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Hans was a busy, happy, sweet and fearless three year old when he was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. He fought his disease like a "gladiator" for nearly 6 years. Hans was an animal lover to his core. He was 'guarded' at home by his three cats, Black, Orange and Cotton. He also had his Golden Retriever, Honey, to keep him company. Hans enjoyed swimming, biking, gardening, grilling (he had his very own grill!), horseback riding, playing video games, building Legos, and flipping between Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Animal Planet. Hans loved all members of his family and he was a loyal friend. He had to go through a lot of treatment in his life. But Hans powered through it. His attitude was let's get this done! His motivation was always to get back home, to his family, pets, favorite foods and pool.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thursday...

Hi Everyone,
Well, since our last post we have had ANOTHER little adventure to TCH. Can you believe it? We are starting to! Hans just had a bit of a fever on Sunday night, so at 11:30 pm I called the on-call docs. Guess what they said, "Come on down!" So - Hans and I arrived at a very very busy ER at 1:10 am. His fever seemed to disappear. So, we just spent the night and got two shots of broad spectrum antibiotics and were on our way home by 8:30 am. He had a bit more fever later on Monday, but then that was taken care of by a little Tylenol. He got a full work up at the ER (sans CT Scan this time, thankfully). We guess it must be a virus, but we're learning how to take care of Hans without his Adrenals in all situations. So, hopefully it's just a learning curve and we won't be making such frequent trips to the ER always...
Please keep little Haleigh Cassada in your prayers this week. She is up at TCH still in the fight of her life. I'm praying for a miracle for her.
I want to share a big thank you to Jim and Carmen Smiley and his work, Merit Parking - they just donated $500 in Hans' honor to the Children's Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation for Neuroblastoma Research. Thanks so much! If you're in Houston, looking for a place to park, choose Merit Parking! :)
Grandma Kathy Flies in today for the weekend. Fun, Fun, Fun! We got the news that our next scans are kind of sort of spread out across October. We go in on the third and fourth, then the 18th and 19th. Then, his Audiogram is on November 2nd. So, we hope more good news will slowly trickle in across the next month.
Lara

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