This has been quite a month. I am sorry that I have not been able to keep up the blog as much. I still have limited access to the internet right now. I appreciate everyone's patience in this!!

Ben's appointment was on the 31st of August and it went well. He was scheduled for a spinal tap. They tested his spinal fluid for leukemia cells and injected chemo into his spinal column. This went well and so far has reacted well this time to this treatment. He also recieved another chemo drug in his IV port.
I had to take both Benjamin and Olivia into the primary care physician because two weeks ago they started having cold syptoms. Ben, Olivia, and I all had ear infections in both ears and had to be on anti-biotics. They are still having syptoms of this nasty cold and they also caught a viral infection that had them both sick with vomiting and diarrhea. We had to take Benjamin to the hospital on Tuesday night. We got there and he was dehydrated so they gave him IV fluids they also checked his blood for infections and found the gastroenteritis virus present. He had a bad cough from the cold so they x-rayed his lungs and they came back clear. Finally at about three A.M. on wednesday morning he kept down food and water so they released us to go home. He is doing better today and although Olivia is going back to the Doctor tomorrow because it seems that her ear infection is worse, at least Ben has not had the same problems continue.
On top of all of this I am dealing with Olivia having lice. We are not sure how she got it because we don't go out much around other people, maybe church or somewhere else, but we are dealing with and seem to have it all under control. The local news station just recently reported that not only is lice going around the schools and daycares really bad it seems to be that they are not getting this outbreak under control with over the counter options. Even though my kids are not in school or daycare it seems that this outbreak is pretty extensive for this little county. I feel like we have been through the ringer this month but here is the amazing news. Even though this has been a tough couple of weeks this is the FIRST time in over one year that Benjamin has gotten sick at all and I can only PRAISE GOD for this miracle. I find it amazing that a normal four year old not being sick in a whole year is really rare, not to mention a immune suppressed one!! GOD IS SO GOOD!!

THank you all so much for your support. Please keep us in your prayers!!

Love Jamie