What a day....It really was not a great start today. Shannon (mom) was not feeling so great through the night and woke up with a sore throat. That is not uncommon for any of us right now, but when you have a child with no white blood cells, its bad. She had to call in sick today and that left the door wide open for me (aunt Tammy) to go help! What a blessing for me to be able to spend some time with Seth today, here's how it went:
When I arrived Seth was asleep. About 45 minutes in he woke up - happy! We started coloring and playing with a couple of little toys Great Granny sent for him and then we really got crazy! The Child Life team specialist visited and asked if Seth would like a mat in his room. This is like a gym mat. They use them to encourage play time. WELL, in order for that to work, we had to give his room a makeover. This included moving his bed and opening up his room nice and big. When we did that, there was no turning back, Seth was off and running! We played on his mat for quite a long time and he actually was happy to get dressed, in clothes! Uncle Nick came for the next shift and they played and looked out the window and really moved around. The funnest part of the day was when we had Seth laughing! Oh that brought tears to my eyes, it was awesome!
Seth's white count in at 0 as I mentioned earlier. He cannot go home until that is up....and, something else I learned is he can't start the next round of Chemo until its up! So, please continue to pray his white count will start coming up! Also, don't forget to pray for mom and dad...they are tired and need the strength! Thanks for all the love and support! We love you all!
It is good to get some fun news about him being able to play. It is good to know exactly what needs to be requested in our prayers. He and mom and dad are in our prayers many times a day. Are these symtoms he is having after Chemo to be expected? SKW
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