Hello and checkin in:
Nick had a great week and even went to the Halloween party at Prospect Hill (daycare). His friends were very excited to see him and he dressed as spiderman. The kids trick or treated through each room and enjoyed the junk food after. He was tired after all the activities and we left a little early to go home and rest. The weekend has been challenging because his medications makes him tired, moody and active. The leg cramps and tiredness are new and we are working on helping him with the pain. Nick has shown us he has a high tolerence for pain. He is not afraid to give his orders to us and let us carry him to the bathroom. He spiked a slight fever tonight and we are waiting it out to see if we need to go to the emergency room. More to come.
We enjoyed getting together with our family today after Thomas's baptism.
Nick is an amazing 6 year old fighting T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He was diagnosed at 4 years old on Oct. 15, 2008 and here is the story of his courageous battle. This day changed our lives forever. Nick seemed very healthy at the time and the only signs we noticed were swollen lymph nodes on his neck. At first, we thought it could be a virus, but after 2 rounds of blood tests, the doctors confirmed our worst fear, cancer. This site is to show how strong our little boy is.
Update:
Nicholas finished treatment on 11/18/2010. He will continue to go for blood work for the next 3 years. He is still in remission.
1 comment:
Shannons -
So glad to get this blog to keep up with all of you. Know that we are praying for Nick and all of you - we have lots of other people praying too. We love you lots!
Mike & Tish Vandiver
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