Maintenance Day 34

Its been a long time since the last blog so will try and keep things brief.  Hopefully our time away from the blog is an indicator our time has been adjusted to living life again.

Nathan has had a month of going to school and is adjusting.  Every day has its trials and tribulations but he is progressing which is the main thing.  He has also gotten back into hockey and music.  Our last visit to the clinic was Dec 14 and although his neutrophils were good, his platelettes were only 47.  Nathan was taken off of his chemo drugs for the week and he didn't play any sports this week.  We will go again to the clinic on Monday to see where his counts are at.

Carter and Nathan had their Christmas school performance on Tuesday night. Roughly 320 kids on and off the stage and they did amazing.  Carter says he doesn't like to sing but does so well at it.  Nathan was tired but still managed to get on stage and participate so we were happy to see him up there.  Carter also had his piano recital Friday night and did very well. It amazes me how they don't mind getting up on stage.

I have been busy shopping and wrapping while Arron has been busy making the skating rink in the back yard. He tried to level out the area where the rink was going and he got it close but it is taking a lot of effort to flood it.

The kids are excited for Christmas and we are busy with preparations.  Hopefully one more solid day tomorrow and we should be able to enjoy next week.  We will have a nice break before the start of the new year brings my return to work full time with days off for Nathan's clinic visits.