Wren's Tests

We arrived home a few hours ago and the girls are settling into bed. Wren chanted "Big House! Big House!" for most of the 14-hour long drive, at least when she wasn't busy poking Chloë. It felt like a pretty long drive, but thankfully the weather was beautiful and spring flowers were in bloom along the roadside. The rivers were all bank-full and silty brown.

We had a fantastic trip down by way of the ferry from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy and were fortunate enough to see four humpback whales, a few black bears on the shore, and a pod of hunting killer whales. We also had great visits with Grandma, Papa Georgio, Uncle Mike and the kids, Nana and even Great Grandpa in Victoria who was very happy to see how well Wrennie was doing. The camas lilies in Victoria were in full flower--spectacular.

Eventually we made our way to Vancouver and on Tuesday Wren had a long and difficult day of tests including and MRI scan, blood work, urine test and a bone marrow biopsy. After we left the hospital, Wren slept for several hours. What a brave kiddo. I pretty tough day. This was followed up by a one hour MiBG scan on Wednesday and a half hour MiBG scan on Thursday.

The good news is that all of these tests have shown no signs of cancer. We haven't had the full results from the final MiBG scan, but all other tests are negative for neuroblastoma. This is a tremendous relief.

It is so good to be home again.

Then again...Hawaii was pretty fun...