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Another month passes and another chemo appointment comes and goes. CJ is right on track with his treatment. His ANC was 1900 this past month so they didn’t have to adjust his medicine as they thought they might last month. He is responding just like he is suppose to. We had a rough time at the clinic this time. CJ got in his head that he didn’t want chemo, and fought tooth and nail to stop it. After all said and done he got his chemo and I got a fat lip from a head butt to try to stop me from holding him still. I had a few flash backs to the beginning of his treatment when every visit was like that. I guess I should be thankful that these bad reactions are few and far between anymore.
On a good note CJ turned 5 years old this last month. With the bad weather we didn’t do anything big, but had cake and ice cream with a few presents. When I asked CJ what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday all I got was a square one. After a little more questioning I got him to tell me he would like a square cake with balloons on it and the number 5. So that is what he got, plus he got to help decorate it. He loved helping me with the balloons and his little brother was doing everything he could to get a bite of cake before it was time. CJ also had cupcakes at school on his birthday, and got to help decorate those too. It is nice to see him take pride in doing things like that, and he got to tell all of his class he made the cupcakes.
With the snow we had also comes sledding. CJ got to go sledding a little and play in the snow. Him and his little brother had a lot of fun throwing snowballs and sliding down the hill. CJ also taught Hunter to make a snow angel. Not sure Hunter got the whole concept, but lying in snow is a fun thing.
CJ also got signed up to play t-ball. Now all we have to do is wait until it starts. He is very excited about playing. He tells me all the sports he wants to play when he gets bigger (which is almost every sport out there), and wants to know when he can play them. So the fact that he is starting on his list is a big step for him. I think his family is more excited than he is.
