Hospital Happenings

This last week could not have gone smoother. Everyday, Livi received several visitors all of which were willing and did spend plenty of time with her. It was so great to have all these people from our new ward visit, whom

we hardly even know, and friends that we met upon moving to Vegas. 

People did crafts with her (she was hard to find in her room as most of the time she spent in the craft room), brought projects for her to work on, played games and just hung out. The rest of us, Bill, Aaron, Grandpa Ellison, Grandma Michiels, Papa Claycamp, and I all benefited greatly from the visits and

 delicious food that filled the "family fridge" at the hospital. On more than one occasion Olivia mentioned to me how she was the most special cancer kid because she had so many visitors. Especially having most her grandparents there was such a great treat.  Here are a few pics from the week.

This is seconds after the nurse pulled her NG tube out Thursday morning. One child could not possibly have more JOY!

On Friday, for Valentine's Day, some military personnel from Nellis came to the hospital with their bomb disarming robot. It passed out Valentine bags for all the patients. Alejandro, the cutie in the wheelchair and Livi even got to control it. Livi made it pick up a pencil! Very impressive skills.  Livi was the most outgoing of the group and so the soldiers took to her a little more than the 

 other kids. Lucky for her, she got to name the robot. They wanted to name it Olivia, she didn't like that idea. She came up with a different one, they got a Sharpie and made it official.