Happy New Year!!!

We want to wish everyone have awesome New year!!
We praying that 2011 will be better with no hospital stay, less labs and have better year we ever had!!

Here is some update from our last check up we had early this week:
Anna's labs are doing well, they did found out that her platelets are deformed, they would like to repeat that test to confirm that results are correct. When platelets are deformed they can't clot properly and it makes any small cuts to bleed. If that will confirmed, then we will have to follow with oncologist. We also still waiting to see neurologist.
So beginning of the year it will be a little busy, then i hope we will be done with doctors ;-)

Here few favorite pictures from Christmas
This is the best picture "Grandpa playing "Hunting" game":


Louisa and Anna playing "Dance2 game"

Gymnastics

Last weekend Anna had her competitions level5. She did it very well got score 31.775 and now she is can work out level 6 and be ready to compete this level in February.

Tomorrow Anna has appointment with hematologist up at Doernbecher. This will be our first visit official with him, he did met us before several time wile Anna was admitted and he want to order some testing, in order to get them done Anna had to be off her treatments. Now that she is off the treatments it is better time to get some testing running.
I will try to update tomorrow night or on wed. how the appointment went


Anna is been doing well, some time she has some sign that shows, that she will get relapse, but by that evening everything goes away. She still struggling to keep her iron up, as soon as it goes up it drops back down. There are some other concerns we have, but i don't have permission from Anna to share until we know for sure what is going on.

Anna is back in Gymnastics and love it!!! She did had hard time at the beginning, as she took almost 2 yr brake, but now she is full time and ready for competitions. Anna is selling Entertainment books 2011 to cover her competitions cost. Let me know if u would like to get one!! They are $25 thanks



I will try to take some pictures this week to post them here ;-)

Carring Cabin

This summer we had awesome vacation at the Caring Cabin. This is awesome place for kids and families to relax and enjoy. We be able to invite our friends to stay with us, we had total 15 people.



Anna by the gate ;-)


This is where we stayed.





Kids are waiting to see play room ;-)


That is play room




They have awesome lake



View from the lake



Anna and Julia loved swimming













That is how many kids we had ;-)


We did lot more stuff there like crafts, BBQ, visit Tillamok cheese factory, roasted marshmallows by the lake....

We finished our trip with beach visit ;-)

Kegan

Kegan lost his battle to cancer and earned angel wings. We will miss him!!!

CCA Celebration of Courage

We went to CCA Celebration of Courage 15 yr. party.
KIds had blast, they love it. There was Face painting, crafts, games food and desert!!!

Our family picture ;-)


Boys


Anna


6Ft tall cake, we got to eat at the end ;-)


There was, an exceptional group of 25 children & teens who represent the thousands who battle life-threatening ilnnesses with strength, grace & character. They released beautiful doves ;-)



On the way to the car after the party.

Our summer

We been enjoying summer this year, we trying to keep kids us busy us we can. Last 2 years been home, hospital, home, because of Anna's treatments. This summer we been doing everything what normal family will do in HOT days SWIMMING. How nice to be eble to go and do stuff with out thinking that someone can't.
First in June Louisa and i took trip to see my mom for her 60th Birthday. It was a BIG surprise for my mom we never told her that we coming to visit her and will be there for her celebration, the most fun part was every one in Russia knew i will be there and made effort to make it for the celebration.



I didn't see my mom for 5 years and it is been too long, i promised to her i have to see her every year if i can and not every 5.

Anna is been doing well and back to gymnastics. She is very excited to see her friends and getting ready for competitions, they will be starting in October. She did had few colds and we were happy to see that didn't trigged her AHUS. We will have to keep close eye on her once she starts school. Everyone here is excited to go back to school next week and i will have 2 kids in High school, Anna will be in middle and Misha will be in his last year elementary. Time goes soo fast.

It is been almost a month since i post anything on my blog. We all been doing well we have some surprise coming up i can't post it here because my family checks this blog ( Sorry Sasha and Mom). I will try to get surprise pictures as soon as it will happen. Here are few updates that been going on in our family

Anna is doing well staying away from her treatments and enjoying gymnastics. We finding out several things that i will have to bring it up on our next doctor appointment, one of them is allergic hives in the last few weeks.







Misha is in outdoor school this week and will be coming home tomorrow. Last week he did Awesome 3000 run. He been looking forward to run and can't wait for next year.






Enoch is finishing his middle school and trying to decide where he wants to do hight school at the North or Chemeketa collage. In collage hight school he can take hight school classes and collage at the same time and will graduate early.

Louisa is finishing her 10th grade, enjoying babysitting and can't wait for planted surprise to come.

Another we saw a baby possum and kids wanted to keep it as a pet. Well we decided to let them look at it and take few pictures ;-)