More than a Tumor: July 2018

More than 6 months have passed since the last blog post and I could come up with a million reasons why. But, the most important one is that it's because we are living life. The boys are busy as ever and certainly can't complain of ever being bored! The winter months were spent in the ice hockey rink, in the gym playing basketball, or at home in bed with strep as between us, there were 6 cases! As the weather turned, the spring months were spent either on the baseball field or the soccer field. And now that we're in July, our time has been spent in camp, on the baseball field, or the tennis court. Like I said, busy!

The school year ended on an interesting note. Nate had just learned how to climb the monkey bars at school, and on June 12, I got the dreaded phone call from the school nurse. He jumped down from the monkey bars and had broken both his radius and the ulna in his left forearm. He handled it in typical Nate fashion....no tears, all smiles, and complete wonderment. Ben, Nate, and I arrived in the ER around 3:00 and by 9:00, Nate and I (Ben had a baseball game) were on our way home after he had to have general anesthesia to be able to set the bones back in place. The ER team was absolutely wonderful and fell in love with his little cartoon voice and great attitude. Today marks 5 weeks and he's doing great! The big cast came off last Friday and he is now wearing a removable brace. He'll have another recheck in August and hopefully will get the all clear for fall soccer. Fingers crossed. For now, he's happy just to be able to swim.

As for those cases of strep, Ben will be going to the ENT next week to see if his 5 cases of strep is enough to get those nasty tonsils out. I'm secretly hoping that she wants to wait for one more before taking them out. I know he's terrified to have surgery as he's seen his little brother go through more than his fair share of hospital visits. Unfortunately, Ben also has to see a dermatologist to get a suspicious mole on his back checked out. This appointment is in August. Please keep him in your thoughts as he's the "healthy" one. :)

Then, Nate has to go back to Boston for two straight Mondays to complete a follow-up neuropsychological evaluation in August as well. That should be fun. (insert eyeroll)

Until then...these boys will be busy finishing up tennis camp, hanging out with their friends, going to the beach, and trying to enjoy each day of this beautiful summer before first and third grade begin!