Wednesday. It usually takes from Wednesday to Sunday or Monday for her to wake up. She has also been having issues with facial and eye redness and swelling after the chemo treatments. Each time it has gotten worse so we will have to ask her oncologist what can be done to help her with this. We were able to get permission from her surgeon for her to play a couple minutes of her senior recognition game yesterday (2/10). So we came up with a very protective dressing to cover her port which must have convinced Dr. Sperling (more likely it was the begging he is probably sick of hearing from Missy Petrie and Sarah) to allow her to play during sectionals. Both Mary's JV basketball team and Sarah's Varsity basketball team had fantastic regular season records this year. JV went 17-1 and Varsity had a perfect 18-0 season and they are heading to sectionals and hopefully beyond. Neil and I are so humbled by all of the fantastic support we have gotten from so many people in our little Upstate New York. Not only from our own family and friends but from so many people that we don't even know. It is also so awesome the support that Sarah (and our family) has gotten from the many school districts in our area. It is nice to see that our kids can play hard against each other on the basketball courts and athletic fields but can also come together and support a competitor when she is in need. There is no way that we will ever be able to thank everyone properly but hopefully the word will get around that we are feeling very blessed by the support and prayers of so many.
On to other news now, Mary is done with basketball as of today and she has already started right in on her next adventure which is being part of the stage crew for the Little Falls High School's production of Damn Yankees. It won't be long before she will be starting practices for the spring track and field season. Elizabeth will be coming home on Friday for a long weekend. Her next adventure will be going to Germany for 3 weeks this summer for a course in German and cultural studies. She is in her 2nd semester of German classes and is looking forward to being able to put her knowledge into practice. Neil and I are just trying to keep up with it all. It's hard to believe that in just over 2 years all of our girls will be in college and we will be empty nesters. OK enough of that nonsense.
This is an article from the Syracuse newspaper today about Sarah and her basketball team. http://highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-793235088462334169/little-falls-senior-sarah-bruins-takes-her-fight-against-cancer-to-the-court-on-senior-night/#/2
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