As the saying goes, no news is good news, right?
Boy, I don't know where to being... I will start off by saying Happy 8th Birthday to our big boy Angelo! Things have been great here with both him and Isabella finishing school with flying colors and moving to the 3rd and 4th grade. WOW just to say that makes it seem like time is going so fast.
I have a few updates on where Angelo stands and some other family news. First off, Eddie now has orders to go to Korea for a year and will be leaving the beginning of Aug. We are not able to go with him, which means we will stay here until the summer of next year and then we are moving to Hawaii. I have one more semester of school and graduate in December. Then we will start getting ready for the move. It really is time, we have been here since February 2002 and thankfully have been able to stay to finish Angelo's treatment.
Second, Ang is now finished with all of the chemo and breathing treatments so they gave the ok last month to get his port removed. We went to the doctors yesterday and the appt for his surgery is next Friday! It was the craziest thing while we were there in the surgeons office, the doctor who diagnosed Angelo (the podiatrist), was in the same place. Then right down the hall was his physical therapist. Seeing all of these things and people within the hour that we were there made me relive all of the things that he had to go through. From the diagnosis, that took way to long, from the first time walking in to that physical therapists office pushing him in a stroller because he couldn't even stand, and seeing the surgeon again who put in his port. It's like it made a complete circle in my mind, all the recollecting of the journey, the chapters that he has lived, it's unimaginable the feeling of excitement for him. For him to feel a sense of freedom and living a life of a child without the past four years' limitations. I must say that is also hard, and in no way do I downplay what he has gone through or will continue to endure, but I do wish that every mother of a child with cancer was able to receive the news that we have and to feel what we do for our child. Once you have been affected by this, especially the amazing children that you meet, you never forget. You never forget to put yourself in their shoes. We are by NO means convinced that we will never have to deal with this again, because no one knows. So we will continue to be happy and excited for him everyday that passess.
