A Reprieve...of Sorts

Of the many interruptions to her life now anticipated upon receiving the cancer diagnosis, one awful one was that she would not be able to go to the 5SOS concert that she got tickets to for Christmas.  That's 5 Seconds of Summer.  Some band that girls love.  Aife and Luke and Biff and Tom or something like that.  Maybe it's Danny, Donny, Jonathan, Jordan and Joey

The timing would now likely be in the middle of radiation treatments.  So, the ticket remains pinned to her board in her room to mock her with the injustice.

Another, even more devastating, interruption was a planned trip to a magical land.  A happy place.  Some might say it's the happiest on Earth.  A trip planned for multiple annular cycles.

Obviously, we wanted to do anything we could to preserve that for her - as well as for the rest of our kids.  And let's face it, for mom & dad, too.  So the subject has been touched on several times with the doctors.  The timing was such that her normal major treatment in Salt Lake City would have fallen on this past Friday.  "The next round."

But, knowing what this meant to Matti - and her family - the doctors consulted and decided that she would be okay to rest a week and a half between treatments so she could go.  And tonight, it is clear it will happen.  She is so looking forward to this.

A reprieve.

A week of happy.  Only focusing on happy.  And maybe even Doc or Dopey.

And really, we are all really looking forward to it.  She had another blood lab done on Friday and her counts were strong - a very good indication going into this week away.  The Monday after we get back, it's back to life.  Back to reality.

But for one week, it's all about escape. Adventure and fantasy.  Frontier and tomorrow. Dreams and wishes.  Diamond celebrations, if you will.