Still Waiting....

Happy Sunday,

I can call it that despite the fact that Luke is "in" at the moment here at Loyola. High dose chemo is on his agenda for a couple of days. He is still beating those horrible side effects they warned us about and is feeling good. They just informed him they will be putting eyedrops in every four hours until we leave so his eyes aren't affected by the poison! (Those are my words) This kid is a tank! No complaints:) I am telling you, all those prayers from around the world are keeping him ahead of this nasty disease.
When I say still waiting, I'm referring to the results of the bone marrow tests. Hopefully we have an answer by the end of this week. Not knowing what is ahead of us is the worst feeling. There are only the two different roads, chemo or transplant, but we want to know now!
His doctor just came in and ran through the schedule for this visit, looks like he can go home Tuesday morning. He is so excited about that because that's when the shots at home begin (he just loves those!). I think he is more bummed about the fact that the doctor just told him no going out and very few visitors starting this Thursday, through the weekend and into the next week. His counts will be wiped out from this treatment. Oh I tell you, not fun.
On a lighter note... Bill and I were told there was an owl outside Luke's window for most of the day yesterday, so when we arrived last night we went right to the window to see what we could see. Sure enough up there on the beams above the duct work, there it was. We could see the outline. It stands about a foot tall, how exciting! I checked throughout the evening each time we woke up and sure enough it was still there! I was hoping it would stay until Nick and Cambrie arrived today to see it, but I was getting suspicious. Why hadn't it gone to eat? Why was it sitting up THERE when there is a forest preserve across the street! But, still I was hopeful... WOW, I awoke and it was still there... NO WONDER, It's plastic!!! Oh well, it gave us a good laugh. Our friends need to watch National Geographic more often!
On that note, we hope you laugh too today and that you all know how much you are truely appreciated. Thank you for checking in and caring about our Lukey.

Love, Tish