It's all about the Attitude

Carson's pesky ear infection from four weeks ago is back! Ugh. Naturally it decided to manifest itself with a fever on the afternoon of Christmas day. Off to the ER...again. This time, however, we hit it with three rounds of antibiotics instead of two. Tonight was our last round. Hopefully that will do the trick.

So here it is another Christmas...and here we are at another hospital. Although some things have changed from last year, many things remain the same.

For instance, last year at this time Carson was in the middle of heavy treatment and playing with cars. (See image 1.)

Image 1: Irrefutable photographic evidence that Carson was indeed in the middle of treat (notice the missing hair) and was playing with cars. (2009)

But this year different. This year we are in the middle of treatment (not quite as heavy) and playing with cars, BUT NOW WE HAVE HAIR! (See image 2.)

Image 2: Irrefutable photographic evidence that Carson is still playing with cars, but now has hair! (2010)

If it weren't for the hair, I'm not sure you'd have notice much of a change. And that brings me to the three lessons I have learned from watching kids battle cancer:

Lesson 1: Attitude.
Lesson 2: Attitude.
Lesson 3: Attitude.

Okay, that sounds like buying a house, doesn't it?

Thinking about where we were this time last year, I came across this short video from the hospital. Check out these kids as they run around the pediatric oncology ward, hooked up to IVs and no hair. Nothing will keep them down!

Boys will be boys - even when in the hospital and hooked up to IVs.
(Carson is the one in the black shirt with the nerf rocket.)

Carson and the other kids teach us through their attitude. No matter the problem, they are grateful for when they feel good and always find a way to enjoy every moment of every day.

And I really like that.