Making the plan for Lulu's radiation treatment

Today I'm thinking about...

How lucky I am
Having the best people around me
Having a healthy. mostly pain free back
Being the best person that I can

This has been a very busy week for me. Monday through Wednesday I get to the office by 6:15 and usually I'm not returning home until late. I spend a few hours with the kids reading book, playing games, and just wrestling around before going to bed by 9:30 or so. I've been so tired, but satisfied about the work that we're doing for our patients. Today was the first time in 8 months that Lulu, Rasika (Dr. Zeff), and I have been in the office at the same time (but only for a meeting about the future schedule for Dentistry for Kids). I could feel my stress level fall many notches with them both just being there. I couldn't wait until all the doctors were going to be together as a team in the office just a few months away.

Lulu and I officially have a fussy baby. Lourdes has been keeping us up at night for months now (well mostly Lulu, especially on my work days). We've tried all kinds of things to get her to sleep for longer then 4 hours. As the months go by she seems to sleeping less and less then the previous months. We tried changing the formula and the bottles we use to feed her, but nothing seems to be working to get her satisfied? But even as much as she's crying, somehow she cries in the cutest way. I have noticed that she is smiling more this last week, and really follows your voice with her eyes. It seems that her hair grows an inch daily? There's a portion of her hair that's much longer then the rest, and it sometimes seems that she has a bad toupee? I'm so looking forward to spending more time (even if that means getting up 4 or 5 times a night) with the little snuggle girl.

Tonight lulu and I have had a discussion on how the radiation treatment in SF will effect my work schedule, the kids school, and what to do with Lourdes and Hamilton the youngest? So far we hadn't been able to find the solution to the treatment that she need the end of this month. We do know that she will be starting radiation on Monday January 25, and will be getting the radiation Monday through Friday and that it will last for at least 5 weeks. Let and pray that the radiation will prevent Lulu from ever having to confront this cancer again?