my posts have been few & far between lately, but all is good. ryan and the rest of us are all doing great!!
this weekend the LAPD and LAFD will be hosting their annual st. baldrick's event. jason will be participating again, shaving his head in honor of ryan, for the 3rd year in a row. here is a link to the event information page and here are links to jason's st. baldrick's page and ryan's page. this event is lots of fun for the entire family. we hope to see some of you out there!
in addition to honoring ryan and another little boy named william, they will also be honoring LAPD officer spree desha, who's life was tragically cut short in september of 2008. spree shaved her head at the 2006 st. baldricks event and donated 18 inches of her hair to locks of love. this year, her partner and fellow LAPD officer, laura gerritsen, will be shaving her head in honor of spree. here is a photomontage video of spree having her head shaved in 2006:
as for ryan, he started a new 3-month cycle of interim maintenance. he had a spinal tap and i.v vincristine today, and did great. if you were not at the hospital this morning or if i did not tell you that he had the spinal tap this morning, you would never know it from just seeing him. he was happy and bouncing around the rest of the day. he's just a little grouchy from starting his new 5 day decadron pulse today. his anc count was quite high, at 2900 (or 3900?), but his n.p. debbie thinks its because he's getting another ear infection and has a bit of a cold and cough, and his immune system is fighting it. the cold is also causing a rash on his cheeks, 'cause he can't help but smear some of his snots as he tries to wipe them away when we're not able to catch them on time with a tissue. debbie thinks that the decadron will help him fight the infection and the rash. he will also be taking extra antibiotics the next 5 days, to try to get rid of the infection. oh yeah, he also has thrush in his mouth, and we're not sure why, but he'll also be back on nystantin to help get rid of it, especially since he'll be on antibiotics again. however, like i said, if you were to see him in person, you'd never know he has all these things going on. he's just a happy, energetic little 3 year old. we feel so blessed to have him so healthy again. the infection thing seems like just a typical toddler infection. small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
the bigs are all doing well, and so is j. things are going really well at school. i can't tell you how great i feel to have my undergraduate work behind me & i'm really enjoying my classes this semester.
that's all for now. we hope we see some of you at the event this weekend!! special thanks to everyone that has donated to the st. baldrick's foundation in honor of ryan!! muah! muah! thanks for stopping by!
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