Sunny, Happy Days

I've stolen away to the Safeway grocery store near St. Casimir's to make use of their internet connection. Henry has been doing absolutely terrific right now. He's already eating on his own without the aid of his internal feeding. Occasionally we notice that he's unable to hear a sound here or there, but nothing severe.

His counts are beginning to rebound as expected. His sisters are down for a long weekend with Grandma Linda and he's been having a ball. He's ridden his bike, taken walks, played hide and seek, learned to jump (yes - he's catching air!) and seems to have simply boundless energy. He's not fussing when taking his medicine which, along with flushing his catheter daily, are the only things we have to do now for maintenance.

We make two or three trips per week to the clinic to check his blood levels and give him any blood products he needs, which to date has only been one unit of platelets. None of us would have ever guessed that less than several days out of the hospital he would be running and jumping! He's truly enjoying life right now as are we all. Along with his health, the weather has commensurately improved, spring is in full bloom and warmer days are allowing some outside play.

So for the time being we will forget that our fight is not yet over, that we still must discuss radiation therapy, that this isn't yet a 'cure', that his prognosis is still difficult to realize despite his current mood and behavior. For now we will bask in our sunny, warm, happy days and be ever so grateful for them.