Hello everyone,

I hope all had a nice Easter.  The skies were sunny and beautiful!  Dallas is doing very well these days.  Her hair is growing so fast, I really feel that the wig will not be needed sooner than later.  She looks like the old Dallas did - her color is back, her weight is near where it was before all this started and she just simply is acting more and more, dare I say - normal....

One of her BFF's, Perry is in town and I dropped them off at the movies yesterday.  Later in the day, Dallas told me that was the most normal and regular she felt in a year.  It was really good to see her be able to go to the mall and movies on her own, not having to be pushed in a wheel chair or not having to have dad make sure no one comes close to bumping her leg.... 

Dallas and grandpa go to Syracuse on Tuesday to have her "good" leg scanned.  These scans will be reviewed by Doc Healy at Sloan.  He will then determine when her surgery will need to take place.  This procedure will be to actually stop the growth plate in her good leg from functioning.  Since he could not save the same growth plate in her left leg, this will ensure that her legs will grow in balance to each other while using 3 growth plates in each leg instead of the 4 that all traditionally have. 
This pending surgery has thrown a wrench into her Make a Wish plans for the summer.  Dallas was granted the wish to meet the Jonas Brothers but their summer tour dates and her surgery do not match up.  So, Dallas is pondering a new wish for this summer. 

We have a full set of scans coming up the 3rd week of May, they will be looking at the new spot on her lung to verify it is gone and to give her a good look at head to toe - please continue to keep the prayers and positive mojo flowing.

Thank you to everyone that have been keeping in touch with us and checking in on us -

Bill I
(dad)

ps - this is for Perry's mom Chris, GO STEELERS!!