3 Months.

TIME SURE FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN! IT'S BEEN 3 MONTHS SINCE RYLIE COMPLETED HER CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS AND ITS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF FUN! 

RYLIE STARTED DANCE! 

WE'VE PLAYED AND PLAYED AND PLAYED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS! 

AND... THE BEST NEWS OF ALL...WE FINALLY FINISHED OFF THE LAST OF HER PRESCRIPTIONS! WE ARE OFFICIALLY CHEMO FREE! 

THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN FULL OF SMILES, LAUGHTER, AND SUNSHINE. SMILES WE'VE TREASURED. YOU SEE TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY FOR OUR LITTLE FAMILY... TOMORROW STARTS THE FIRST ROUND OF A SERIES OF TESTS RYLIE WILL NEED TO HAVE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO DETERMINE IF THE LAST YEAR WAS "SUCCESSFUL". ANY TUMOR GROWTH COULD MEAN A NEW CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOL- ANOTHER YEAR OF CHEMO... ANOTHER YEAR OF PUTTING LIFE ON PAUSE. 

THIS TIME SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE MORE TERRIFYING THAN THE LAST. LAST TIME WHILE WAITING FOR SCANS WE WERE COMPLETELY IN THE DARK.... THIS TIME WE KNOW. WE KNOW WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY LIE AHEAD. WE'VE SEEN THE NASTY SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMO. WE'VE WALKED THROUGH THE SLEEP DEPRIVATION. WE KNOW WHAT WERE GETTING INTO. THOSE THINGS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN HANDLE. THE THOUGHT OF TELLING RYLIE SHE HAS TO START CHEMO AGAIN LITERALLY RIPS OUR HEARTS INTO PIECES. IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND. 

THIS WEEK HAS BEEN FULL OF EMOTIONS- AT TIMES OVER TAKING OUR BODIES. I'VE BEEN FROZEN IN FEAR MORE TIMES THIS WEEK THAN EVER BEFORE. I'VE BROKE DOWN AND CRIED AND BEGGED GOD TO WATCH OVER OUR GIRL, TO GIVE HER THE CHANCE TO KEEP HER LIFE THE WAY IT IS. TO JUST LET HER BE A KID. 

TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY. WE'VE GOT AN AFTERNOON FULL OF EYE EXAMS, AND WHILE WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE MRI RESULTS ON THE 17TH FOR COMPLETE ANSWERS-TOMORROW SHOULD GIVE US A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL LOOK LIKE. CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND TOES. SAY A FEW PRAYERS. AND SEND ALL THE POSITIVE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE OUR WAY!