In the midst of Round 17

I was instructed by one Christopher Blackwell himself not to take or use a picture of him, so instead the above is a photo of one of the Blue Angels flying over Atlantic Beach. Fortunately Christopher was well enough to venture on to the beach to catch this part of a local air show. Seeing as this has always been one of his loves it was great to see him out there enjoying the amazing aircraft.
Last week, round 16 of chemo was a tough one as he was quite sick in the beginning of the week. Probably due to his low blood counts going in. This week, however, he is doing very well. He is on round 17, the second to last round before being scanned and tested for clearance from this for hopefully a long while!
He also had a visit with Dr. O'Connor at Mayo Clinic to check on "the stump". All is well there so he does not have to see her for another 2 months...hopefully as she says he is running around on his new leg! Speaking of which, the prosthetist was kind enough to visit Christopher here at Wolfson's so that they could do another try-in of the "socket"-the part of the prosthesis that attaches to his stump. Because of the swelling from the chemo fluids, they will wait until next week to do a final fitting. The goal, for us anyway, is to have his leg before his trip to the Special Forces(Air Force) base in Fort Walton next week. So please keep your fingers crossed.
I think we are both getting a bit anxious as we near completion. It will sure be good to have some time, some long term time at home. I know someone else who would like that too...

For those of you who know Jake, I think you know what a great companion he has been to both of us!
I want to thank my brother Tom for orchestrating the fundraiser efforts in NH and for establishing a paypal account that I have included at the beginning of the blog page. Many thanks also to Grandpa Bill and the IBEW for the flyer that went out to the many Union branches, again in an effort to help raise funds for Christopher's Battle. The continued outpouring of love and support has been amazing and continues to touch my heart. For this I am very grateful to all.
With much love and appreciation, Patty