Cure 4 Jack

Apologies to all the faithful readers and all the prayers, crossers, and knockers. It has been very uneventful over the last week UNTIL NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Numbers are climbing, Jack is jumping, and getting our hopes up. It looks like the boost from last week is working. Cell numbers are higher then they have ever been before. Still have a little way to go, this is a marathon not a race.
Jack has been a busy boy around the hospital. He slayed Derek in Star Wars

He has also been patroling the halls of the BMT unit here at CHOP

They are really awesome people her at CHOP from Dr.'s right on down to the Enviromental Services and everybody in between. They all play apart in Jack's day, from Linda and Derek coming to clean the room. Dr.'s Bunin, Brown, Grupp and last but certainly not least Dr. Orange. Nurses like Denny, Tracey, Kim, Claire, Anne, Nicole, Erin, Dana, Megan, Bonnie and all the rest who I failed to mention.

The reason for the shortage on blogs is lack of news, depression, tired and whatever else you want to tie to that. It has been just about 75 days since checking into CHOP. It's about 74 days too long. But we realize we have a pot of gold waiting at the end of the rainbow and that pot of gold is a life, Jack's life. It's about him, not about us. We have so much to thankful for, but sometimes you lose sight of that. Every parent here does, but you turn it back around and get on the right path again. We're back on the path and continuing on to finish this marathon. Most people who enter the NYC marathon aren't there to win they are there for the personal achievement. When this one is over, Jack will be the only winner. All of us are just his cheering section, his supporters, his pray-ers, his crossers, his knockers. It's working, let's help him bring it home.

Unfortunately it has been like old home weekend here on the BMT unit. Some friends who went home, came back with some complications. Tyler and his Mom Tammy, Matt and his Mom Cathy, please say a prayer for them that they get back home quickly. It is nice to see them, but not under these circumstances. I would rather see them at a social event then here. Once your gone and out of here you don't want to come back. Our prayers are with you guys.

Today, Charlotte cooked up a meal that everybody on the BMT unit who ate it seemed to welcome it. It was a big difference from hospital food. Chicken cutlet, antipasta type salad, rolls, cake. Anybody who didn't eat was foolish it was excellent. Sunday she is doing sausage and peppers and whatever else.

As always Thanks for the prayers, the crosses, and the knocks. I know the knuckles are bleeding, the fingers are getting arthritis, and your hands are becoming stuck together. We thank you please keep it going, it's working.