Today is day 32 - counting from the first transplant - or day 5 - counting from his boost of stem cells or as I like to call it - the second transplant. Jonathan's white blood count (WBC) is coming up to 0.5! Yeah! Finally some movement! This is what we've been waiting for - and hopefully it shows a general trend that continues to go upward. If his WBC is > 0.5 tomorrow - then I'll have my own little celebration!
Last night was the most active I've seen Jonathan! A friend of mine came to visit on Saturday and he got this spider-man car and action figure for Jonathan. As Gabby was telling me later on in the day - it was the only thing that have gotten him off the bed to take a couple of steps to play in a long time! At last! We have something that motivates him to come off the bed! I saw a bit of it last night - and although it is still very difficult for Jonathan to walk - if he continues to use his legs a bit everyday then I know we'll get over that challenge! So Jonathan is definitely healing - a bit on the slow side - but positive progress none the less.
The other significant news is that Arielle is finally transitioning to being a daddy's girl! It's so nice to finally hear my little girl talk about not wanting daddy to leave and other stuff that is normally associated to her mommy! It has been nice spending all this time with her and I'm hoping the 'upward' trend continues. This (coming) weekend marks the start of daddy and daughter activities. On Saturday, Arielle starts a soccer program at the YMCA and on Sunday she starts Sunday school. Both events I'm looking forward to more eagerly that Arielle - as I want her to start getting out 'into the world' - so to speak! The soccer program should be really interesting as I cannot imagine a bunch of three year-olds playing soccer correctly - but as long as they are having lots of fun and getting plenty of exercise - I'm cool.
Lastly - Gabby and I went on a 'date' last night! We went to a comedy show - John Winterspoon! It was 'da bomb'! I was losing faith in The Improv - with last night being the third time we've been to the Improv - but last night made up for the previous two visits.
So the beat goes on, today is another day, another week - I'm curious to see what's in store for us - maybe winning the lottery : ) ?
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