Done With Stella's Third Chemo Treatment

On Tuesday Stella had her third chemo treatment.  She did great.  While she still cries a lot when her port is accessed, it seemed to be a bit less scary for her this time.  Crossing my fingers that it continues to get easier.  Stella also kept repeating her mantra of "I am doing awesome" and "Tussy is doing awesome" throughout the day.  :-)  Tussy is her five year old friend who is also getting chemo.  It is pretty adorable to hear her little two-year old voice say that over and over, and she amazes me with how tough she is. 

It has been nice getting to know Tussy and her mom.  Tussy has a JPA just like Stella, only in a different location in her brain.  This is her second round of chemo.  In the last 4 years of dealing with this and getting multiple rounds of chemo, we are the first people they have met that have the same type of tumor.  Just shows how rare this type of tumor is. . .

So far, we have been able to avoid Stella getting sick again.  Thank goodness for Zofran!  We give her a dose as soon as we get home from chemo and again right before she went to bed.  That seems to do the trick.  She is also getting more comfortable with her port.  She is now happy to show people her port and will lift up her shirt to do it, but will not let anyone touch it or her shirt in that area.  She is constantly saying "don't touch my port" to me. 

Rob was able to come hang out with Stella during this chemo treatment and Stella loved that!  I've posted a pictures below.   

 

Getting settled in!  We went to Michael's craft store and stocked up on all sorts of fun arts and crafts for Stella.  She loves it. 

Drawing some glitter glue pictures with Daddy.  :-)  Rob had a court appearance in Truckee and then headed straight to Reno to spend some time with Stella. 

Blowing kisses goodbye.