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Bakersfield, CA, United States
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, October 11, 2007

Thursday the 11th

Hi,
I am posting in response to a lovely call of concern from New Mexico. Aunt Susan - we've been just fine! Well, "fine" is I guess relative. Hans has definately had a spurt of good home energy. We've kept him indoors and partially sequestered as he is still nursing this cold. I called and talked to Shari, our NP today, and I was grateful that she called in a prescription for an Antibiotic. We're just a bit nervous to see that his cold sypmotoms aren't clearing up and we're keeping him at his stress dose of steroids. Maybe it's a blessing that our scans are so spread out this month - perhaps we'll all be 'up' for them next week and the week after.
I'm just exhausted! I think it's a little extra worry about Hans, and haggling with our insurance company. It hasn't exactly been a walk in the park! They're covering everything, but with so many claims (355 this year!) there's bound to be errors and we're slowly sorting all of those out...
We just set up Elle's new dresser and rearranged her room to accomodate it. Thanks Grandma Kathy - it looks great and she actually has a bit of room in her drawers. That's all that's going on here. We've got soccer and birthday parties and possibly a festival this weekend. We'll see what Hans is up for.
Lara

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You guys - I am thinking about you every day and saying prayers (me!) hoping that all goes well. Love, pl