Happy New Year!!!

Everything was fine over Christmas – we were blessed with so many gifts, sweet words of encouragement, and all around love! He has already busted out many of the books and has started reading them. The legos have been put together, Wii games played, remote control cars raced, and movies watched. Taylor and Andrew were both pretty excited about their new nerf guns – the love for each other is shown in such sweet and loving ways. Plus we have had quite a bit of family time without a million appointments so we were very grateful for that.

He is still having fevers, and not drinking enough – his calorie intake is still low so we are logging all the food he eats and are trying to keep it above 1,000. Even though he gets mad when we ask him what or if he wants to eat, we can usually get him to drink a Boost drink to keep those calories up. I have started giving him 500ml of IV fluids every night at home to keep him property hydrated. Even though it is a long process, a little more than 2 hours, he looks much better after it has completed. We call it his happy juice because he is usually more pleasant as well.

His next round of chemotherapy is now scheduled for the 14th – 16th instead of the 7th – 9th. He just had another MRI of his brain and spine Tuesday and Wednesday to follow up from the radiation. We should get the results in a couple of days.

Thank you again for all your love and support, kind words, and prayers!

Andrew getting juiced up

Getting warm by the fire

Nerf Hunting

Andrew playing with Sammy, a friend’s puppy

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