Saturday 3 September 2011

Taking advantage of "Go Play"

Tonight Jaidyn, Dustin and I went to my bestest friend Tashi’s "going away to university party". (I say bestest because we met when she was 3 and that’s what she called us- add a lisp as well). I was actually kind of nervous to have Jaidyn around a lot of people since it would have been the first time since the diagnosis. Although her doctor did let us know her levels were really great and she had to go ahead to “go play!”

She was really excited to go to Tashi’s party, with her hair in pigtails and chips and pizza in my purse (just incase she got hungry). We got there and everyone was excited to see her, especially the kids. She was shy at first but it didn’t take long for her to start following Tiya around and even was jumping on the trampoline. Tiya is 11 years old and reminds me of myself when I was that age, taking care of all the kids. And I can’t thank Tiya enough for what she did for me that night. The simplest thing, was her walking across the yard to the trampoline with Jaidyn made me realize “this is all going to be ok”. The reason I say that is because I hadn’t seen Jaidyn so happy, and have so much energy in over 3 weeks.  These steroids have taken a toll on her energy and happiness and I cannot wait for them to be over.

So Jaidyn had a great night, and it was so nice to catch up with family friends I hadn’t seen in a while, plus the Serbian food was amazing.

All in all it was a great night.

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