Ally is home again!

Ally was released from the hospital today. Her ANC count did not really go up, (as I thought) but the doctor let her go anyway since her fever had stayed below 101. She is taking a double dose of antibiotics at home and is due back in on Friday for more chemo. Yes, more chemo. So she will go a full two days before we are back downtown at the hospital again. About two hours after she got home, we had to head back out to a previously scheduled appointment for her wig. So that pretty much wore her right out. By the way, any guesses as to how much a wig costs? Her's is real hair, if that makes any difference for your guess. Oh yea, $598. Geezy. We did get a break on it, because there is a special fund that pays for them for children. Which is very nice. So we got it for half price. I just had no idea. And.....for the first time in a while, we had dinner at home. Together! Thank you Coach B and Miss Paula for bringing it over for us.

I have an opportunity to lay out there for anyone that is interested. Our loyal friend, who a lot of you already know, Larry Booher, started looking into bracelets for everyone to wear to support our brave girl. Awesome idea. After investigating, he found out that the color for leukemia is orange. I wanted them to say "Ally's Army" and have everyone wear them for her. I think she will see everyone wearing these and know that we are all behind her every step of the way. She has to fight the fight, but we will all be right there with her. I wear a Livestrong bracelet...I actually got it when my Dad had his cancer in 2002. When my Mom was diagnosed, I put it back on. I have never taken it off. When Mom passed away, they took her Livestrong bracelet off...and put it right onto me. So now I have three...not sure how long I will keep wearing the Livestrongs. But Ally's Army is not coming off until we beat this! Here is what they look like:

Sooooooo....Larry has kindly offered to manage the bracelets for us. We are asking a minimum donation of $3 per bracelet. He has both an adult size and a youth size. We have about 250 bracelets total, but who knows, we may need to order more! Every bit of that $3 is going to go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We are raising money for that organization and will also be doing a walk in Ally's name in October for the same charity. (More info on that later) I think they can be mailed pretty easily, if you kindly pay him for the stamp. His email address is booher1@sbcglobal.net I am not sure what this is going to do to his poor email account, but contact him soon and get your bracelet!!

They are also available at the Mills-Morgan offices at 3500 Pentagon Blvd, Ste 500 in Beavercreek. (the 5-story building behind Sam's Club) A limited number will also be on sale at the Clark golf outing (which I think might be this weekend). Brad Barnett should be able to help with that.

Thanks for stopping here to check on our brave Ally girl and for supporting her (and us) throughout this whole ordeal. We are thankful for all who have joined in Ally's Army.