Hello -

So,  did anybody happen to catch the Super Bowl?  GO STEELERS!!!  Dallas wanted a Steeler game jersey so we got her one last week and she wore it all day Sunday.  I always knew she was a smart kid!!

Dallas is doing really well these days.  She has been spending the weekends in her bedroom upstairs and actually slept in her upstairs room last night.  I think we are pretty close to moving her back up there for good and gaining our dining room back!!  She can walk up and down the stairs on her own ( with the assistance of a crutch and handrail ) now but we limit this to only when I am not nearby to carry her up and down.  Her hair continues to grow and soon will need to start thinking on how to style it and hopefully, maybe getting rid of the wig! 
She has an appointment next Monday with Doc Healey and the team.  She will get a full round of scans and such then on Tuesday she gets her port out!!  This is a pretty big deal - this all started with her having the port "installed" now we end it with having it removed!!
Dallas really wants to shed the walker at school and use her crutches - we are leaving it up to her to address this with Doc Healey on her own.  So, we will see if she gains the courage to have this important chat with the Doc.

I want to once again extend a great big huge thank you to all out there that have said prayers, sent kind words or games, puzzles, made blankets, hats, contributed to the fund and just simply thought of us and Dallas.  Everyone out there really did make a big impact on all of us and helped us get to where we are today.   It is truly sobering to even try to wrap my head around how great, kind, open and giving people can be when there is a true time of need!!!

Bill I
(dad)