Update...

Well it has been a little longer than a week sorry about that.... Eric has been doing ok the past few weeks his blood counts have been kind of strange going down consecutively which we are a little concerned about. This game of cancer doesn't have a play book, we don't always know what is coming our way...a curve ball, walk or sometimes we strike out!! ( Can you tell we are in the middle of Austin's baseball season ) Well I think we are just experiencing a little few too many strikes lately right now in a row then we want. The doctors tell us to not worry to much but as many of you know we have learned sometime that despite them telling you not to worry you still do and sometimes those worries turn out to be us having a gut feeling about things and they end up being something you find out later is worth worrying about. I am hoping that these last few weeks with Eric's counts going down and he has had a few days that in his words " feel like when I first got home -sluggish, weak and just not feeling very good" that they end up just us being worried for nothing a few curve balls....

I am sure we are just being paranoid but sometimes I just can't stop thinking about those weeks before we were suppose to come home-around Thanksgiving time and Eric all of the sudden started seeing his platelets falling each time and they kept telling us not to worry but then after several weeks they finally listened and did more testing and that was when we found out he had that EBV virus that he had to do chemo for the next 4 weeks right before we came home. Again I am sure we are being paranoid but this is the fun game of cancer and the things we worry about. Eric's white cells are 3.6 which is good those went up a little and he seems to run in between 3,2- 4.4, his red cells are good at 3.31 a little low but ok, his platelets are the ones that have been falling and they are at 80 so again we are hoping and praying they will go back up.

We are looking forward to Eric's and Austin's Birthdays coming up... Eric's is this Saturday May 8th and Austin is May 13th! We are so grateful that Eric is doing better and home and for his donor whom without him saving Eric's life we would not be able to be where we are today and Eric looking forward to turning 36 years old... it will be fun Eric now has two Birthdays his first birthday and then his new second Birthday his bone marrow transplant birthday which is 9-9-09 !!!! I look forward to many Birthday celebrations and we are so grateful for them! I feel so blessed to have Eric home again and doing better, spending time with the kids, as a family. We are so grateful to his donor and recognize the Lords hand in all things in our lives!