoscopy of Zoe's posterior nasal pharynx. It went pretty smoothly, and we incorporated as many distractions as possible for Zoe to make the trip mostly fun with a little yucky, rather than the other way around.

We stayed at the Ronald McDonald House next door to Emanuel for the first time. It was really nice, and sooooooooooooo convenient! We literally woke up at the crack of dawn, and walked across the parking lot to check in at the hospital. So much easier than driving from Eugene at 3am to make the 6am check in, or even staying across town with friends and driving for 20 minutes when you're half asleep. The only down side was that we had to return, and wash all our bedding and clean our room before we could check out. Oh well, it was worth the zero dollars we had to pay for it, plus there was "community" food in the fridge that we ate, and cool toys for Zoe to play with! We managed to connect with some friends while in town too, and Zoe had a great time.

As for the results of all the tests, we waited patiently for a week to hear something, and then Henry caved and called Zoe's oncologist's office. He didn't actually speak to Dr. Shardy, but was given the message from her that Zoe's scans show that she is "largely unchanged", and that her pharynx is where it is "expected" to be in the healing process. We are still waiting for a phone call and some more clarification, but all of this sounds like good news! We're getting closer to Boston finally!