This is to all you wonderful people that kept the faith, and kept Tristan in your thoughts, wishing away the cancer that had him for a short time.

Tristan went for a PET scan on Monday(yesterday) and we just got the results from his doctor. She said, "there was no more cancer in his body, just has to have a MRI on Dec. 5, but she is certain the results will be the same, it is gone....."

How do you say thank you to so many people that kept him in their thoughts and prayers? How do you say thank you to people you don't even know, they are just in your network of friends and family, but everyone helped in some way and it is soooooooo appreciated. This is the best news that we could hope for!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.........

Love,

Charlotte
Tristan's grandmother

Happy holiday season everyone......this is the time of year when all kids know that this is their time of the year! They are looking forward to Thanksgiving and the Christmas season, all the days off from school, hanging out with their buds, doing nothing, just what kids like to do.

I don't know about you but I think the Holiday season is for everyone, we all have some kid in us....Tristan, his Mom and Dad, and his sister, Sara are all leaving for an adventure on December 17....Make a Wish Foundation is sending them to Disney World. They will be picked up in a limo from home, be dropped at the airport and be flown to Orlando. They are so excited, especially Tristan, it will be his first time there and at an age that he will really enjoy it. His Mom was about five the first time she went and I remember how excited she was... So maybe if you aren't doing anything on that day, you might be interested in waving at them as they leave on their wonderful trip. I will follow with the details in my next writing.

I think I told everyone that Tristan was done with chemo. Well he is right now. On Thursday they made a trip to the hospital, he wasn't feeling well, they kept them overnight and came home on Friday, the 16th. He is Nutroponic and has to be careful, but that will be gone soon. His hair is starting to grow.....yayyyyyyyyy....he might have some for his trip....until you go through something like this, you really don't understand how cancer is....you learn a lot and how important the people in our lives are, and that you appreciate and love them.....we don't say that enough, so I am going to say it now to everyone that reads this...

YOU ARE LOVED AND APPRECIATED!!!!.....

Thank you for those positive and circling thoughts and prayers...they have helped immensely....

Love,

Charlotte
Tristan's grandmother

Hi All,

Sorry for the late update on Tristan's Journey, It's been a bit hectic for me.

Tristan went to the hospital on Friday, November 2, for hopefully his last chemo treatment.........he will go in this week for his labs to be checked and maybe have to have platelets, hemoglobin or a blood transfusion, probably sometime after he comes home on Tuesday...then he will have a PET scan to see if the cancer is gone in about another week.....

He did go out for Halloween with some of his friends, had a little trouble because he was pushing himself to keep up with the other kids, but he had a good time and got to go....his spirits are still good, his hair grows between treatments but he is still more bald than having hair on his head.....he has been keeping up with his schoolwork
and seems to be doing well at it. He's gotten real good at things like XBox and football videos....at least they are keeping him from being bored, when he should be in school....soon enough for that...

Keep those thoughts circling as he heads into hopefully a long remission and can reclaim what's left of his 11th year...

Love,

Charlotte
Tristan's Grandma