Bennett’s Dr. appt today went well. His Dr. decided to keep him on the same chemo dosage for now. I was glad to hear that because I’m not confident that his ANC will stay at the higher end. She did say for us to check counts every 2 weeks instead of weekly. Bennett weighed 132 which is good.

Bennett was showing off his pictures of the ducks that they got duck hunting and I was showing off his magazine article. Everyone thought it was pretty awesome.

I asked his Dr. about him falling while playing basketball. I ask that and tonight he didn’t fall for the first time! She said it probably is from the chemo vincristine which he got today thru his port. He doesn’t fall going up and downstairs so she felt like his dosage was good for now. She said it would eventually go away when he is done with that chemo which is July 2010.

He took 10 methotrexate chemo pills today and also began taking 10 steroid pills daily for 5 days. The only good thing about the steroids is that it increases his appetite but Bennett hates of how they make him feel.

We went straight to St Louis when I picked him up from 1/2 day at school for his appt. We did stop by to see Ryan’s Mom in ICU and Ryan is the same today. We went straight to his ball game in Harrisburg. We lost by 26 points. Bennett did get to play every quarter and actually quite a bit. He made one basket, steal and a few rebounds.

We were watching Bennett running up and down the court. We see something and couldn’t figure out what was on the back of his legs. When he sat down on the bench, Sid could see that it said “Ryan” on his left side and “Coe” on the right side. He wears ankles braces and than tapes his ankles over that and Bennett had wrote his friends name on the tape.

We might of lost the game but I walked away having the best feeling. My son played quite a bit of the game after having chemo treatment today. And he played it from the bottom of his heart for his friend Ryan that is fighting for his life.

“Ive always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.”