The neuro surgeon came in last night to tell me that he thought the fracture should heal on its own and that there appears to be no damage to Simons brain and no bleeding or fluid. There is inflammation between his skull and the skin layer which should subside. This should take at least 6 weeks to heal. There is a small chance there could be a complication when the bones fuse back together but he says it is very small and we have to follow up with him in February. I cannot even go to where my emotions are. Today Simon had to undergo a skin biopsy for this infection that surfaced and is now on his skin and terrible in his mouth. They are running cultures and slides on it. His medicine was switched and he will start something new today to try and help it while we wait for the cultures to come back. He and I are exhausted. They have talked about sending him home next week, we hope we can clear the infections and get out of here. His WBC is down today as is his platlets so please pray for Simon that all comes a better place with all of this crazy infection stuff and we can go home and stay there. We hope his donor cell counts are still up and will stay there. They will draw vntrs again next week. Thank you for the calls and e mails and the prayers. We so need a break.

I gave Simons g-tube a good cleaning yesterday and put the mepilex foam on it and today it does look a bit better so maybe, that is going away, we can hope.

Take care, enjoy the many holiday things going on around town and most of all keep sending us prayers.

"Those things we consider difficulties are often God's opportunities for our greater blessing. We must trust, BELIEVE, HOPE and continue to walk the path he has laid before us. We will prevail. Simon will prevail. So onward we walk. God Bless Love Tracy and David