Bennett is doing Great!  His energy level seems about the same.  It probably will take awhile for his counts to normalize and his body not to have any traces of chemo in it.  Or he could be just having a lazy summer which he really needs.    He goes to weight lifting 3 days a week. 

 He is taking about 4 pills twice a day which are for side effects and calcium, vitamin C, and milk thistle supplements.     I started him on milk thistle twice a day which is a herbal supplement that supports a healthy liver.   He had so many high liver levels through out the years that I figured it couldn’t hurt.  His Dr. wanted him to wait to start taking until after treatment.

He went to the orthopedic Dr. last week for his elbow.  Dr. wanted to give him a cortisone shot but after realizing he was a leukemia patient, he decided he would wait.  He is supposed to go back in a month and he may give him the shot than and also do a nerve study if his elbow is still bothering him.  It’s not a nagging pain but it’s still there, sometimes better than others.

Lindy is doing well after her gall bladder surgery three weeks ago.  She is able not to eat more foods but is still watching what she eats.  Her and Bennett are into playing mario which is probably good since it’s so hot outside.

Hamilton is doing great.  He has had his cast off a  month last Friday and had a follow up appt with the orthopendic Dr. in St. Louis.  She x-rayed his leg again and it looked great. You barely now can even see the scar tissue of where he broke it.  He finishes his sixth week of therapy next week.  We don’t expect he will need anymore. He has come along way in just the last week or so.  He was limping but that has improved.  He has been playing baseball and football for about 3 weeks.  

We will check Bennett’s counts this weekend and his first “no chemo” appt is Tuesday.  Many people have asked, how does it feel with him not taking chemo anymore?   Honestly “scary” but I try not to think about it and just pray everyday that God will bless Bennett with keeeping him in remission forever!

“Then he arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.  Mark 4:39