Energy to Spare

Our war on leukemia. Our 84th day of a 1,278 day treatment plan.

Just a quick note to share the highlights of the past few days.

• On Wednesday Jennifer had to take Carson back to the clinic...tubie wasn't cooperating. The nurses worked their magic (as usual!) and they did their chemo and were out in a matter of minutes.

• On Thursday Carson was back at the clinic...as scheduled...for chemo and blood work. Unlike Wednesday, tubie was very uncooperative and the nurses had to break out the heavy guns to coax it into working again. All went smoothly once tubie started working again...EXCEPT, Carson's hemoglobin turned out to be low.

• On Friday Carson was back in the clinic once again...this time for a blood transfusion. Ugh! Thankfully the transfusion went smoothly. No reactions. Carson was up and around during the whole process. Usually he sits around and watches a movie. Yeah, not this week. This week he was up and moving around the entire time, talking and playing nonstop.
  

Today we spent the morning at a fund raiser walk for Growing Hope. We saw a number of the nurses and staff from the clinic...even a few friends came along to join us. I'm not sure if it was the transfusion or not, but Carson had more energy than a case of Red Bull. I swear...not only was he was all over the place, his jaw was moving nonstop all day long. Carson's been in bed for a couple of hours, but my ears are still ringing!

The important part is that Carson and Francesca had a blast today. Hey...we met up with friends, climbed all over a train car, played on a tractor, and had the pizza buffet for lunch. What else could you ask for?!?

On Monday Carson heads back to the clinic. Next week is basically a repeat of this week...please pray things go smoothly and Carson continues to do so well.

Paul.