It’s OCTOBER

I have not posted anything for a while for a number of excuses. One day runs into the next so fast that a long time passes in a short amount of time.

I do want to give an update on Aaron. He is in good spirits for going through such difficult times. The chemo therapy treatments have been extremely hard on this little guy, but he’s been a Trooper! Through the nausea, the shaking, the dizziness, the pain and all of the other physical abnormalities that come with having your body injected with gallons with Leukemia killing chemicals, his spirit of joy still comes through and shines brightly.

This particular day, a Clown came through the Ward and stopped in to visit with Aaron. He showed him a new card trick and gave him some gifts. The clown hat covered his bald head and the “red nose” gave him an air of distinction associated with the trade. As he put them on and began to “clown around” I snapped his picture and made it “wall paper” on my Cell Phone.

The Clown gave him a long Peacock feather and showed him how to balance it on the end of his finger, which Aaron took delight in showing us.

He was quick to show everyone his new card trick as they came into his room. Even though his eye lids remained half open, he managed to work up a few smiles and amuse those of us who needed to be amusing HIM.

He enjoys kidding around with his nurses. While I sat watching, a nurse came in and started giving him pain killing injections into his “port tube” and something to take away his nausea. Aaron asked to listen into the Stethoscope she wore around her neck. He put it on and she showed him his heartbeat…..he wanted to listen to hers. She showed him his bowels working, the growling noises of the gastric intestinal noises, and he wanted to listen to hers. She let him. He told her that she might be “busy” in a couple of hours and chuckled about it.

He is in his third month of 36 months of chemo. May God give him strength to continue….

Grandpa