Dear Friends and Family,
Happy Belated Easter.  Ours was indeed a happy one followed by a much-needed spring break.  Quincy could not wait to go to bed the night before Easter so that the Easter Bunny could hop to our house.  She, Brody and Keenan, were up early to find all the eggs the Easter Bunny had hidden in the house along with the many goodies in their Easter baskets.  It was a great family day and week at our house.  Quincy had quite a memorable spring break as she learned to ride her bike without training wheels.  Given her many brittle bones from her radiation treatments, combined with her low blood counts from her recent chemo, we were two pretty nervous parents.  She however, showed no fear and picked up riding a "two-wheeler" very quickly.  She spent hours each day perfecting her new skill.  While her brothers raced around her yelling encouragement, she was quite content with her new talent and had only a few minor bruises to show for it.
Quincy also enjoyed a whole month of birthday celebrations.  We finally had her "Butterfly/Spongebob Squarepants" birthday party at the beginning of April.  A Spongebob jump house was set up in the back yard and Quincy and her girlfriends jumped the afternoon away while working on butterfly crafts and munching on butterfly cookies and cupcakes.  She received many great gifts and cards, but her favorite one was something she and her brothers have wanted for a long time - a family pet.  She is now the proud owner of a Russian Tortoise, whom she named Mickey.  He is a vegetarian so he fits in nicely with our family.
 
On Thursday, April 8, we met with Quincy's doctor and also started round three of the new chemo regimen, which was completed on April 12.  The good news is that the lump on Quincy's leg has not grown any larger since its initial appearance and has probably even shrunk a little bit.  It looks like the new chemo has at least stabilized the advancement of her tumor.  Quincy handles this treatment well, although the new chemo is a lot harsher on her system.  Unfortunately this past Saturday night Quincy had a bad earache and high fever so we had to take her into UCSF where we spent a couple days, but thanks to intravenous antibiotics, it was not a long a stay. 
Next week Quincy will have another set of scans: a CT of her chest/abdomen/pelvis and an ultrasound of her leg.  The results of the scans will give us a report on the effectiveness of her current treatment.  We are at the point were Quincy is evaluated every couple of weeks to determine the next step.  If the scans show the recurrence of her cancer is still localized in her leg, it is likely she will have radiation therapy on her leg to buy us more time.  Seeing how happy she is these days, in spite of all she is going through, we desperately want to keep buying as much time as we possibly can.  In the meantime, we continue to hope and pray and find a smile in each day.  This past week was very easy to find that happiness.  As parents, there is nothing sweeter than hearing your kids camped out together on their bedroom floor in sleeping bags laughing the night away.
Good Blessings to all.
 
Love,
 
Roger and Lisa