Counts Climb....

Today has been a very good day. Dave took Simon to clinic and we were happy to hear his white count has almost doubled, his hemoglobin is up and his platelets (which are the last to come in) are going strong. We were at 99% donor cells last checked so we assume that to still be the case. We pray and ask you all to pray everyday for this to be the beginning of a long stay of good health and progress for Simon. His skin has pretty much cleared. His g-tube site infection cleared up on its own with just some granulation tissue forming around it that we will use steroid cream for and they do not want to see us for 2 weeks now. That is scary but such a milestone for us. WE have been going to clinic once to twice a week since last April so getting a week off is much welcomed. We are very happy today with the way things seem to be headed.

Yesterday I had a bad day with feeling the affects on me not being able to get him to eat much. As a mom that is a hard thing to deal with. Most of his nutrition comes from night feeds through the g-tube and he has alot of diarrhea which keeps him from maintaining any weight gain. Still he manages to keep the weight steady at just over 20 pounds. I spend a good portion of my day trying to get him to nibble on things here and there and take bottles so that battle goes on. I long for the day I am buying more food because our little boy is packing it away.

Well that is all from us here. Enjoy the weekend, the Bears Game which they will win, and thank you for keeping our family in your prayers and please keep doing and asking and praying because its helping and working and we so appreciate it. We believe in the power of prayer and God believes in Simon so onward we march. Thank you for all of your support. Our love David and Tracy I'm working on the photos, I have some cute ones.