It is hard to believe that it has been more than a month since I blogged last...I apologize to all our supporters that have been wondering what has been going on.


Last month Ben's counts stayed low until last week when they came up to almost 1500!! We were blessed by his higher numbers and took the opportunity to meet Matt's parents in Springfield, Missouri where Matt's Brother and Sister-in-Law live. They have a daughter who is six months younger than Ben. Ben and Olivia had such a blast spending the weekend playing with their cousin Kennedy and seeing their Aunt's & Uncle's (Matt's Aunt and Uncle where with us as well) and their Grandma and Grandpa too!!
Ben had an appoinment in Louisville this morning. His counts were still holding steady at 1500 so the Doctor let us know that Ben will no longer have to go to the local hospital in between visits to get his counts checked so he is officially going to be having once a month visits unless something significant occurs.
Ben had a lumbar puncture today with chemo injected into his spinal fluid. He did get sick right after he woke from the procedure so he had to stay at the hospital longer than normal until he was able to keep down fluids and food. By the time he got home he was feeling much better and even got to go to church to VBS. It was the best medicine for him to go play with his friends and sing and dance and do the crafts and to learn more about God. He is really excited to go back tomorrow!!
We did have one scare during this last month. We had to take Ben to the hospital because I thought that I had dislodged his port by picking him up and accidentally pushing on it at a weird angle. It turned out that the ripping/popping sensation I felt when I picked him up was scar tissue and did no damage to his port. So aside from not getting home from the emergency room until 1:30am we were blessed that there was not any serious damage done.
We are continueing to be blessed by all the prayers and support from everyone and please keep our prayer cover strong. We love you all and will not wait so long until the next posting!!

Jamie