Pinky

Yesterday, we took Jake to Bonner Springs, Kansas for the marble festival. They rolled what seemed like tens of thousands of bouncy balls called "Pinky" down main street. Jake was so excited to see it, he just kept screaming in excitement. They had little tents with food from various charities and shops. I was surprised they had $1 hot dogs, .50 cent bag of popcorn, .75 for bottle of water and .25 for chocolate chip cookies. I felt like I had time warped into the past.

Jake offically starts his maintenace phase of his treatment tomorrow 5/4/2009. We will be happy to only go into clinic once a month. I used to hate going into work on Mondays but that was until I experienced going into clinic on Mondays to treat my baby.

Jake has not had chemo for the last two weeks although we've had to go into clinic every Monday for a blood count. Laying off chemo for two weeks has allowed Jake to thrive both physically and mentally. Mark and I wonder what he would be like now if this never happended to him. It breaks our heart everytime we think of it.

Today we planted herbs outside in our patio. Jake was big help. He played with the dirt and watered the plants with his toy watering can.