Stella's birthday festivities kicked off last Saturday, when she and her mom, sister, aunts, grandmothers, and great-grandmother all went to American Girl Place to celebrate. Male family members were exempted in an effort to preserve their sanity. I am told that a wonderful time was had by all, including several dolls who participated in tea and had their hair styled professionally. Really.
Her actual birthday--yesterday--featured a visit by me and Adrianne to Stella's classroom, where we brought many, many cupcakes. Her classmates treated Stella to a couple of wacky versions of "Happy Birthday" before consuming the cupcakes in five seconds flat.
Last night, the four of us went to Stella's favorite neighborhood spot, Otto, where Stella feasted on her favorite lentil dish, along with piles of pizza and pasta, topped off with a few scoops of gelato (with a candle in it, of course). All in all, it has been a great birthday week.
We just got home from Hassenfeld, and Stella is looking great. Her counts are now down close to where they should be, but still high enough that the doctors are having us increase her 6-MP slightly. This kind of on-the fly adjustment in dosage is par for the course in maintenance, and there will likely be many more tweaks over the next 19 months.
That sounds like pure heaven! Happy birthday Stella!!
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