A GREAT BIG THANK YOU!!!!!

We have to send an enormous thank you to the family owned Italian restaurant PapaRazzini’s. For the whole month of July until Troy’s Birthday, August 20th, they have been doing a fundraiser for him. Customers could donate money and receive a picture of a car to color or just write on and in return they would receive a free dessert. The response was overwhelming to me. We went to the restaurant a few weeks ago and all the walls were covered with the cars with well wishes written on them. My sister in law Angie had put posters around the restaurant with pictures of Troy and we were amazed. It literally brought tears to my eyes to see all the cards and pictures. What a truly KIND family to do this for us. We were just strangers to them but once they heard about Troy they jumped in and wanted to help. PapaRazzini will be on News Channel 3 on September 4th at 11:50 to promote a special dish in Troy’s honor. They plan on picking the fundraiser back up in October. Could they be the nicest family ever? Not to mention the food was outstanding. If any of you are ever in the mood for some yummy Italian food with an awesome atmosphere head down to PapaRazzini’s. We are so lucky to know them and thanks to Angie and Courtney for getting the word out to this incredible family. Here is a picture of Christine from the restaurant with Troy and the check and Troy with all the cards that were hanging in the restaurant. GRAZIE!!!!!

Paparazzinis.netfirms.com
1825 E. Guadalupe Rd., Ste. F-110
Tempe, AZ 85283
Ph 480-345-6560

TROY'S HAD A BIRTHDAY SHOUT HOORAY!!!!

Troy’s birthday was today and I am happy to say he is now 3 years old. We had a party on Friday and he had so much fun. Grandma Val got him some race cars and he has yet to put them down. How can one boy be so obsessed with cars? He truly loves them. We also had a friend that ties balloons come over and boy did all the kids eat him up. He did an awesome job for us. Troy had, of course, a cars birthday cake and loved opening his presents one tiny piece of wrapping paper at a time. It was a fun night.

Well, we started another mini phase of phase II about a week ago. We go to the doctor every 10 days for 41 days, plus a couple days in between those for different chemo drugs, plus 2 spinal taps. Everything is so precise and I have an enormous calendar to keep it all straight. One of his doctors said, "he is breezing right through this." Easy for him to say, but really Troy has been doing great. I just wish I could 'breeze' right through this.

Our family had a vacation planned the week this whole ‘journey’ began that we had to cancel, so we are now going to try and go in a couple of weeks. I hope Troy is feeling good and he does ok. The doctors are going to give us a couple different phone numbers of oncologist in San Diego just in case we need anything. All in all, he is doing amazing and we couldn’t be happier about his progress. Troy is a tough little guy who is adjusting to all of this like a champ. Thanks to all of you who still pray and think about our family. We truly appreciate every one of you and all the support. We couldn’t do this without you.