Good news...

Today is day 76 from Eric's bone marrow transplant. He is doing pretty good, he is getting chemo again today so a long day. Usually Eric will not feel well for the next few days after chemo but then starts to feel better. We are excited the kids are coming today for Thanksgiving break and we can not wait! :) They will be here all week coming home next Monday so it will be nice for them to see Eric feeling better than when they were down in September. He was doing pretty bad then and they commented on how weak and tired he looked so I am glad he is a little better now.

I am posting another picture of Eric, he is looking pretty good. A little stronger and he has been able to gain a little bit of weight back. About 7 pounds which is good. Eating still about 2 small meals a day not much of an appetite but better. Drinking alot of water, they need him to flush his kidneys good so he really tries to have at least 4 liters a day.

We have some really exciting news that we have known for a little bit but we didn't want to jinx anything so we really tried to not get our hopes up to much but the doctors have given us permission to book our flights home for 12/7/09!!! YEAAAAHH! That is 2 days before Chelsea's 16th Birthday which we have been trying to get home by all along. Now the doctors have stressed that this is just a target date but if anything happens, any set backs we will not be able to leave so we have to really be on pins and needles until that actual date. I pray Eric will continue to improve and that we do get to come home on 12/7/09.

I am so thankful to the Lord for all the blessings we have and will always be so grateful for all our blessings! I know that this journey we are on is his plan and that we are being directed, guided and protected. I am very thankful to Eric's donor and his family for the unconditional love he has and look forward to the day we can meet him! I have such mixed emotions this week with the Thanksgiving Holiday. I am so grateful we can be together as a family and that we have Eric with us doing well and responding to his bone marrow transplant but I am also a little sad that we are not home for the holiday and spending Thanksgiving at home. We are so grateful to our friends the Clark Family for their love and support, we will be spending Thanksgiving with them and we are so excited!