Keep Kira Smiling: Getting Close

Kira has been very busy since the last update.
⁃Attended 13 full school days, which also included spending time with friends after school.
⁃Completed 3 more rounds of Chemo.
⁃Participated in the Terry Fox run at school and completed one lap around the sports track on her prostethic leg.

⁃Attended and dropped the puck at a Medicine Hat Tigers vs Red Deer Rebels exhibition hockey game played in Stettler.

-Started piano lessons.

⁃Attended a Calgary Stampeders game courtesy of the "Every Yards Counts Program". Kira got to go onto the playing field and again meet Randy "Chevy" Chevrier #56 who visited Kira at the Alberta Childrens Hospital back in June, Bo Levi Mitchell #19, Keon Raymond #25, Rob Cote #26 and Deron Mayo #42 after the game.

Kira has been practicing with her leg and is getting stronger and more confident each day. She is also getting a full head of hair! When at home and attending school we are getting a taste of what normal life will be like and are looking forward to being finished with Chemo Therapy. This week Kira is in Calgary for her final round of Chemo. This is the one we have been looking so forward too, however there are many mixed emotions. This has been the center of our world for so long, and we have met so many great people at the Alberta Childrens Hospital over the last 8 months. Following the Chemo Therapy there will still be numerous trips to the ACH for tests and scans and also to have the main line port removed from her chest, not to mention trips to see Jon, Kira's leg guy, who is nearly completed making Kira's final leg (until she grows enough that he has to start the process all over again!) which will be lighter, more durable, better looking and more comfortable than the temporary leg she had now!
Kira's doctor has given approval for Kira to travel 2 weeks after this last chemo session is complete. We will finally get to take the trip we had booked back in January, before Kira was diagnosed with cancer, to Palm Springs to relax and unwind before completing the final tests and port removal surgery. These will not require extended hospital stays and should be completed by Christmas so we can so finally unpack the suit case and stay home for while.

The road trips back and forth to Calgary are exhausting!

Leg fitting.

Music in the Sun Shine Room, Kira loves this!

Our cousin Cindy threw us a "3 More Chemos" pizza party to celebrate!

Things tend to get messy in the Sun Shine Room! Right up Kira's alley!

When at home, we always have to go check if there is any new puppies at Home Hardware! Kira LOVES dogs and can't wait to get her own puppy one day!

Kira is learning to play the Ukulele in The Sun Shine Room. She's learning a One Direction here!

Kira's Beads of Courage are growing!

A "2 more" party!

One of our favourite people in the hospital! Cindy, our Child Life Specialist! She has sure helped make our hospital stays a lot more fun! We are going to all miss seeing her all the time! Kira gets upset thinking about coming to the end of chemo because she knows she won't see Cindy as much. I told her we will always come back and visit!!!!

Kira at the Terry Fox run! The school gave Kira a "Terry's Team" cancer survivor shirt to wear for the race! Her and a few of the teachers rocked the red shirts!