10/06/2014
It's been 3 months since out last post. Nick had some bad news concerning a couple of the children at Sloan Kettering who, like him were fighting cancer but didn't make it. Those are the worst news for us, they hurt and we just don't like sharing them. During these past 3 months, Nick has continued building up his strength by working hard on his legs and muscles. He continues taking chemo every night and tons of pills during the day. Physical therapy and lately soccer are keeping him as good as a child with leukemia could be. He had issues with his ankles due to some of the meds, he had to wear braces but he's better now. He looks good and he feels good.
Tomorrow, 10/7, is his 3-month bone marrow scan. Time flies when you are in maintenance. You have 12 weeks of peace doing exactly what the doctors tell you and then comes that dreading day when you know your world can change again but you pray and have faith that your child will be among the lucky ones; the anxiety comes back and your fears take over. It is difficult but the results will be here before we know it and like many times before, we know the doctors will tell us that he's still good and that his treatment is still working.
One day at a time has been our motto, we try to give our kids as much happiness and as many memories as we can, every day, every weekend, we try hard because we know, better than many, that life can change in a second and that what you have today may be gone tomorrow, so today, we pray and stand strong for Nick, for his treatment to continue being effective, for his bone marrow to continue being clean, for his body to continue resisting all this chemo, because we need him, because we love him, because our world will cease to exist if things were to go wrong.
Please help us pray for good results tomorrow.
