Out of the Pit

Well, she's out of the woods for now - so "relieved" may be overstating it, but woo-freakin-hoo!

After a CT scan on Tuesday, we got the feedback from Sick Kids today that Beth has no signs of the LCH in her brain at this point, just some debris in her inner ear from the surgeries. 

And no more meds for now - awesome - thanks for all the prayers and support.

The bonus is that she goes off to overnight camp on Sunday, run by Sick Kids.  It's called Camp Oochigeas and includes water sports, so now she can enjoy getting wet without having to worry about her PICC getting wet.  Double awesome.  A little long and 2 years old, but the best video I could find:

Meanwhile, to give Maggie (#2 daughter) her due, she started a drama camp this week at Actone School of drama in Pickering and is enjoying it tremendously.  She's always had the boldness of a stage performer (or any kind of performer really) so it fits for her.  Hopefully the drama of her adolescence is still a couple of years away.

And I've decided on a theme song for my 40th year - actually it keeps finding me, and I keep resonating with it:

I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you

I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I'm still running

You broke the bonds and you
Loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for

Ok, ok it's not Shakespeare (or John Donne...), it's U2, but it speaks to the combination of faith and longing that kind of fits where I'm at. 

Actually, I thought about their song "40" (based on Psalm 40) but it's more of a redemption song.  I don't really feel like I was the one in a pit and had to wait patiently for Him to pull me out, Beth was. 

Then again, someone clearly "inclined and heard my cry".  And we will be singing a new song, for sure.

Ok, two video clips this time - can't leave out the early Red Rocks performance: