Fundraisers

We wanted to take the time to say a big thank you. First we want to thank our friends Sophie, hubby's friend all the way in France, and Elizabeth, my childhood friend, for taking the time to start the fundraisers for our daughter and all that they put into it. We'll never forget this huge gift you gave us and it helped us out more than you could have imagined. Second, we want to thank everyone who was able to donate their time, money, gifts, and well wishes towards our daughter Sophia. It means so much to us that people that knew Israel, myself (Priscilla), and people we don't even know that care about Sophia and what she is going through. It's been a tough road to walk down with our little girl so anything and everything that people gave to us is a huge help and is greatly appreciated. Thanks to these funds we were able to pay off a big portion of her hospital bill as well as be able to take her on an outing that she'll surely love. We also wanted to let you know hows she's been doing for those that don't really follow this blog. Sophia has been doing really really well. She made it into her last phase of treatment which is called maintenance and it will last until August of 2014. This last phase consists of her only having to go to the hospital once a month. She will also be receiving chemo at home once a week as well as be on steroids 5 days out of the month. She is finally back to the silly, cute, and adorable little girl she was before all this happened and then some. We sure have gone through a lot with Sophia the last 8 months and we are finally able to relax a little with fewer hospital visits. Thank You once again to everyone who was able to give out of their own funds. May you all be Blessed!

Below are several pictures of what Sophia has been up to.

Thank You and God Bless!

The Estrada's

Top- With cousin Aly at the Arboretum

Bottom left- With cousin Levi at the Arboretum

Bottom right- An Easter picture

Top left- A bookshelf I made for majority of the books that she got from the hospital

Bottom left- Storage in her room of some of the gifts she's received well at the hospital

Right- A cute pose & feeling good

Top- We got to do a free photo session courtesy of an organization at the hospital

Bottom left- Lunch after the photo session and loving mommy

Bottom right- Sophia & Mommy watching the rain out the front door

Top left- With little brother. Sibling Love and yes my son has the craziest hair ever

Bottom left- Little brother loves to watch Sophia play & she loves to make him laugh

Right- Sophia playing dress up at her cousins house. She loves Rapunzel

A visit to The Aquarium of the Pacific with family

Fun in the Sun!

Without her port she wouldn't be able to do this, due to her picc line,

 without having to wrap up her arm a billion times so it wouldn't get wet

Back to Normal

A short and sweet update:

Sophia made it to Maintenance!!! She barely made but she made it!! The doctor had told me that sometimes kids don't make it to maintenance right away and it could take a couple weeks. I though for sure she wasn't going to make it because she's been a little sick but nope, her little body is fighting and her counts were good enough to start the new and final phase!

Sophia should end treatment sometime in August of 2014 (can't wait) so from now until then her treatment plan is as follows: She'll be going once a month for a doctor's visit where she'll also get a chemo treatment and every month for 5 days she'll be on steroids twice a day. Every Monday I'll be giving her chemo at home in a form of a pill and She also will be taking a med called 6mp every night. Also every 3 months she'll be getting an LP w/chemo. We're finally going to have somewhat of a "normal" life. Normal meaning what it used to be like for us. Life is going to get so much better more awesome from here on out. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Over the weekend we had the opportunity to attend an event called Time to Smile. Time to Smile offers a free photo session for patients and their families. They sent us home with a CD of over 60 pics and two framed pics. What a great weekend and week we are having!

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.

Praise Him, all creatures here below

Praise Him, above ye heavenly host

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

Amen.

She was about to take of running here. 

A little something I did for my Ballerina.