Checking In

It has been quite a while since a post, so I thought I'd put out a short one quickly to let everyone know that Garrett is doing really well. He had a great summer playing baseball and once again, just being a kid. He still has nightmares from time to time, but slowly he will hopefully be able to deal with the "demons" that naturally come with such a traumatic experience. Overall, he's done remarkably well.

We had a little bit of a scare when Garrett was diagnosed with the H1N1 flu a while back. He apparently got it at school. He was a pretty sick little guy for a few days, but came out of it really well. Not being sure how his heart would handle the situation, Kathy and I were pretty spooked. We took turns sleeping with him for a while, and thus got it too. We all felt lousy for about a week, but the put the whole family on the Tamiflu and it helped.

Garrett's doing good in school this fall. We held him back a year because he missed so much school a year ago that he was constantly behind and frustrated. He and Jessi are now going to school right next door, which is great. They just walk across the pasture and they're there! He's playing basketball now and really enjoying that.

There's so much to tell, but all at once is too much. Garrett has a biopsy scheduled for the first of next year, which will be really tough. So we won't even tell him for a while, though he asks about it once in a while.

Hope everyone is well and thanks for all the prayers. They work!

God bless,

JD