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.