Oooo, new computer!

I'm writing this post on my new computer. It's the cutest little baby laptop you ever saw! It has a 10 inch screen (about 5 x 9 inches), and the guy at Best Buy called it a "netbook," because I guess it's not good at too much other than for using the internet. It's my new computer for Houston, where I will be leaving for in one week. I'll be there for an entire month, so I'm considering thinking of it as my "summer home," though convincing myself I'm taking a vacation is proving slightly unsuccessful....

Mini Me

Scenes from the hospital

By now, we're pretty used to hanging out in our second home the hospital. Here are some pictures of us in our new digs. I have to apologize for the sideways photos. They are so tacky, such bad form on a blog, I know. But I have tried to flip them and it isn't transferring from iPhoto to Blogger and I'm doing this from Noelle's hospital room while trying to get her to sleep and I'm all out of patience.... So please bear with me and turn your head 90 degrees to the left as needed.

The day after her tumor was removed. Still pretty sedated and not wanting to move.
But look at all those lines! She's one hooked-up little lady. The gauze on her chest is covering her central line, keeping her from pulling it out (the surgical incision is just under her abdomen, and is glued shut).

Starting to feel more like herself, with Aunt Nanette. Two days after surgery they put in a "nose hose" to suction her stomach, which she had about three days. It calmed her vomiting.

Feeling a little dopey from the morphine, but we are happy to see her sitting up:

The morning after her first full day of EATING, feeling much more chipper:

It's now been one full week since her surgery. Would you believe the tumor measured 8.1 x 6.1 x 3.4 cm?! Pretty big for a baby. But she's healed up nicely, and so this morning they gave her a blood transfusion, and started chemo this afternoon. She'll be good to go home tomorrow or the next day! Yippee!