Time at home

Happy holidays everyone!

We are having a relax Christmas at home, only the three of us, which is nice. Ida got a lot of presents, naturally and is very busy taking care of all her dolls. She calls basically everything which is smaller than her "baby" (pronounced "bibi"). She has quite the entourage of dolls; most of them have no hair, of course. She has a couple of mini-strollers to drive them around, a doll-bed etc. Ida takes care the dolls are getting food, sleep and the occasion medical procedure (like putting in a needle - Ida cleans the area, punch it with a pen and then put on a bandage...).

She seems very well - full of energy and mostly happy. She sleeps less but unfortunately also eats much less. In fact it's been almost 2 weeks that she eats very little. She does have some kind of infection in her stomach and maybe also in her ear. It breaks down like this: the cortisone she was taking may cause ulcer, so Ida was taking a medicine for that. This medicine may cause this stomach sickness so now she is taking some antibiotics against that (which, in its turn may cause bad taste in the mouth so she doesn't eat...). It doesn't really ends.

Anyway, on Monday we'll go in the hospital for a 5 days treatment. Beside the treatments in the hospital (every fortnight, and later once a month) Ida is taking 2 chemo drugs in a pill form. Those medicines may affect her blood value; especially her white blood cells (make her sensitive for infections).

Despite this apparently grim post, we are all doing well. I was working a lot before the holiday so it's great to be off for a while and spend time with Ida. She talks more and more and is very bright.

I, Ida and Camilla are wishing everyone following this blog (and those who doesn't, too) a happy Christmas or Chanukah and a fantastic New Year.