What a great weekend!! We have had a good week, and a great weekend. John and I traded off on Saturday running the boys to basketball and running errands. One of us stayed home with Eli, but we took him out for walks and bike rides. On Sunday Mom and Dad came over and played with Eli while the rest of us went to the church Oyster Roast. As usual, God provided an awesome day for some wonderful fellowship. It was cool, but the sun was shining and the oysters were yummy. We enjoyed being out in the world together.

We went for our clinic appointment today. As with last week, the appointment went fine but the waiting was terrible. We got there at 8:45am and we finally started our spinal tap at around 12:30. Eli was starving, so after we had a "picnic" of cherios and fruit snax in the procedure room. A nurse finally explained to me that they have to have the blood counts to even order the chemo, then they have to wait for everything to come up...this is what takes such a long time and it will always have to be done this way. So now I know it is an all day event. Eli's counts were 3,400!!!! That is NORMAL...wow...I am used to not just Low but Critical, and now we are at normal. The doc warned me that they will plummet later this week because of the chemo. His hemoglobin is down and we may need to go in later this week to see if he needs a transfusion. The doc also gave us a prescription for something to help with Eli's appetite....he is down to 25.6 pounds, from close to 30when we started this whole thing. Nothing to worry about yet, but also something we don't want to get out of hand.

Meanwhile, we will go outside as much as the weather permits,(It is supposed to be around 65 degrees the rest of the week) and enjoy it while we can. Eli is in great spirits and seems to be feeling fine, so life in the Crowley house is good.