September
Sept 18th...
Well I can't believe that it has been so long since I updated Mikey's website. Lets see .... where do I start...except for chemo our lives are so normal I keep forgetting to update this site...well it is overdue now!!
Camp this year was as wonderful as ever. Mike even gained 1 1/2 lbs at camp this year.. yes on camp food... and instant breakfast of course. (we pay him a quarter for every one he drinks...expensive kid.. but whatever works eh?). Mike was a little upset this year leaving because he thought that because he is off treatment next year when it is time to go back that he couldn't go because his caner is gone.... he was so happy to hear that he can keep going back...
Since summer camp.. Michael has gained 2 1/2 lbs... pretty awesome eh? But he keeps growing taller so he still looks skinny.. but it is hard on mom's back so I know that he weights more.
When we returned from camp Michael also decided it was time to learn to ride his bike with no training wheels..mom and dad definitely were not ready.. but Mike was... we took him to a soccer field so that if he fell at least it would be a bit softer. Well he was off and to our amazement never fell except when he had to stop or turn a corner.... he would just jump clear of his bike..yikes!!
Well now he rides up and down the street and to school with no problems.. still scares us but we make him wear his knee and elbow pads. We have realized that we really do have to let him grow up and be normal... after all he feels totally normal and well and we have to remember that when we have our little panic attacks...
He is now in grade 1... finding it tiring but managing. He is not in speach/language therapy anymore. He scored at his age level for speech and slightly above his age for his language skills. He will be assess soon for his occupational therapy within the school and hopefully that will start soon.
He is also learning to read and print... also his French is really coming along and that is because of his memory skills I am sure.
Well on September 26th he goes for another LP and starts his prednisone.. yeah! only one more prednisone to go.... hard to believe that there is less than a year to go on treatment now....
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