A Year Ago Today

Hello Everyone,

I can hardly believe it has been a year ago today that this blog was started and Jackson endured his first tumor resection that nearly took his life. We are so blessed and thankful that he is here with us today. A year ago tonight, we were beside ourselves, in shock, terrified, and wondering what the next few hours, days, and weeks might bring our family. Jackson is truly a strong soul and he fought with everything he had. We are so very proud of him. Everything has turned out okay.

Jackson has been doing very well these days. He and his sisters have been keeping me so busy this summer, I haven't had much time to get anything done, including blogging. Jackson is finally getting some hair that is growing in. His eyebrows are finally coming back, and his eyelashes are thick. He has been needing his anti-nausea meds less and less lately. We are down to half a tablet daily and sometimes I forget to give it to him. Most days he does fine, but occasionally he will toss his cookies! He is getting himself geared up for kindergarten, and I am trying to think of what will happen with my hours at work when I return and he is in a half day at kindergarten. I'm sure everything will turn out okay and everything will fall into place as they always do.

Jackson's next MRI will be in September sometime, but we have yet to be given the date. He will start some neuropsycological testing sometime in the near future. This will help us determine where his possible learning deficits may surface. He will be seeing a pediatric opthamologist just to make sure everything is great with his eyes. He will soon see a pediatric endocrinologist also. I have been searching for one more locally than SF, but had no luck, so I asked his pediatrician for ideas. Apparently, Children's in Madera does an outreach clinic at Sierra Vista for the pediatric specialties that are not available here. There is an endocrinologist that comes over one Friday a month. They are supposed to get into contact with us for an appointment. Yay! Hopefully that works out for us.

Well, thank you all for checking in. Please keep Jackson in your prayers so that everything will still keep on going in his favor.

Jenise