Party at Mayo

My parents, little bro Jonny and his wife Jaimee and I went to see Lans last night. She quickly scribbled a request:

No crying, no sympathy talks, no good byes. . .our girl told her mom she is going to exhaust every option available to her, so don't go there.

So while the pics I captured don't show it as well as I wish they did, we had a blast being together with her. We talked and laughed (mostly at my little brothers expense ;)), showed her pics of her boys, told funny stories. . . and I think I snapped pics during the politics portion of our conversation. We had such a great time.

Her cute eyes are still doing there own thing, but she seemed a lot better than last week when I saw her. She was wiggling her feet, she stood for 2 minutes during physical therapy on her own, and while she still had her trach, she is breathing on her own. She was a little frustrated she couldn't smile, but overall her pain was down and she was in great spirits.
Notes from our girl: if you want to do something send an inspirational quote or picture to hang in her room- just one will do so she doesn't get overwhelmed. Our girl still requires order - chemo doesn't cure OCD ;). She kept her white board very clean. :) Love her. Notes are great too, but there is no room for flowers.

She was so happy that Matthew gave her huge hugs when Ben brought the boys in. She was worried he would be scared of the tubes, but I told her that to a two year old boy the machines and tubes make her AWESOME! So thankful he hugged her so tight.

Love this:

And when she sleeps we just like to look at her with wonder. She is just so beautiful and inspirational.
And we like to hold her hand and massage her piggies.. . .

We just love our girl.

Many thanks to the many many people who have written to share their love as well as naturopathic suggestions and support.