Hi Everyone,

Tristan had chemo on Friday, October 12, and came home on Tuesday this week. He did not feel well until today. When I saw him he was singing, and when he sings you know everything is okay. He told me he was feeling way better today. They had gone to the clinic to have his labs checked and he did not have to get anything extra, blood transfusion, hemoglobin or platelets, which is good.

They go back to the clinic on Monday to have his labs checked again. He will also get to see some of the Piston players, and that makes him real happy and excited!!

He has been keeping up with his schoolwork and so have I been keeping up with his schoolwork, especially in the Math department. Which is good for me, given that I am still taking electronics courses and there is a lot of math in them.

Just a follow-up to the maiden with the broken ankles....the left is now in a walking cast, no surgery required and the right is in a boot that keeps her from using it. All in all she is doing pretty well, but not driving and not working...of course how do you drive or work without your feet?

That's it for the news right now, remember to keep those thoughts circling...........

Love,

Charlotte

Hi All,

It has been a couple of weeks since I updated everyone on Tristan's progress.

He is doing well and we are hoping he will be done with all of this by December. He played on Saturday all day with his friend Patrick, he even tried to ride his bike, but just didn't have the stamina for that and will have to work up to riding the bike, a little bit at a time.

When he went to the clinic on Tuesday, there were some Lions' football players there and he immediately recognized a couple of them. One was Mike Furry, I guess he is a wide receiver, I don't really follow the Lions, but Tristan and his Dad do and he knew right away that it was him. Well this guy came over and was talking to Tristan, which of course made his day, and Tristan wanted to call his Dad to tell him, so Mike called his Dad for Tristan and I am not sure who was more excited Tristan or Anthony. All in all it was very exciting for Tristan and he even got his autograph and a few pictures with him.

Tristan will go in Friday for chemo again, not sure how many days he will be there, but probably no more than five.

As far as we know he is still tumor free, which I believe puts him into remission....although he did ask his Mom if he would have to worry about getting cancer again when he is older. I think she told him it was a possibility but didn't know for sure.

Just a note, some of you know my friend Nancy Millar, she's a bus driver for Walled Lake Schools, she was looking at a house and when she turned to walk away she stepped into two mole holes and broke both of her ankles. She was in the hospital from Wednesday to Sunday, one leg in a cast and the other in an air cast, they are not sure if she will need surgery or not, until they xray it again sometime this week. She could not put weight on her feet and two guys put her in her car and then she drove herself to the hospital.

Well that's the news this week...keep those thoughts circling....

Charlotte