The latest...and even a little "greatest"!

Couldn't resist the random "fall" picture. Nearing the end of September and it still creeps near 90 during the day here in Florida! I really miss my favorite season and in talking to Christopher about it, realized he has never seen the foliage! So here it is.

This past week did not start out so great. Only days after coming home from the last chemo/surgery stay, he came down with a cold, little to no blood counts and held a low grade fever until Sunday. He was when he was re-admitted and stayed until Wednesday. He rebounded fairly quickly though with his counts on the rise and his energy much better, he has even managed to get a few days of school in! (Homework is another blog waiting to happen.)
The really good news for Christopher is Dr. O'Connor gave him the go ahead on Friday to start the process of getting his prosthesis!! This has been a very long awaited moment so with D=her blessings we will first have an appointment with the Prosthetist to have a stocking, or "shrink wrap" if you will, put on the stump to make sure there is no swelling. He will make the call as to what type/size prosthetic Chris needs and then we will have an appointment with "Hangar" to see what options are available for him. Of course Christopher has been investigating this for quite some time so he knows that he wants to use this particular company and already has a pretty good idea of what might work for him. So although he is still in non-weight bearing mode for a month or so, at least he has something to look forward to. I know he was very excited when we left Mayo (Dr. O'Connor) and the look on his face...priceless.