3 YEARS AGO TODAY!
WOW! ALREADY 3 YEARS HAVE PAST. TODAY- 3 YEARS AGO, WE WERE INFORMED OUR SON HAD IDIO-PATHIC APLASTIC ANEMIA. MANY HOSPITAL VISITS, STAYS, BLOOD AND PLATELET TRANSFUSIONS AND TREATMENTS LATER, HERE WE ARE. LOOKING AT TREVOR ONE WOULD NEVER GUESS ALL HE HAS BEEN THROUGH WITH THE TWICE MONTHLY BLOOD DRAWS, HIS COUNTLESS HOURS OF VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON HIS DISEASE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DONATING BLOOD AND REGISTERING THEIR BONE MARROW. TED AND I ARE SO PROUD OF HIM AND HOW STRONG HE HAS BECOME THROUGH THIS. HE IS FACING HIS ANNUAL BONE MARROW ASPIRATION THIS WEEK, FRIDAY MORNING, AGAIN THE SCARED CHILD GOES UNDER THE DRILL FOR THIS DISEASE. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT HIS MARROW IS CONTINUING TO GROW STRONER AND WILL ONE DAY BE WEANED OFF OF ALL THE CYCLOSPORINE MEDICATION. SCHOOL IS GOING GOOD FOR HIM, CHALLENGING BUT HE SEEMS TO ENJOY HIS TEACHERS AND IS MAKING NEW FRIENDS. DREW IS DOING AWESOME IN BASEBALL AS WELL AS SCHOOL AND HAS DECIDED CHORUS IS STILL A BLAST! TED LOVES HIS NEW JOB AT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AND IS GETTING IN TO THE GROOVE OF THINGS. WE ARE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AROUND ON SUNDAY’S. THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT AND KEITH AND SYLVIA WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FROM PRESCOTT. WE ARE PLANNING OUR ANNUAL TRIP THERE FOR NEW YEARS AND ARE HOPING FOR SOME SNOW FALL AGAIN. I AM STILL ENJOYING BEING AT SAN ELIJO MIDDLE. MY SECOND YEAR THERE AND IT SEEMS TO BE FLYING BY SO QUICKLY. I WILL UPDATE EVERYONE AS SOON AS WE KNOW HOW THE RESULTS FROM THE BMA. ALL OUR LOVE AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS WITH THE ONES YOU LOVE.
DAWN AND CREW
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