8/6/05 -SORRY FOR THE DELAY!!!! Hannah has been doing AMAZING the past week. She has started eating small amounts of food and KEEPING IT DOWN! She spends the majority of her day awake and is BUSY doing activities. She is keeping mommy and daddy on their toes. Hannah remains in her isolation room BUT NOT FOR MUCH LONGER. Her blood counts have been rising SLOWLY but have now reached the MAGIC number. If they stay consistent for the next 2 days she could get out of the isolation room and into the step down room (one step closer to going home). HANNAH HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS!! She has started her PHYSIOTHERAPY. She is able to get up out of her bed and walk a few steps on her own. Pretty good since she has spend an ENTIRE MONTH in bed. She also does some exercises kicking and throwing a ball on a floor mat. By next week Hannah should be ready to have her LONG AWAITED blood test. This will determine if the bone marrow transplant was successful and the bone marrow in her body is 100% the donors or if there is any of her own remaining. WAY TO GO HANNAH!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!