Logan has had an awesome day! This kid is amazingly strong. He has been playing the Wii most the day as well as playing w/ Lego’s. He also invited his roommate, Ben Towne, over to watch a movie w/ him. We are about 15 minutes from finishing treatment 9 of 20. Yes…we are very fortunate to have the Towne’s as roommate’s again. Ben is doing great…as I type this he is out riding in one of the cars that Logan bought at Toy’s r Us. Logan is sleeping very peacefully right now. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers.
Well here we are the night before we head up for yet another week at the hospital. Tonight we had a BBQ at our house w/ some friends and family. Logan had a blast and played real hard. At 8:00 when I went to put Logan to bed I was yelling for him and could not find him….I finally heard him yelling to me upstairs. He was so tired, he put himself to bed.
We want to send a very special THANK YOU to our extended family at Logan’s school Fruitland Elementary. Earlier in the year they had a carnival on Logan’s behalf. From the proceeds they bought games, Lego’s, and 4 Wii’s to donate to Seattle Children’s hospital. They actually bought 2 and Nintendo matched their donation w/ 2 more! Logan will deliver all the games tomorrow….he is so excited. Fruitland also gave us $500 in Shell gas cards…that will help so much w/ our daily trips to Seattle…THANK YOU, THANK YOU! On Friday Logan stopped by his school and brought his class doughnuts. They were all so excited to see Logan and he was so excited to be there. One of his classmates, Hannah, saved one of her prizes from field day to share w/ Logan….THANK YOU HANNAH!
Well I will keep everyone updated on our week in the hospital. Please pray for an uneventful week this week. This last three weeks we have had our Logan back…playing real hard until he can barely walk because he is so tired. We have met some amazing people through this fight, a lot of them….I just wish it was all a dream. I wish I could wake up tomorrow and send Logan to school…I would go to work….I still would want to know all the amazing people we have met though, Thank you for every one’s thoughts and prayers.
Logan’s appointment went well today. The only real surprise is that he has lost 3 pounds. He has been eating so well so that really surprised us. All that boxing on the Wii is burning a lot of calories. Kelly & I have also made the decision to continue w/ the experimental treatment. The reason we have is because they are not going to give Logan the IL2 medicine anymore that made him so sick in round 2. The next three treatments will now just be the antibody he got in round 1 that he seemed to tolerate o.k.
Attached is a great article written by Executive Editor, Jason Hickman, of CBS Max Preps, Inc. about Logan Fest basketball tournament this last weekend.
Logan, Peyton, & Kelly are home….they brought aunt Kim back w/ them! Back to the hospital tomorrow. Logan has a normal “check-up” appointment tomorrow. We are also scheduled to be admitted on Monday to start round three of the experimental. As I was driving down the driveway Logan saw Chloe in her garage….he made me stop the car, he ran out yelling her name. They stopped, both hugged each other, and continued to play for the next hour. There are a lot of pictures from Logan’s vacation. I will try to get them onto the blog (sideshow) by this weekend.
Well I am home….w/ out the family. I flew back a week earlier because I need to return to work. Kelly, Logan, Peyton, & Aunt Kim will be flying back next Wednesday. Of course I have only been away 9 hours and am already having withdrawals. Logan promised me he would call me everyday.
Logan is having a great time in NY. Today after they dropped me off at the airport Logan and the cousins went to the Syracuse Zoo. Everyday Logan has stayed busy. Over the weekend while Kelly & I were away at Kelly’s friends wedding Logan & Papa went to Lowe’s (where Uncle Joe works) and did a building project. Logan has built a small wood basketball hoop, 911 emergency frame to place by the phone, & a picture frame. Uncle Joe & Aunt Amber got him his own tool kit & case. He has been carrying it around non-stop.
Kelly’s friend Becky was married over the weekend (the wedding was amazing)….the reason I mention this on Logan’s blog is because it was so amazing to be across the country and have strangers coming up to Kelly & I and hugging us and giving us support. Kelly’s Mom & Dad have really been sharing Logan’s story around Norwich, NY. They do it to generate awareness for Logan’s cancer but also, like us, it is a sense of relief for them to to have friends around town know what is going on. We went to lunch yesterday downtown to a place called The Ontario. Logan’s picture and story were above the register. It was really neat to see and Logan thought it was awesome. Thank you Larry (Papa), Bonnie (Nana), Joe (Uncle), Amber (Aunt) for all you have done for Kelly & I. Words can not explain our appreciation. THANK YOU!