More tests, but no more answers. On Thursday we had another MRI and it showed the lesions had changed. Instead of being bright red now they are dark in the middle with "halos" around them. While this does not mean anything bad, it is also not any indication that they are getting better. One known disease that causes this is toxoplasmosis, which is carried though cat feces. They have done additional tests including an eye exam and ruled that out. So, we are back to really not knowing what caused the lesions, good or bad. Everyone seems to think that it was probably the methatrexate chemo that they injected during his last spinal tap, but they cannot tell us for sure. Next week he will have another spinal tap and they will substitute another drug for that one. After that, we will have to see. The problem is that the methatrexate works...So we will take it one day at a time. He got another round of chemo yesterday and seemed to handle it well. Eli continues to improve and still has not run anymore fevers.

PT came by yesterday and gave him a little walker to encourage him to walk and we walked all the way from the room to the playroom in the atrium, further than he has walked since we arrived at the hospital!! Since it is probably the chemo that is causing him not to walk we can't really fix the problem, just make it so we will have less difficulties after he is off of that chemo. His counts today were 160..up from 140 yesterday...As they continue to fluxuate John and I are hoping for a "spike" to get us to 500 so we can go home....

John spent last night at the hospital with Eli, which I think helped his spirits as well. I was able to go to the boy's basketball games, which was nice for me.

It has really been a great week, one that has given me tremendous hope and helped to give me strength. To see Eli more himself again is such a joy. It is amazing what the smile can do for your day, and week!! Again, I cannot say enough how much of this strength is due to all of the support and prayers that we get every day. It is going to be a long three years or so for us, but we will make it through.