Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 01:51 PM EDT

Another summer gone...hard to believe.
Sam's doing well, and is now in Pre-K at Precious Resources.

She continues to make progress on her legs, and PT is going well.
She's also made tons of progress w/toilet-training, and wears "big girl panties" much of the time. She's wearing new bifocals now, and her last 2 kidney checks have shown no major changes; she returns to Children's in December.

She had an MRI in July to check for usable veins for any future surgery needs, and it seems there's plenty of access, so that's good.
She visited both Shriner's hospitals over the summer.
They were pleased w/her progress in Lexington, and she'll return in 6 mos.; she doesn't return to plastics clinic in Cincy for a year, so things look good there. She did well at the dentist this last visit (she threw a fit 6 mos. earlier).

She had a GREAT time on her first vacation ever in Cape May, NJ; see the gallery for pics. It was so nice to finally get away. Sam's now looking forward to the county fair next week, and to Halloween next month as well...she says she wants to be a chicken again, which would make the 3rd year running. Good thing the costume still fits!

As always, thanks for keeping Sam in your thoughts.
/s/ Jessica

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GLAD you had a nice summer, Sammy!
Enjoy School this year!

Stand by while I collect some photos ...