Good Times

For the first time since going into the hospital Ida had an almost normal, good day. It started without fever, and a lower CRP level (106 down from 183). Around noon we went home for a while. We actually been out most of the time, Ida played in the sand box and in the swing, we had some hummus at an Israeli friend's cafe' and also spent half an hour at home. Ida was happy and charming like she always have been which was so so nice.
Here she is in her new haircut, enjoy it while it lasts...

All of the side effects from the previous post were better today and she could eat more than she did before. I don't know if it was all the distractions and the good times, or the fact that it is the end of the week. She gets her treatments on Mondays so I guess it would get worse again next week. But that doesn't matter. A day like today gives us the power to go on.
Ida does get rage attacks (when she kinda goes crazy), presumably because of the steroids (cortisone) she's getting. She also not a fan of taking her medications.
When she is happy she is so cute and fantastic, it doesn't matter how much hell we're going to be through to get her healthy. It's worth it.