Just wanted to update everybody. Last night we had a little bit of a set back as Marykate had been doing really well. She got up and walked around twice yesterday and was feeling relatively good. Last night she was getting really exhausted and sick just standing up and walking a few steps. Turns out her hemoglobin count (red blood cells that carry oxygen) had dropped to 7.3. Normal is between 12 and 18, and they usually give a blood transfusion at 8. So....she will be having a transfusion this afternoon and that should help alot. It's a bit of bummer because she doesn't have the energy to do her physical therapy, so we'll have to put that on hold today. She still cannot eat anything and feels sick from the pain meds. It's kind of a catch-22 because in order to get off the IV meds she needs to be able to keep stuff down but she can't keep stuff down....because of the IV meds!

Overall, things are going very well. She is healing up nicely and we are all encouraged. We talked to a prosthetist today and are encouraged with options that may be available. Because her shoulder blade was preserved, the options are better.