Day +83: walking better?

Mina Brigitta's walk seemed to improve a bit today. She's still pretty gimpy, but both Keri and I independently thought she seemed a little better. Again, she really wants to be moving around and active. In addition to climbing the stairs, yesterday she took her first ride on her new hobby horse that Zeedie and Russell sent. She loved it! Also, Dr. Loh called just to check in. She hasn't really been involved in Mina's care much since the transplant team took over, but she obviously cares a lot. Amber bumped into her in the hallway the other day, and Dr. Loh just said "How is she?" Anyway, she had seen the radiologist's report and she said it didn't sound that bad. She also said kids continue to grow new bone tissue well into their teens, so there's plenty of time for her to recover from the osteoporosis. Tissue death would be another thing, so we'll just have to hope there's none of that. The MRI is actually planned for this coming Tuesday, not in a couple of weeks as I posted yesterday.

Otherwise she seems to be settling in really well. It's hard to believe we've been home more than two weeks already. This is now the longest stretch we've had at home since her relapse in January. One of the interesting things is how she's adapting to what is basically a new life. The other day I was eating raspberries on my cereal. She used to love raspberries (she'd put them on all five fingers and then eat them off) and she noticed right away and asked for some. When I told her she can't have them right now, she said "Other house!" She remembers having them before at the other house, but understands and accepts that she can't have them right now at this house. Sometimes I tell her she can have something "soon". Not that I think she understands that, but I feel like it's better than just saying "No." Well, the other day I asked her to do something, but she was occupied and didn't want to do it. Without even looking up at me, she said "Soon!"